by mike | Feb 3, 2020 | Basketball, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
My bride and I (and a certain Jedi Master) are having a grand old time following our two teams during this college basketball season. Our Iowa Hawkeyes (Jacqueline graduated from the University of Iowa) have been ranked in the Top 25 most of the season, quite an...
by mike | Jan 9, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Horror, Life, Publishing, Read & Critique, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I still keep in touch with old friend Hank Garfield. This post first ran in 2016. I had lunch last week with a horror writer from Maine. (No, not THAT horror writer.) Hank Garfield and his friend, Lisa, were in San Diego for a vacation, as well as to visit some of...
by mike | Dec 30, 2019 | Aging, Life, Uncategorized |
The year is just about done, and like others before it, 2019 has been a challenging one. Challenging for Jacqueline and me, challenging for this country, challenging for the world. For us, it always seems to be about health issues. Nothing life-threatening, just the...
by mike | Dec 5, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Aging, Books, Fantasy, Life, Mystery Novels, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Since first presenting this post in 2016, I’ve read a heck of a lot more books just for fun. As one of my fridge magnets says, “Yaay Books!” Like most Americans these days, I worked full-time into my late sixties. During all my adult years I probably could have made...
by mike | Dec 2, 2019 | Aging, California, Life, Uncategorized |
Tomorrow, aka December 3rd, marks ten years past that I had quadruple bypass, open-heart surgery. Wow, a decade! I hadn’t even thought about it till recently. It was a surreal—and scary—time, to say the least. THE HILL The play-by-play of that period came flooding...
by mike | Nov 25, 2019 | Books, California, Fantasy, Life, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
In addition to Thanksgiving, this week is notable for two special anniversaries. Twenty-nine years ago, on November 26th, I met Jacqueline for the first time. Seven years later, on November 29th, she became my bride. I’ve been blessed to have this remarkable woman in...
