by mike | Mar 25, 2021 | Blowing Shit Up, Books, California, Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Rapper/actor Ice Cube is the bad guy/good guy in this sci-fi/horror “clunker” (according to the critics). This post first ran in 2017. Renowned director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) has had his share of hits and misses during a long career. Among the latter...
by mike | Mar 22, 2021 | Books, Humor, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
My last two Throwback Thursday posts centered around the Devils Tower in Wyoming, one of my favorite places in the world. I mentioned that in my latest book, Back on the Bike Path (A Jack Miller Senior Moment: Book Four), my cosmic bike rider pays two visits to the...
by mike | Mar 18, 2021 | Life, Movies, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
For me, this post is one of the most meaningful I’ve ever presented. It first ran in 2017. “Dammit, I know this. I know what this is! This means something. This is important.” When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) uttered those words forty years ago in the classic...
by mike | Mar 11, 2021 | Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
The Devils Tower commands two chapters in my latest novel, BACK ON THE BIKE PATH. Here is the Lakota legend about the tower, which is also known as Matȟó Thípila—the Bear Lodge. It first ran in 2017. In a time long past (in a place now called South Dakota), some...
by mike | Feb 22, 2021 | Books, Curious Possessions, Humor, Life, Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
With seven-plus decades in the rearview mirror I’ve had plenty of time to collect a whole lot of “stuff.” Here is a look at some more “Curious Possessions” floating around my domicile.
by mike | Feb 18, 2021 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Native American reservations sit along the edge of America, a part of this country…but then again, not really. (This post first ran in 2017.) Outstanding director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins) took a true story and turned it into Edge of America, a 2003...
