Enter Now!

Dear Reader, As Valentine’s Day draws closer—only two weeks away!—I want to remind you to get your entry in for the Calling All Lovers contest.  Define love, in about 280 characters, and send your entry to me at bruce@audacitybooks.com.  Win books and get your definition published here in the Valentine’s Day blog Read more…

Absent Friends

Dear Reader, I had coffee last week with a gym acquaintance who is a generation younger than I am.  I was telling him about Volume II, LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC.  He mentioned, almost in passing, that he and his friends came of age in the AIDS era, that they never experienced the Read more…

Be It Resolved. . .

Dear Reader, For the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m looking back on the old year with fondness.  Sure, there was more than the usual lunacy coming out of Washington.  And a lot of disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against trusted news-givers.  And enough violence Read more…

Merry, Merry!

Dear Reader, The holiday season has taken me over entirely today.  Everything else is pretty much on hold as I make marmalade for holiday gifts.  The citrus fruits were all shaved yesterday afternoon, while I listened to the podcast at thecreativepenn.com.  Do check it out, if you have not already. A Read more…

Alabama and Democracy

Dear Reader, It’s election day.  Not in New York—we’ve already been there twice this fall—but in Alabama.  Alabamians have a choice between two candidates to fill a vacant senate seat.  They can choose between a reasonable adult White man and a racist, pedophilic, homophobic good-old-boy clown.  Except I’m not laughing, Read more…