I spent almost all of last night with Karl Marlantes' latest book, "A Cold Victory." For some reason I had thought that it was going to be a sort of sequel to his first book -- his blockbuster bests-seller, "Matterhorn" about the Viet Nam War. ...
Maggie Stuckey is giving a party - a thank you party for some very special people here at the beach --people who many of us know and love! And we're all invited to say "thank you" with her -- and to her, also, for that matter! First. the...
On March 30, 2010 I wrote in my Blog that I had joined a new Mystery Book Club -- though that in itself is a bit of a mystery. In another blog I have a picture of the "Mystery Book Club Founders" which is dated 2009. It was a small group -- just...
No sooner had I turned on the bedside lamp and checked the time yesterday morning than the power went out! Damn! And I had overslept, too. I'd be hard pressed to get through my long list of "todo's" even without all the amenities... like a...
I just ran across this statement online: Commentator Bill Harley recounts how his best teacher meandered off the subject at hand and left an indelible impression on him. "Birdwalking" is a term of derision used by educators about this practice. ...
February 19. 2024 A blog reader wrote me the other day and said she remembered "my" house (now belonging to my cousin Lina and her husband Dave): I remember seeing this house and reading about it in one of the Northwest Home books. It was so...
Yesterday afternoon I bit the weather bullet (and my night-blind vision bullet) and attended a gathering of poets at Time Enough Books. They were there to celebrate the publication of Cascadian Zen and to read some of their poems included in this...
As much as it pains me to admit it, I am still trying to recover from the biggest mistake I ever made. Book-wise that is. This was a mistake in judgment pure and simple. My intentions were good but... we already know about that road to hell. It...
Yesterday, I was busier than that proverbial bird dog during hunting season -- seeing my cousins off after a fabulous two-day stay, gathering my books (and my wits) for a Book Talk at Timberland Library, and fixing myself a fabulous crab salad...
John Matthews, the first school principal I ever worked with in Hayward, California, was big on lesson plans and their subsequent accomplishment. His words of wisdom -- "Plan your work and work your plan." became words to live by for most of the...
When it comes to writing, I've probably made more than my share of mistakes over the years. Since my focus is history. errors "come with the territory" you might say, since new information constantly surfaces putting what once seemed definitive in...
YOU ARE INVITED TO A BOOK TALK (BY ME) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15th 2:00-3:00 p.m. OCEAN PARK TIMBERLAND LIBRARY When the Timberland Library asked me to give a book talk about ANY of my books, I just plain couldn't decide. So, if you come to Ocean...