I received an e-mail the other day from someone asking if I enjoyed reading books or just writing them. And if I did, what kind of books do I enjoy? I wasn’t sure how to respond to that because I don’t know one author who is also not a voracious reader. Sure some of us […]
We watch a lot of true crime television shows because even though they have a lot of inaccuracies; showing a picture of a revolver when they’re talking about a semi-automatic pistol, for example, I do occasionally pick up an idea to use in one of my mystery books. We were watching one last night showing […]
No, I’m not talking about that girl everyone knew in high school. I’m talking about our trip to the Volusia County Fairgrounds yesterday to get the Covid-19 antibody test. We arrived at about 2 P.M. and were in and out in about a half-hour. No lines, no waiting, no problem. It would have taken us […]
On the cold winter morning of December 17, 1903, two brothers from Ohio made history and changed the world forever in just twelve seconds when they accomplished the dream humans had for centuries, taking to the air on a lonely stretch of the North Carolina coast. Orville and Wilbur Wright were entrepreneurs from Dayton, Ohio […]
To say that we are humbled by the many, many responses we got after our announcement that this was the last issue of the Gypsy Journal would be an understatement. All day long yesterday I answered emails and texts and Facebook messages, and read comments on the blog from so many people thanking us for […]
I sent out the new issue of the Gypsy Journal yesterday, which included the following announcement: As I shared with you in the September-October issue of the Gypsy Journal, Terry and I feel like we have come to a crossroads in our lives. We started publishing the paper in the spring of 1999, when we […]
After months of discussion, exploring possible alternatives, debate, and heartache, we have come to the difficult decision to phase out the printed edition of the Gypsy Journal. As we have shared with our readers in the last few months, rising printing, and especially mailing, costs have reached the point that we are making less than […]
Today is Miss Terry’s birthday. Happy birthday, my darling. I love you more every day, and I cherish every moment we spend together. It just keeps getting better and better, doesn’t it? And in honor of Terry’s birthday, yesterday Wayne and Marti Aanerud came by to drop off a freshly baked birthday cake for her! […]
Except for a brief visit from my daughter Tiffany yesterday, and a break to go to dinner with Greg and Jan White, I spent most of the day at my desk working on the new issue of the Gypsy Journal. Since I am in the process of switching production from our antiquated Adobe PageMaker computer […]
I apologize for sounding so negative in yesterday’s blog. But to a longtime newspaper man like myself, missing a deadline is a mortal sin. I think we’ve finally got this issue of the paper whipped, and hopefully next time around will be easier. I appreciate everybody’s comments and your e-mails of support. I’ll try not […]
I apologize for sounding so negative in yesterday’s blog. But to a longtime newspaper man like myself, missing a deadline is a mortal sin. I think we’ve finally got this issue of the paper whipped, and hopefully next time around will be easier. I appreciate everybody’s comments and your e-mails of support. I’ll try not […]
I have the greatest job in the world. I go to the places other people go on vacation, stay as long as I want to, the local attractions usually let me in free because I will be writing an article about them, and I get paid for having all that fun! But as much as […]