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“Early This Morning”: A Mystery Novel About Gays in the Military

This is actually episode 142. Darrell Berry is retired from the Army, having served in both the enlisted and officer ranks. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s in Human resources, and a post graduate diploma in strategic intelligence from the Defense Intelligence College. He served during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t tell” policyContinue reading ““Early This Morning”: A Mystery Novel About Gays in the Military”

New Memoir Project

I’ve started writing a memoir titled Everything I Learned About Being Human I Learned from Movies. This is a rough draft of the introduction. I hope you enjoy it and will make comments. Introduction  “Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’sContinue reading “New Memoir Project”

Classic Cinema: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

This iconic film came out the same year as IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, (1967). Both films starring Sidney Poitier. His costars were Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER was the more popular of the two even in the South and to everyone’s surprise, earned the studio a great dealContinue reading “Classic Cinema: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”

The Marriage of Story and Music

I started writing fantasy stories with colorful illustrations when I was nine. Later, I discovered music and lived the life of composer for many years.  I earned a Doctorate in Music Composition. I am the type of person that needs an active imaginative scenario to get to sleep. I emerged from my schooling phase withContinue reading “The Marriage of Story and Music”

Classic Cinema: In the Heat of the Night

Our Classic Cinema with the Sage Sisters installment this week. It’s 1967 in the small Mississippi town of Sparta. The murder of an important man who is going to build a factory, is discovered. The first suspect is, of course, the black man waiting for a train. But the local police find out he’s aContinue reading “Classic Cinema: In the Heat of the Night”