Author Archives: Author Richard P. Nixon

I recently watched Hulu’s “Looking for Alaska” based on the book by John Green. I’d been holding off because I didn’t have a subscription and buying the episodes seemed pricey for something I was hesitant about in this day and … Continue reading →

Memoir is supposed to be absolutely true, and yet sometimes it is necessary to change details to protect the innocent and guilty alike. The question that often comes up is just how much do we change? When does the blurring … Continue reading →

The quandary of using real names, dates, places in memoir. Oh, what to do, what to do? Originally, I was going to go full bore headlong into publishing my memoir without a thought to the people in it. Why? Because … Continue reading →

When Pink Floyd’s The Wall came out in November 1979, I didn’t like it. Thought it was too disco-like from what little I’d heard on the radio. “We don’t need no education, we don’t need no thought control” were the … Continue reading →

I looked forward to going to boarding school. For me it meant a plane trip, and being a fanatic about airplanes, I was excited to go. I didn’t think of Ireland as a strange place full of strangers. I’d been … Continue reading →

I look pretty silly in this picture. Sure, I was a kid about 11 and had little choice in style or dress, and on this occasion I can only presume I was being forced to go to church. But the … Continue reading →

My work area has been more a gathering place for clutter than anything else. So I decided to do something about it. With a piece of Melamine, a new circular saw, and some determination, I created a new work surface … Continue reading →

In writing an article for my memoir, I suddenly am wondering when, exactly, did I first step foot in Portora Royal? My older brother, Roger, went to Dungannon Royal for a short time in 1970, but somewhere along the line … Continue reading →

The other day I talked about how sometimes it’s best to start anew rather than keep beating the old hoping for a different result. I did just that when I took two telescopes and my computerized mount up to Forest … Continue reading →

Sometimes you find the best clarity and beauty in the darkness. It’s not about light but the kind of light, and what you do with it. All too often what matters most gets lost in the background, and at some … Continue reading →