Laurence Shames Updates

Is it just my imagination, or is there a lot of chatter these days about getting back to normal, much of it spoken in rather wistful tones, as in, Jeez, … Read More

A week or so ago, I sent a mailing to some readers and friends in which I aired out a few feelings on a subject close to my heart: Holding … Read More

  Most people in most places live through four seasons a year. But those of us with the hard-to-kick habit of writing books also experience another four-part cycle—different from the … Read More

?Audiobook Sample   So here’s a question: How does Bert the Shirt sound? I mean, a lot of us know how he talks. He talks funny. He talks Brooklynese. He … Read More

Well, while half-heartedly searching through this morning’s papers for a scrap of something—anything!—other than more doom and gloom about Covid-19, I happened across an article in the UK edition of … Read More

Well, it all started with a random piece of Beatles trivia…   Turned out the Fab Four made an unplanned visit to Key West in 1964. Turned out they stayed … Read More

Thanks to all of you who clicked through from the mailing. For those who just happened to come across this post while perusing the website—thanks for that!—a recap is in … Read More

Soon To Be a Major Motion Picture! Those were the bold and thrilling words emblazoned across the top of the very first paperback edition of Florida Straits in 1993. The … Read More

  By coincidence, or so it seemed, the rooster set up shop on the far side of the compound fence just around the time old Bert had his fall. The … Read More

The world was new and life was simple then. The year, I think, was 1999. Facebook hadn’t yet been founded. The iPhone was a far-off gleam in Apple’s eye. People … Read More