Shark Bytes and Tales

  I wrote my monthly column for the Ludington Daily News this morning. It wasn't brilliant- pretty much a straightforward account of my...

Fall Off the Couch Laughing is a collection of ten humorous essays written over the last several years. Most previously appeared in th...

entrance to the Little Eden Camp Nature Trail (photo by jhy)  Although most of my entries lately have been about working on the Ana...

This month was an easy topic. There was a group of hammock campers at the state park. I interviewed them and wrote about their experiences. ...

For my monthly newspaper column this month, I expanded on the blog post at Scanning the Bar Code . I turned it in on Monday, but am jus...

This past month, for my Get off the Couch column in the Ludington Daily News, I wrote about "Outdoor Women Who Inspire Me." I qu...

Just turned in my monthly column for the Ludington Daily News . I'm even a day early. I know... try hard not to faint. I recently redi...

This was due Monday at noon, and I got it done on time. I had several ideas rattling around in my head, but the topic that won out was seaso...

Wow! I don't know what happened to September. Consequently, I turned my column in late. Not good, but they will probably print it when t...

Here's a hint. It's not a great idea to completely change your mind as to what you are going to write about twelve hours before it...

My newspaper column ran on Saturday. This title was "sKumquats and InYourFace vs My www." I occasionally write funny entries, and ...

Turned in my monthly "Get Off The Couch" column to the paper this morning. Every so often I do one that is supposed to be funny, a...

Sometimes you just have to accept what you can/can't accomplish. We have now joined the heat wave section of the country. It was over 80...

 I did get my newspaper column done on time, but forgot to blog about it. It was due on Monday, and I actually zapped it off the the editor ...

My monthly newspaper column was due today (although I think the office is closed for the holiday, I turned it in anyway). Since I was out ...

Finished and turned in my Get Off the Couch column for April. The title is "Not Just Any Old Sand Dune" It begins: Where in the...

Not all of writing is putting words on paper. My monthly newspaper column, "Get Off the Couch," is due Monday. I know what I pla...

My monthly news column, "Get Off the Couch," was due by noon today. Turned in on time! This column has been running for over four ...