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Editorial calendars provide structure so you can get in to the rhythm of writing a business blog or personal blog on a regular basis. It’s like a magazine with different departments or a TV newscast where a lead story kicks off, sports comes in the middle, there’s weather and then fluff at the end. This […]
November 15, 2017
Crime doesn’t stop during Christmas — neither does hope. Tom Stone: Nitty Gritty Christmas is available on Amazon in print and ebook formats. Experience the pursuit of justice and desire for family in Tom Stone: A Nitty Gritty Christmas Tom Stone and his partner Jake Sharpe pursue a small-time drug lord who has poisoned candy […]
April 4, 2015
Southern California is a wonderfully complex and often overwhelming place to live. My interests are varied and as a writer that presents a challenge because there’s only a limited amount of time each week to write. Business and entrepreneurs interest me, regional travel around So Cal is of interest to me, and so are topics […]
January 14, 2015
“Restaurant Startup” Season Two premieres January 13 on CNBC at 10 pm ET/PT and was shot on a set that by Hollywood standards resembled the set of a low budget film. It’s not just that reality TV costs less to produce than scripted comedies and dramas but “Restaurant Startup” focuses on the real life drama […]
December 6, 2014
Matt and Grace Huang are finally home after spending almost two years in a nightmare in the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar after the sudden death of their daughter Gloria in January 2013. A case of international misunderstanding surrounding adoption, it also made me stop and pray often for their release. I’ve only met the […]
November 27, 2014
While the first Thanksgiving focuses on the Pilgrims giving thanks while in tough circumstances, the holiday makes me think of a selection from the biography of John Adams, written by David McCullough. Adams and his wife Abigail were often separated for weeks at a time as he rode to and from Boston and Philadelphia and […]
February 21, 2014
Yet another day of temps in the low 80s. Ugh. This is February 21? A hint of jasmine is in the air like it’s a spring morning and I know that’s slightly different from my family’s home in western Pennsylvania where they’ve been treated like they’re a wide receiver and the snow is Seattle Seahawks […]
December 16, 2013
Rockview Farms is a successful family run dairy in Downey, California – the last independently run dairy in California that distributes its own milk and owns its cows. Curt DeGroot gave me a tour of the dairy’s fluid processing plant and gave me his perspective on the southern California economy and why their business […]
November 21, 2013
We often don’t get to meet the people behind the celebrities we see on TV, splashed across the magazine covers, or who appear larger-than-life on the Big Screens. Photographer-videographer and director Walid Azami was a pleasure to interview. I met him in West LA this week and wrote up his work on directing the Tamar […]
November 18, 2013
Elephants with a picture of Lily Tomlin, a Betty Boop doll, and one carrying a surfboard were my focus yesterday at the Grand Auction of the 2013 Elephant Parade in Dana Point. The event really was a perfect combination of business involvement, art, and a global cause with tremendous cooperation and leadership from the City […]
Don Simkovich 
December 13, 2017
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