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This week we went to see Think-Red-Hibble-Stew. We had an inauspicious start. I left my house and office keys locked in the office--of course, I hadn't realized this at the time. I passed my wife on my way home; she was going the opposite direction to pick up daughter after some practice or something. When I arrived at the house, I found it locked. When I couldn't find my keys, that's when I realized that I had removed them from the lock in the office door...and placed them in the pocket of the jacket that I leave at the office, instead of placing them in the pocket of my pants--which I wear home. So I cooled my heels on the front doorstep and waited for wife's return. It provided me with an opportunity to read my newest download: Pride of The Samuri , Book 1 of the Kusunoki Chronicles . I'll do a more complete review on it later. I'm nearly done with the book now, and IT. IS. EPIC. My review will probably say something like this author may be on of the ...

"When I was a boy I had a dream about all the things I'd like to be...When I was a boy I had a dream..." "When I was a Boy" from the album Alone in The Universe -- Jeff Lynne's ELO. I had planned a reframe of  Fallen Angel (1945) . Directed by Otto Preminger. Starring Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, and Linda Darnell. However, I was seized by a strange melancholy (it came from behind the refrigerator and glommed onto me with manifold tentacles of misty, many-hued memory). When that happens,  Alone in The Universe  has a few songs to help channel that feeling to the surface. The Time  album, also from ELO, makes for a good chaser. The latter is good for a meander down memory lane to a time when I wore a younger man's clothes (yeah, I stole part of that phrase from Billy Joel's "Piano Man"--which also holds some special memories of younger days that I may noted in a previous post). Instead of the reframe, I'm just including a few o...

A sky painted in watercolor gray looked down upon me with all the joy of a boy who had lost his favorite toy. It was threatening to cry. I knew that I had only a limited amount of that currency issued to each of on a daily basis to complete the daunting, but not overwhelming tasks before me. In fact, I would say the tasks were merely whelming, definitely not overly so. It was like this, see. Last Saturday the mower went on strike again. It had had some complaint about needing a new starter motor. I had immediately broken off negotiations...and ordered a new starter motor. The local apothecary of parts had said that they would have to order it. I had decided that I could do that on my own. So I did. Saturday, I returned to negotiations with the new starter motor in hand. I made a blood-free presentation. It went so efficiently that my wife couldn't believe that I finished as soon as I had. The biggest problem had been a set of bolts on the engine cover were masquerading as 10 m...

Quick Countdown. Only a few hours left to purchase this gem at $2.99. Starting tomorrow, and for only a few days, it will be on sale for $0.99. Get it now at $2.99 while you still can. Or get it tomorrow for only $0.99. It's a win-win. Pick your price. Limited time only. Get the book. Post a review. Smoke , by Stanley Wheeler, a tale of lipstick and lead, romance and mystery told from inside the head of the impromptu detective (mostly), with a little help from his favorite authors.

Speaking of book covers, I've redone the cover to Justice in Season . I'm not certain that I'm pleased with it. The background may be too busy. I needed to change it as the old cover didn't fit the Kindle cover dimensions; it looked odd, out of place, and amateurish (now it only suffers from the latter distinction, or maybe still all three but just in a different way). Here's the new cover: Yes, I used the same template that I used for Smoke . If you like something, keep it--or as I say, glom* onto it and never let it go. I also made a similar cover for the sequel, Justice Resurgent . I may decide to change it before I'm done writing the sequel, so I won't post the preview of that one yet. I finished two Louis L'Amour books recently. The Broken Gun , and The Mountain Valley War . Rather than a straight review, I'll do a little compare and contrast. TBG is a shorter, quicker read. TMVW is longer (yes, that's redundant). I chose TMVW based ...