I was in the Zurich Airport in the mid-90s, sitting quietly on a banquette when a woman sat down one seat away. I took a look and noticed that she was attractive in an interesting way. That’s as far as it went, until she turned to me and asked what I was doing [...]
For many decades Mr. Costa had a shop on the south side of 14th street between 8th and 9th avenues in Manhattan. It was one of those down-the-stairs shops with rent which allowed him to charge a low price for his haircuts. I went there as often as my wife threw me out of the [...]
Early in the 1960s Rachel Carson published a book with a perfect title for the point she was making. If we don’t watch out we may be in store for a “Silent Spring,” a time in which the precious sounds of the natural world no longer exist because of the poison we are spreading to [...]
He came in the middle of the night. We had been up anyhow. It didn’t take a great deal of thinking to know that what happened would lead to trouble and trouble here is a serious matter. I tensed as the heavy footsteps approached the door. I had bolted it securely and it was a [...]
Copied below this note is a url taking you to the web site of the Canadian Science Writers Association (CSWA) home page. I was asked to describe how “Organic Chemistry Principles in Context: A Story Telling Historical Approach” came to be written and why it was self-published. http://sciencewriters.ca/2013/02/04/lessons-from-self-publishing-a-science-textbook-by-mark-m-green/