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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Deluge: A Fictional Account of What Would Happen if Extreme Weather Hit California

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Deluge is a disaster story. A real potential disaster is bearing down on the East Coast, and people would be wise to take every preca...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

God Created Men and Sam Colt Made Them Equal

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In Hartford, Connecticut,  Samuel Colt built the world’s largest private armament factory. The factory was not only the largest, it ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

4,000 Goodreads Ratings. Cool!

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Woke up this morning and went through my normal internet routine with my first cup of coffee. I check Twitter, Facebook, and my book ...
Monday, July 30, 2018

Why do my characters boss me around?

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No Peace starts at   del Monte Hotel in Monterey (photo circa 1880s) In a previous post I wrote that I had started the next Steve Dan...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Is there life east of Pacific Coast Highway?

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My wife and I are about to return to Omaha from San Diego. Darn, where did the time go? I’m going to miss friends and family, surfing...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Cowboys are cool. Cows, not so much

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“A mine is a hole in the ground, owned by a liar.” Mark Twain I recently saw a college friend for the first time in decades. He see...
Monday, July 9, 2018

Return to The Scene of My Crime

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What happens when a relentless downpour, politics, and street gangs attack California? I recently arrived back in California, a s...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Is a Gift Card an Appropriate Gift?

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My kids called to find out what I wanted for Father’s Day. When I asked for a gift card from Amazon, they said that would be impersonal....