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Monday, December 28, 2015

'Relax,' I'm Finally 'Dreaming'

If you are reading my latest fiction offering, "Just Dreaming," I need to give you a small update. I had to go back and do a complete re-write of the first two paragraphs of Chapter One. When I went back to check on a small technical detail, I discovered I had completely botched the opening. I'm not... Sign in to see full entry.

Let It Snow

The wind began to come up about 7AM this morning and we are just seeing the first flakes of snow go flying by the windows. We are still with power but in watching the local news/weather, I see a small but growing number of local power outages. The wind is predicted to escalate to roughly 30 to 35... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Weather Or Not

Naturally, just as I get time to begin to write again, we are being warned that we have a 18 to 24 hour ice storm coming this way with winds of 25 to 45 mph and about one to possibly two inches of ice, all depending on where the storm hits us. With that in mind, I'm charging up my Kindle and my... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

The Sounds of Silence

As the family gradually begins to disperse on the journeys to their various homes, I am able to return to my desk in "relative" silence. The love of my family is the only earthly thing I have that rises above my love of writing. I've been remiss in my work of late but intend to fix that shortly. For... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

My Grown Up Christmas List

This is a video I did back for Christmas 2001 for friends of mine who live in Brooklyn, NY. She was at a seminar being held in the World Trade Center that was hit first but left despite the announcements that "all was well." He worked for a firm that maintained the electrical of certain aspects of... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

My Christmas Miracle

Just a quick note. This story happened just as you read it. There is no embellishment. Some will believe and some will not. I just wrote what happened. Merry Christmas! V For the third time in four years, our family had suffered the loss of a family member within ten days of Christmas. This... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

What A Turkey

Obviously yesterday was a bad day for me. We'll leave it at that and I'll return to my writings. It's in the low to mid 40's here with temps in the low 60's expected tomorrow. I was out for my morning walk this morning and saw a big batch of wild turkeys making their way across the back woods. If I... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 21, 2015

December 19th, A Day That will Live On in Sorrow...

I didn't hear about this until late last night but a very dear friend of mine died of a heart attack at the tender age of 49. I had just spoke with Scott on Friday morning and we were planning to meet at a local restaurant this Wednesday morning. Instead of meeting for lunch, I'll be attending his... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

The Holidays Are Here

With all of my family in the medical field in various forms, I knew our family Christmas celebrations would not be on the traditional Christmas Day. This isn't new for us as my wife was an OB nurse and I was a paramedic and later on an ER RN so our kids grew up knowing that Thanksgiving and... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Minor Technicalities... OR... Dang It Jim, It's Only A Story!

I've added a new section in my story, "Just Dreaming." I like to keep things close to factual and had sent this section to my nephew Jim who is a most devoted fisherman. I explained to him that this was just a lead-in and I wasn't writing a tech article for 'Outdoor Life.' I don't think he read that... Sign in to see full entry.

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