Category: By Larry Brody

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #57 – “Proving You’re the Best”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

LB: Remembering Richard Thompson & ‘Cul de Sac’

by Larry Brody

Richard Thompson was one of the finest cartoonists to ever put ink onto a newspaper cartoon strip. The 2016 death from complications of Parkinson’s Disease of the creator of the syndicated strip Cul de Sac shocked and saddened fans and friends, including several of us at TVWriter™.

Last week, to honor the third anniversary of his way too early death, I stared re-reading the entire Cul de Sac oeuvre. I was feeling down and knew that if anything could cheer me, this would do it.

I also was thinking that with luck I might find a few strips that would apply specifically to writers and artists and content creators in general. In other words, to most of the people who visit this site. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #56 – “Elaine the Not So Wild Mustang”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #55 – “Return of the Ghost Dog”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #54 – “Things Change”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article