Among my list of burning, albeit random, life questions is, why the fly? What possible use is this creature in the grand scheme of things? This is a creature who seeks out manure, garbage, and decay for his crib. No wonder he’s always rubbing his little legs together. Yes, he’s food for spiders and other …
This week I am pleased to present the work of New York poet Irene Brodsky, who has graciously agreed to be a guest of Crossing Polansky. Enjoy! “IN MY DREAMS” I love him He doesn’t know it My heart sings He can’t hear it My hand reaches out He will never feel it. I have no …
It’s been ten years (really five, in technology years) since the eBook first appeared on the scene to change reading life as we know it. I’m talking way back, before Facebook and Twitter, when DOS was still a viable part of our techno-reality. I was still hunting for a publisher for Far Above Rubies when my then-agent …
Im keeping with the multi-genre, “blog-about-everything” theme of Crossing Polansky, I’m pleased to announce the addition of a new gadget: Beyond Easy Street. This feature joins Typo of the Week as another illustration of my eclectic interests, and is a collection of really odd street names around the USA. I’m not talking double-entendre here; I mean seriously unusual …
While I was researching my dog book The American Pit Bull Terrier (2006 TFH Publications), I learned that the APBT’s “sister breed,” the American Staffordshire Terrier, developed its breed name largely to distance itself from the dark connotations of the wordpit. The American Kennel Club would not register a breed with the word in it, so the …
When I titled my blog “Crossing Polansky,” I didn’t expect people to get it right away. It has nothing to do with the average person’s intelligence, but with the average intelligent person’s repertory of trivia. So when a friend I’ll call “Alan” told me that “Crossing Delancey” was the catalyst for his love affair with …
“CROSSING DELANCEY” Makes a Shidduch* of its Own Read More »
It’s one thing to know that your mother loves you unconditionally, that you can be yourself with your parents and take up residence in their empty nest should the need arise. It’s quite another to take all that acceptance for granted and make no effort to remember that parents deserve courtesy and consideration, too. While …
This week Crossing Polansky should be retitled Crossing-Over Polansky, as I welcome a guest blogger…or maybe I should say ghost blogger. One of the most frequent questions I get as an author is “What on earth [no pun intended]inspired you to write about the afterlife?” There’s no simple answer, as paranormal historian/investigator Janice Oberding addresses here. Why the Paranormal? …
I’m a literal person, inept at verbal volleyball and frustrated by euphemistic rejection phrases like “not right for our list” or “not sure how to market this.” I hate using slang and improper grammar to craft authentic-sounding dialogue in fiction. Forget about using words like fantastic, fabulous, awful, and lousy in their literal sense (of a fantasy, of a fable, awe-inspiring, …
HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO: Heroic actions? Absolutely. A hero? Um, not so sure… Read More »
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