Interview by Mystery Buff

Unlike most of the other interviews that I've done, this one is focused on the writing that I've done besides PARK RIDGE: A Senior Center Murder. It was a bit of kick to take a brief look back. The interviewer even convinced me to offer up a humorous poem called "Entertaining Thoughts of God." It begins

Entertaining Thoughts of God
By Cheryl Hagedorn

God started his career at a carnival
Working with two dummies and a talking snake
Only to be replaced by a flaming sword act

He did six-week stint at a water show
Swore he’d never do that again

We had a good time in class when I read this one out loud. The instructor didn't get all the references so the class began shouting out the answers. If you need help, I'll do the first two stanzas above. The talking snake is Satan, the two dummies are Adam and Eve. They were kicked out of the garden of Eden and an angel with a flaming sword was sent to block their return. The six-week stint was the Flood which lasted forty days. God promised that he would never do that again. [Read the whole poem and interview]