by mike | Feb 24, 2025 | Movies, Museums, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
My late bride and I used to make one or two trips a year to Iowa. Jacqueline was a born and raised, corn-fed Hawkeye and always enjoyed showing me around the state. One highlight was the small town of Riverside, a few miles south of Iowa City, population a tad over...
by mike | Apr 14, 2022 | Books, Historical Novels, Museums, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
Who knew? Not me, until I read about the Bone Wars in Michael Crichton’s book, Dragon Teeth, back in 2018, when this post first ran. Also called the Great Dinosaur Rush, the Bone Wars comprises an interesting chapter in American history. The phrase refers to a period...
by mike | Mar 10, 2022 | Life, Museums, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
This is one of the oddest stories I’ve come across in all the years that I’ve been doing this blog. The post first ran in 2018. “There’s a sucker born every minute,” someone once declared. No, it wasn’t P.T. Barnum, the great showman, as many believe. But Barnum did...
by mike | Jul 8, 2021 | Ghosts, Life, Museums, Native Americans, Travel, Uncategorized |
Lots of amazing things to see in the Four Corners region. I first presented this post in 2017. The Animas River, part of the Colorado River System, begins high in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and winds all the way down to its confluence with the San Juan River...
by mike | Jul 1, 2021 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Museums, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Loved the book, loved the movie. I first presented this post in 2017. This 1997 horror film is based on the best-selling book, Relic, by popular authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Fans of these two know that this novel marks the initial appearance of the...
by mike | Aug 13, 2020 | Books, Films About Writers, Movies, Museums, Uncategorized, Writing |
Hardly seen by anyone, this film is an excellent study of a great writer. I first presented the post in 2016. I first saw this 2016 film six months ago, during a limited release in the U.S. I’m talking real limited—hardly in any theaters, and in most cases for no...
