Protected: Beta Readers’ Post: Datesville Chapter 6

December 28, 2023February 2, 2024 — Beta Sample, Literature — 31 min read

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Writer’s Log #4 — December 13, 2023 4:05 PM

December 13, 2023December 20, 2023 — Uncategorized — 3 min read

It’s been many years since I moved from Idaho to the East and eventually ending up here in North Carolina. And I had lived, since childhood, in Idaho primarily in one town. Calculated roughly, I believe I spent about 235 thousand waking hours in […]

Writer’s Log #3 — December 12, 2023 4:58 PM

December 12, 2023December 13, 2023 — Dystopia, Miscellaneous — 3 min read

I’ll need to start supper in a little while, but I think I have time to write a post first. So if you have been reading my blog, you know that I am a novelist and you also know I am presently working on […]

Bob Dylan – Things Have Changed

December 10, 2023 — Uncategorized — 1 min read

Poetry set to music. Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed

Writer’s Log #2 — December 10, 2023 7:02 PM

December 10, 2023December 12, 2023 — Miscellaneous, Personal — 2 min read

My mind is mostly blank tonight. Tried my first recipe from the braising cookbook—cabbage with carrot and onion. It was good but not spectacular, but how spectacular can cabbage be, right? I cooked boiled cabbage a few weeks ago that I thought was better. […]

Writer’s Log #1 — December 9, 2023 9:20 PM

December 9, 2023December 10, 2023 — Miscellaneous, Personal — 3 min read

These are the utterances of a writer’s brain, my brain, put down simply to capture them, perhaps temporarily. While brushing my teeth tonight, I thought about what I would like to accomplish this coming year—2024. It’s probably much more than I’ll have the commitment […]

Protected: Beta Readers’ Post: Datesville Chapter 5

December 8, 2023February 2, 2024 — Beta Sample, Literature — 25 min read

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Les Yeux Noirs Performed by Pomplamoose

December 5, 2023 — Music — 1 min read

Les Yeux Noirs (Dark Eyes) by Django Reinhardt performed by Pomplamoose featuring The Vignes Rooftop Revival

Zoë Conway and John McIntyre – I Will Find Solace

December 5, 2023December 10, 2023 — Music — 1 min read

Zoë Conway and John Mc Intyre – Faoiseamh a Gheobhadsa (I Will Find Solace) Zoë’s and John’s website: www.zoeandjohn.com Lyrics for Faoiseamh a Gheobhadsa by Máirtín Ó Direáin Faoiseamh a gheobhadsa / Seal beag gairid / I measc mo dhaoine / Ar oileán mara, […]

And Speaking of Angels . . .

December 5, 2023January 14, 2024 — Music — 1 min read

I had to post this just because the children featured in it are so precious. Let us remember that our children are God’s most precious creation and gift to humankind. The Russian subtitle at the top of the video reads: “Sunday School – images” […]