The Fies Files

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I carefully observe my litt...

My friend Elaine messaged me this morning to say, "Your book is on TV!" And so it was, in a story by ABC's San Francisco affil...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Most stories about immortal...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I used to be ambidextrous. ...

The Ides of March are a noteworthy date in world history and an even more important date in our family's history: it's when my daugh...

My friend Matthew Noe pointed me to this thoughtful essay on what a writer's obligation should be to real people who appear in their sto...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] People sometimes ask how mu...

My Top Three List of History's Greatest Explosions of Genius in the Shortest Amount of Time: 1. Isaac Newton, who in 1666 (while hunkere...

Mom's Cancer got a nod as recommended reading for Women's History Day/Month from a blogger and English literature teacher from the...

Photo source: Potterymakinginfo.com A Peek into the Intimate Intellectual Life of a Long-Married Couple, Part 26: Karen and I were watching ...

Since Trump's inauguration, I've been watching poll aggregator 538 for just this milestone: a larger percentage of Americans now di...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I played Little League base...

There's much talk about planets lining up these days, because they're all in the same half of the sky and make a pretty sight. The a...