Lead, follow, or Get Out of the Way
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way 1660 words • 10 minutes Have you ever been awoken in the middle of the night by a klaxon? Stirred from a deep slumber to spring into action and be at the top of your game? With no time to warm up, get ready, or stretch a bit?...
The Neal Seal – Safe passage for the world’s discriminating eaters
The Neal Seal – Safe passage for the world’s discriminating eaters 500 words • 2 minutes Although I was used to being far from home, this time it felt really far. Yet how could that be? I was, in many ways, in as modern a place as there is. Hardship? Not a whit of it...
War, Peace, and better yet – Sleep
War, Peace, or better yet – Sleep Length: 2,300 words/10 minutes “This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, from this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be rememberèd-We few, we happy few, we...
Small Print and Big Words – Why are we afraid of the dictionary?
Small Print and Big Words- Why are We Afraid of the Dictionary? Neal in a scolding mood Length: 2,200 words/8 minutes Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 movie Rope is unusual in that the entire story unfolds in a single location—a large apartment. Hitchcock had already used the...
About Your Average Author
Bios are normally the place to list great achievements and accolades, but since Neal’s are a bit thin the recap of his life is refreshingly brief.
Quite early Neal caught the attention of his teachers as being on the fast track to the cherished 50th percentile in life. It might have been his noteworthy lack of skill, not to mention talents, in areas such as academics, athletics, the arts and drama, or social life. Together they destined him to observer status only. Tragic? No, for it was there that he found his comfortable place in the just average bleachers.