This Writer’s Life

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Some stories arrive quickly. Others wait.
This one has been waiting for years.

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I have long been fascinated by history, all the way back into prehistory, including the work of Graham Hancock. We know that humans existed during the Younger Dryas period, but we have no written records from that time, only bones and Clovis point stone tools. However, there are some puzzling structures such as Derinkuyu an underground city and the older Göbekli Tepe.

Controversy recently arose over Pentagon spending on ribeye steaks, lobster tails, Alaskan king crab, and salmon. The budget for those fancy foods was $25 million. Some commentators and social media pundits implied that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon brass would be eating all of it.

Social media is a marketing necessity for most authors. Over the years, I’ve maintained accounts on many platforms. The ones that worked, I kept. The others, I left behind. For a long time, Facebook was one of the ones that worked. I used it regularly and built a solid following there.

A couple of weeks ago, I tried to log in — and Facebook told me my password was incorrect.

Repeated attempts got me locked out.

You may have noticed the Buy Me a Coffee button that now appears at the top of my blog posts and in my social media feeds. It’s a popular, user-friendly platform that allows readers, and fellow creators, to directly support their favorite authors in a simple, low-pressure way. Think of it as a digital tip jar. You can ignore it completely, of course. But if a story made you think, smile, or linger a little longer on the page, you can leave a small tip and even send a short message.