by mike | Feb 24, 2022 | Books, California, Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Movies, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
It’s interesting to see what kind of thoughts were running through my warped brain four years ago, when this post first ran. Okay, first of all I’m writing this on a sunny Southern California afternoon, and the next storm is not expected here till at least November....
by mike | Feb 3, 2022 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
I had no idea that I’d come to one of the most haunted places in the country when I visited Alcatraz many years ago. This post first ran in 2018. If you’ve been to San Francisco (who hasn’t), you probably rode the ferry across the bay to Alcatraz Island. You took the...
by mike | Jan 27, 2022 | California, Fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, War Movies |
Will we ever see another Planet of the Apes film? Hollywood says that one is in the works…but you know Hollywood. This post first ran in 2018. If you read this blog, you may recall that Part Four in this series appeared a little over a year ago. At that time War for...
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...
