by mike | Jan 24, 2022 | California, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
I’ve written about ghost ships and ghost trains, but a Ghost Blimp? This true story about an incident that took place during World War II ranks way up there on the Weird-O-Meter, I kid you not. A ROUTINE MISSION The U.S. Navy commissioned a number of non-rigid...
by mike | Jan 20, 2022 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
When will the Big One hit? We Californians know that it’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN. This post first ran in 2018. We had an earthquake here in Southern California last week. Like, what else is new? The 4.5 temblor—its epicenter in Riverside County near the San...
by mike | Dec 23, 2021 | California, Life, Travel, Uncategorized |
Yosemite is one of this country’s most amazing national parks. This post first ran in 2018. I arrived in California to stay over forty-eight years ago. Jacqueline, my bride, did the same over three decades past. Yet neither of us, during all that time, set foot in...
by mike | Nov 29, 2021 | Books, California, Fantasy, Life, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Today (November 29th) my bride and I celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary. (Jacqueline and I actually met on November 26th, 31 years ago.) I’ve been blessed to have this remarkable woman in my life for over three decades, and I know we’ll be together through the...
by mike | Nov 18, 2021 | Books, California, Editing, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Authors put a little bit of themselves in most of their characters, but I included nearly all of myself in cosmic bike rider Jack Miller. Bicycling Through Space and Time, the first book of my comedy/science fiction series featuring cosmic bike rider Jack Miller, was...
by mike | Oct 18, 2021 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The Queen Anne Hotel in the City by the Bay probably didn’t ask for the notoriety that comes with being haunted. But then, it didn’t count on housing the spirit of a woman named Mary Lake. A SORDID AFFAIR The Queen Anne Hotel wasn’t always a hotel. Built in 1890, the...
