Mordecai Siegal Columns

January 1, 2000 Write From the Beginning

Growing up in Philadelphia with no money or contacts was an inauspicious start for a kid with a desire to…

January 1, 2000 Two Different Worlds

Those who know me are aware of my aversion to country living. For me it is all too quiet among…

January 1, 2000 The Write Way

If I could afford the side trip, I would enjoy teaching what I have learned about writing over the past…

Nestled between the many disadvantages of living in New York City there is the benefit of always having something current…

January 1, 2000 Say It Again, Sam

One of lower Manhattan’s busiest thoroughfares is Houston Street. Hold it, guys. New Yorkers pronounce it, HOUSE-ton Street. Recently, I…

January 1, 2000 The March of Thyme

As we leisurely stroll down life’s bucolic lanes and roads, with a lollygag here and a vegetative gaze there, resembling…

January 1, 2000 A Midwinter Night’s Dream

This column is reposted in celebration of the life of Mordecai Siegal, a longtime goodnewsforpets.com columnist and friend who passed…