by mike | Aug 28, 2023 | Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
My bride and I love detective shows from the UK, and Father Brown is one of our favorites. Starting in 2013, the series has run for ten seasons and over one hundred episodes. Series 10 premiered earlier this year, and we were pleased—maybe even ecstatic—to learn that...
by mike | Aug 24, 2023 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Quotes |
Wisdom from well-known authors can be inspirational for wannabe writers. Or in some cases they can have the opposite effect. Here are some more gems to ponder from this 2020 post. “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”...
by mike | Aug 21, 2023 | Baseball, Death, Sports, Uncategorized |
Raymond Johnson Chapman played shortstop in the major leagues for nine seasons. His legacy, sadly, is not one that Ray himself would have wished on anyone. DIRTY BASEBALLS Ray Chapman, born in Kentucky in 1891, was raised in Illinois. He realized the dream of so many...
by mike | Aug 17, 2023 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Big train running down the tracks…even though the line has been abandoned for decades. This post first ran in 2020. To be clear, we’re not talking about the city in Missouri, but rather a small town in Canada, located in the province of Saskatchewan. This rural burg...
by mike | Aug 14, 2023 | Death, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
The Dutch vessel was called the SS Ourang Medan, which translated from Malay to “Man of Medan,” the latter being a Sumatran island. So much has been written and discussed about the unimaginable incident that brought this ship’s name into the public spectrum. But what...
