Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

Writing with a cat on my lap

This piece is the first on the current cat wars in our house. #1091 Continue reading

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in her defense

The mentally ill, while they have rights, should not be in charge of their own treatment. #1090 Continue reading

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That Story

A valentine for my Valentine –#1089 Continue reading

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