Author's Note: This piece was written on 11 Sept 2009, which Facebook today reminded me about. I had been provoked by a posted image...

The first time I’d ever heard of Jimmy Buffet was in a honkytonk in Germany. Growing up in the suburban Midwest of the 1950s and 60s, I...

Got the urge to write? Thinking about doing a memoir? Unsure what will make it worth reading? With three memoirs under my belt, a fourth...