Michael CervinRunning Out of Light BulbsThe True Story of a Guy Who Ran Out of Light BulbsJun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020
Michael CervinSeagulls & Chardonnay: How A Wine Competition Was Given The BirdI am not one of those people who can tell the difference between a male seagull and a female seagull. Frankly, I don’t want to be that…Jan 3, 2020Jan 3, 2020
Michael CervinThor, The Toaster, and Doodle: Blindsided by ChangeI was in the department store wasting time by looking at clothes I didn’t want or need. Then a voice cut through the stale air. “Hon.” The…Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2019
Michael CervinBridging the Gap and Falling Through the Cracks: Pasadena’s “Suicide” BridgeThe graceful Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California not only wowed early travelers with its fluid arches, crossing the Arroyo Seco…Jul 28, 2018Jul 28, 2018
Michael CervinSilence the Pain: Two Deaths, One Community, and a Love of WineNearly one year apart two friends of mine — all three of us in the wine industry — died. One died of cancer, the other died of a…Feb 19, 2018Feb 19, 2018
Michael Cervin3 Visuals for EPA’s Scott PruittI’ve long had a love/hate relationship with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In many ways the nobility of the ideals are correct…Dec 2, 2017Dec 2, 2017
Michael CervinSchooled: A Restaurant Critic Gets Criticized by OctogenariansAs the restaurant critic for the local paper in Santa Barbara, then for an international website, my job was to review and rate the…Sep 4, 2017Sep 4, 2017
Michael Cervin“Fear”…April is National Poetry Month. Here’s Your “Fear.”In my poetry book, Generous Fiction, I made it a point to explain each poem at the end. So here, from that book is my poem, “Fear,” and its…Apr 8, 2017Apr 8, 2017
Michael CervinDark Will Find You: The Forgotten Death of Frank ByrnesI am compelled to write this story — this murder of three people in New York — not because it’s sad, heinous, pointless, troubling, or…Jan 7, 2017Jan 7, 2017
Michael CervinWhere’s My Shoe? — Contemplation on New Years From the Streets of HollywoodI am not a magician. But each New Years my wife and I spend the evening with friends at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, an ongoing tradition…Jan 2, 2017Jan 2, 2017
