What? Is it September already?

That’s what the calendar says, and it’s never lied to me in the past. I could muse on the ever-more-rapid passage of time in its flight, but more time would fly while I was musing, and who needs that? Instead I’ll get down to the business of the...

It might as well be Wednesday…

It might as well be spring, too, as Oscar Hammerstein wrote, though that’s not at all what it feels like outside. But if you’re as restless as a willow in a windstorm, or as giddy as a baby on a swing, maybe I can help. Even if it’s a couple of days...

Tricks of the Trade

Sometime in 1969, I walked into the office of my agent, Henry Morrison, and announced that I had a million-dollar idea. “I’m going to tell you the title and the subtitle,” I said. “Tricks of the Trade: a Hooker’s Handbook of Sexual...

Think Green!

        Verde, que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas El barco sobre la man y el caballo en la montaña. Con la sombra en la cintura ella sueña en su baranda, verde carne, pelo verde, y ojos de fria plata… I hope you don’t mind my quoting the...

Eight Ways to Count Your Spoons…

Ah, yes. Let me count the ways, while Bernie Rhodenbarr counts his spoons. But first an Act Fast! announcement, of special import to fans of Martin Ehrengraf and aficionados of finely printed books. Defender of the Innocent: the Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf is...