The Author's Cafe is a playlist on Spotify. I just made it. The Author's Cafe Playlist on Spotify is fantastic! Specifically, it is songs referenced in the books I write. I am The Author and this is my cafe. Sometime around 2012 I tuned into streaming music via Spotify. Furthermore, I began to make playlists to mark … Continue reading The Author’s Cafe on Spotify is Fantastic
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Election 2024: By the Numbers
Election 2024 by the numbers is unpredictable. Because the numbers are inexact. Additionally, they are subject to manipulation, i.e. skulduggery. Let's get into it. Since 2004 I've been analyzing, and writing about, voter behavior in US presidential elections'. My first novel, Attachment: A Novel of War and Peace (2006) was concerned with, among other things, … Continue reading Election 2024: By the Numbers
Fall Frenzy 2024: The MLB Playoffs
"Fall Frenzy" began in the fall of 2020 - the worst year ever. It was a marketing ploy by Major League Baseball to drum up interest in the playoffs after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in the spring. The season had been shortened to sixty games, beginning in late July. Recall, games were then played with … Continue reading Fall Frenzy 2024: The MLB Playoffs
Bartender Blues: A Review
Bartender Blues is a song written by James Taylor in 1978. It is a sad song and on my BEST PLAYLIST EVER. Additionally, it's of the musical genre NEW AMERICANA. Before even there was such a thing! However, Bartender Blues is the epitome of NEW AMERICANA because it blends Folk, Country, and Blues (obviously). The song … Continue reading Bartender Blues: A Review
Books by me
Books by me Just a reminder. I'll be signing books by me tomorrow, Saturday, the 15th of June, in the clubhouse of The Brodie. That's in Westminster, Colorado. Additionally, there will be other residents selling stuff - so it's like a fair? A Brief History of my writing career spans some 62 years. However, as … Continue reading Books by me
Jack’s Service
"Almost no one wore black to Jack Joseph Jabbour’s memorial service. Instead, the rows of New Hope Church on Friday were filled with family and friends — some smiling, some weeping — wearing bright colors... — Read on http://www.postindependent.com/news/before-i-say-ta-ta-for-now-new-castle-honors-jack-jabbour-with-a-celebration-of-life/ Front page, above the foldSo that's my brother Jack. We (the family) had a second service … Continue reading Jack’s Service
Jack’s Eulogy
My brother Jack was sweet, gentle, and kind. He was two years older than me--born at the close of summer in 1947 at Bolling Air Field in the District of Columbia. Which is not to say he didn't get angry - he did. However, I think, that he thought it was a sin to show … Continue reading Jack’s Eulogy
The Meaning of Life: a review
As is my wont, I'll be brief. Or, a conversation starter. This post is a review of a movie I watched last night and again this morning. I liked it that much! However, it's been widely criticized. Fair enough. Warhorse One is the movie (2023). It's an action war film, about consequences of the withdrawal … Continue reading The Meaning of Life: a review
Yellowstone Fantasy
The Yellowstone Fantasy is a world evoked by dreams of a time, place, and people that never existed, in the real world. Yellowstone is a TV series (yes, I came late to) about a man, John Dutton, his family, and cattle ranch in Montana in contemporary America. (They have cell phones, etc.) The show is the most … Continue reading Yellowstone Fantasy
Memorial Day Down By The River
This Memorial Day weekend found me experiencing time travel. In mid-March my long-time friend passed away. His daughter and son decided to have a service for him and his long-time partner on that national day of remembrance. Fitting. The "returning" celebration was held on the land they had lived on for decades. It is land … Continue reading Memorial Day Down By The River