Scott’s Blog

  • My Family at Christmas

      Merry Christmas from the Cahan Family As my Christmas Card to my readers, here is a photo from a few days ago when my family and I made a day of going to a Choose & Cut Christmas tree lot near our home in the mountains of North Carolina. There we drank hot chocolate, rode a… Read more

  • A Great Gift For Young Readers

    Consider giving the young reader in your family a book he or she will absolutely love. My book, Glazed Man & Rat Girl is a chapter book with 100 illustrations. It’s full of humor and non-stop action. The response I’ve gotten over and over from parents is that their child enjoyed Glazed Man & Rat Girl thoroughly, reading it from… Read more

  • Bette Midler, on Ariana Grande

    The article below appeared yesterday on MSN.com, and it shares Bette Midler’s take on the overly sexualized young female pop singers that dominate the music scene these days. Bette says it much better than I ever could, and she has the professional pedigree to make these statements. I agree completely. It’s a great article and… Read more

  • BIG HERO 6 – My Review

    Big Hero 6, the new movie by Walt Disney Animation Studios, was a big hit with me and my kids. The story is set in the future when robotic technology is revolutionizing everything. Our hero, named “Hero”, is one of several kids we’re introduced to in the movie, who are gifted robotic designers/engineers. When Hero’s big… Read more

  • Black Panther Revealed

    Marvel Studios made several exciting announcements today about upcoming movies that will further develop the Marvel universe. Some of the announcements involved familiar names from the Avengers, and some were about new names to the big screen. Names that Marvel Comics fans will instantly recognize but film fans will have to get to know. Of… Read more

  • 7 MEN – A Book of Heroes

    True life heroes are hard to come by these days. I’m sure real heroes are out there, especially in our military and our police force and firefighters. But, the real heroes are overshadowed by the showy, superficial heroes that we tend to glamorize in Hollywood and in the Sports World. Sure, some of these men and women… Read more