tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65066732011-09-07T18:14:10.797-04:00I am restarting this blog for the purpose of discussing relationships more so than promoting my novel, maybe both. I feel that it is important if we as sensitive humans are going to get any happiness out of life. I hope you will join me and add to the discussion wherever possible.Bert Sledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710569532179905048noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506673.post-1161364517297949762006-10-20T12:46:00.002-04:002007-02-14T07:31:59.260-05:00

I have been doing book signings, festivals, and other events to promote Potter’s Wheel. They have been very interesting and informative. When I explain that, even though the novel is a court room drama, it is written about love and the search for relationships, the response has been quite solid. Women especially are intrigued by that premise. For the most part, they have no idea what men

Bert Sledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710569532179905048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506673.post-1161181283007439152006-10-18T10:20:00.000-04:002006-10-18T10:21:23.026-04:00

Potter’s Wheel (one man’s search for love… and the truth) is now available from almost every online book merchant and most book stores world-wide that have computer connections to the main distributor. With the coming holidays, it would make a great gift, and you can save money on coin purchases. If you buy either a hardback or a soft cover version and send me a copy of the receipt, you will

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I have been watching HBO’s “Big Love’. It is a story about a man with three wives, i.e. polygamy. It is very interesting and recommended watching. The statement I will make here will probably offend my conservative friends and liberal enemies alike. I believe that any two… or more consenting adults have the right to form any union (marriage) that they feel is appropriate for them.Yes, gay &

Bert Sledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710569532179905048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506673.post-1143260719490337002006-03-24T23:16:00.000-05:002006-03-24T23:25:19.503-05:00

My son is a ballroom dancer and competitor in dance sports. He is only 10 years old and has been placing in 1st or 2nd place since last year. I only bring this up because I was just at a showcase in which he and his partner performed. In between segments of the event, there were free dance as they call it where anyone can dance. The place was packed. People of all ages were there dancing

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As I stated in the introduction, I am restarting this blog for several reasons. One is I hope that eventually many of you will read Potter's Wheel so that we can discuss it and the relationship issues in it.For more information on it go to the Potter's Wheel Website and take a look.ChuckCopyright 2006 Charles E. Rickard All Rights Reserved

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The books say that a man subconsciously looks for a woman that will give him a strong child. Women think that he just wants sex.I've got news for you. Most men want a companion, a lover (and yes a lot of sex, don't fight it enjoy it), and someone to share the pitfalls and triumphs of everyday life.The most important thing a woman can do for a healthy relationship is make sure that the man feels

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I know you haven’t heard from me in a long time. The reason is I got a little depressed. I thought it would be a lot easier to get people to read my book than it has been.The feedback from those who have read it has been overwhelming. I know it would help men understand their feelings about relationships, assist women in comprehending their men, and aid both species in recognizing their mutual

Bert Sledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710569532179905048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506673.post-1092200130565814002004-08-11T00:48:00.000-04:002006-07-23T12:39:49.360-04:00

After almost a year of preparation, the novel is finally "live", and available at potterswheelnovel.com.Interesting that the softcover was available 5 days before they told me, but I was out of town?But it is live and now the work begins.Chuck

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A reader left a comment which all of you can read in it’s entirety on the 4/20/2004 posting. She felt I was totally wrong on my evaluation of the sensitivity of men and the lack thereof in women and specifically the problems in the workplace. Her comment was: “While it is certainly true that a lot of women have a hard time supporting each others efforts, both socially and in the workplace, I've

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I was watching Without a Trace tonight and there was a soldier who was wounded in Iraq after saving a friend in a firefight. He was sent home to heal and receive a medal of honor. As it turned out he purposely stood up and caught a bullet so that he could be sent home because his fiancé had written that she was leaving him for another man. This is apropos of what I was saying the last time.

Bert Sledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710569532179905048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506673.post-1077750286960024452004-02-25T18:03:00.000-05:002004-03-01T15:32:50.233-05:00

Women are sensitive, emotional, and afraid of mice. Men are cold, calculating, and warlike. At least that is the conventional wisdom. It is my opinion, that this is not only a very rash generalization, but a very dangerous, irrational, and ignorant assumption that could not be further from the truth. Men may be taught from infants that they shouldn’t cry; however, that instruction does not

Bert Sledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710569532179905048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506673.post-1077484854596619302004-02-22T16:18:00.000-05:002004-03-01T15:33:03.983-05:00

Hi, I’m Chuck Rickard. I am 57 and live in Baltimore, Maryland. The past years have been an enormous emotional rollercoaster through the mountains and valleys of daily existence. I have witnessed, experienced, and felt a multiple lifetime’s worth of happiness and sadness and general angst of residence on this physical plane. My successful and failed attempts to find the one thing in life

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