I have joked many times before that I come from a long line of riverboat gamblers and horse thieves. I based that simply on the knowledge of the kind of people I come from, but until now I had no proof of that. So imagine my delight when I was going through some new family […]
For a long time I have labored under the misconception that my son Travis and I were pretty tight. As a single father, I did the best I could by him, and though we have butted heads sometimes over the years, I really thought we were okay. But I guess I was wrong. My kid […]
Except for the blog, I didn’t get any writing done yesterday. But I did proofread the last three or four chapters I had written in my new Tinder Street book, made some corrections to them, and printed them out for Terry to edit and proofread today. Then I’ll be sending them off to my other […]
Yesterday I was busy with a lot of housekeeping details. No, not the kind where I have to use a vacuum cleaner or a mop, that always turns out badly, but housekeeping details as far as the publishing end of things. The first order of the day was to contact my brilliant cover artist, Elizabeth […]
I know that I said in yesterday’s blog that I hoped to knock out a couple more chapters in my new Tinder Street book, but that didn’t happen. The weatherman said we are looking at the last few decent days we may be able to expect for a long time, with temperatures supposed to be […]
The other day the weatherman from News Channel 6 in Orlando said that Winter is over and Spring is officially here. But you couldn’t prove that by me yesterday. A cold front came through Central Florida, bringing rain and wind with it and keeping the temperature down in the low 60s all day long. On […]
I have wanted to go fishing for a long time now and yesterday was a perfect day for it, with temperatures in the mid-60s and lots of sunshine. Terry didn’t quite feel up to going out on the boat or the kayaks, so I went down to Anchor Hardware, a mile or two from the […]