I started this blog on August 21, 2012, with the release of my first book, Titan Encounter. Most of those posts are now in what I call the “Early Blog.” I’m gradually updating their format and bringing them into this new journal. Back then the sole purpose of the blog was to promote my books, but gradually that changed.
That’s how it started but, over the years, I’ve mused about other things that are important to me, such as my family, my farm, rural life, and occasionally about politics and country. However, I try to limit the politics in this journal. If you want to know more about my political leaning go to The Conservative Alternative.
All I can do is smile when Amazon tries to sell me one my own books.
This happens more often than you might think. Every few days I go and check each of my books to see if there are new reviews and to ensure everything on the page is correct and working.
Read MoreOn Thursdays, I meet with my group.
I’ve attended this particular group meeting every week I’ve been in town for over a decade. While I think that is notable, the group has met for nearly twice that time.
Read MoreThe editor of Backdoor Survival compares A Time to Endure to the bestseller Patriots.
It amazes me how often events in life come in pairs. A few days ago I discovered that New York Times best-selling author, and the editor of SurvivalBlog, James Wesley Rawles recommended my novel, Through Many Fires.
Read MoreJames Wesley Rawles recommends my book!
I regularly visit SurvivalBlog, but somehow I missed it. For many years SurvivalBlog was the top site among preppers. While the blog has fallen to fourth place in the rankings recently, the editor, James Wesley Rawles, remains the best-known writer in the prepping field. He is also the New York Times best-selling author of the Patriots Novels.
Read MoreLike most writers, I’m an introvert.
I spend most of the day alone, in a small office, writing. The room is in my home so, my wife is near, but she leaves me to do my work. Hours can go by and the only people I talk to are the characters in my stories.
Read MoreI called Eek home for seven years.
The Yup’ik Eskimo village of Eek is 415 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The delta is about the size of the state of Louisiana, but within that delta roads are rare and people are few.
Read MoreSchool is out now in Eek, Alaska, and the staff has departed.
Dirk, a longtime co-worker and friend from Eek, took the slow route home. Along with his dog Katja, he visited Anchorage and Kenai and then traveled north to Delta Junction and across into the Yukon, and south to British Columbia. Then he crossed the border into the United States and Washington State.
Read MoreBack to Eek School
Traveling to Eek School is an adventure.
My return to Eek started early in the morning of May 14th. Robert, my youngest son, drove me to the Seattle-Tacoma airport. Since the Alaska Airlines flight took off at 8:00 am, we both got up way too early. The flight to Anchorage, on a regular 737, took about three hours.
Read MoreEek is a Yup’ik, Eskimo, village 415 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska. Starting in 2007, I taught in the village school for seven years. Because it is a small village of 300 people, I quickly learned the name, and backgrounds, of nearly every student.
Read MoreBackdoor Survival is a top-ranked survival and preparedness website that I have visited many times. The editor, Gaye Levy, recently interviewed me and reviewed my latest book, A Time to Endure.
The site provides lifestyle tools, tips, and resources to guide readers through the economic, political, and environmental challenges we all face. Because of my own interest in survival and prepping, I was glad to be part of their recent book festival.
Read MoreI often receive boxes in the mail, but this package was unusual.
I turned to my wife and said, “I don’t remember ordering anything this big or this light weight. Did you order something?”
Read MoreYesterday, I received a letter from an old friend.
Several things were unusual about it. First, it was a real letter, the kind you get in the mailbox. I get close to a hundred emails a day, but very few letters. The other thing that immediately caught my attention was the picture that you see here.
Read MoreSpring is a busy time for the beekeeper.
I only had one bee colony that survived the winter and I have been feeding them a sugar-water syrup for a few weeks. Thursday night my new colony of bees arrived.
Read MoreRecently my son, Robert, discovered himself
Actually, Robert earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Saint Martin’s University in 2012 and quickly found a job as an auditor for the Washington state. During his time at the university, someone took a picture of him as part of a promotion for the School of Business.
Read MoreLike most people, I enjoy a good mystery.
I don’t write traditional mysteries, but often my stories contain a secret that the characters have to solve. While I enjoy both reading and writing such novels, sometimes I enjoy real-life mysteries.
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