Serendipity
The origin of this book came in the early 1990s in my family history research. I stumbled across a query in an old journal mentioning my...
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- Aug 16, 2017
- 2 min
The Lost Cause
The tragedy in Charlottesville and ensuing cacophony has inspired me to offer my perspective of the history involved. The monuments in...
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- Apr 2, 2016
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My First Podcast
I was honored to be interviewed on the Writers Groupie podcast. I moved my desk around so that my bookcase was in the background and I...
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- Apr 20, 2014
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Game of Thrones Oh My
I saw the first episode of the first season of Game of Thrones As of this writing I have finished Episode 8 of Season 2. Or is it Episode...
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- Feb 3, 2014
- 2 min
Anticipation
Remember when, for two weeks in December, the truck pulled up in front of the house to deliver that package from the grandparents? That...
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- Jan 3, 2014
- 2 min
How are you listening?
Rather than get into a TLDR situation, I’m going to break things up. How to listen to audio books and podcasts. Most listening these days...
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- Jan 3, 2014
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What are you listening to?
As posted here before, I have begun to explore audio books in addition to hard copy books and e-books. In the past month or two I have...
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- Dec 19, 2013
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Selling and Buying
Today I bought and I sold via Amazon.com. I tried to buy toys for my grandsons the old fashioned way, but when I got there, the toy store...
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- Dec 15, 2013
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What are you reading? Hearing?
I usually have two books going at once, one a work of fiction and the other some kind of history book. With the Kindle I can have three...
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- Feb 19, 2013
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What are you reading? Steve Jobs
I am reading the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson which I recommend from a number of viewpoints. First, it’s well researched...
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- May 23, 2011
- 2 min
Another Voice
I recently published, via Amazon.com’s print-on-demand program Create Space, my historical novel Down The River. The story grew out of my...
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- Mar 26, 2011
- 1 min
Published
My novel Down The River is now available through Amazon.com. A Kindle version will also be available soon. Buy it. Read it. Review it....
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- Feb 11, 2011
- 2 min
What are you reading?
About everything I can get my WiFi around. The Kindle Santa brought me has transformed my lierary life. I have purchased and downloaded a...
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- Nov 21, 2010
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Power For The People: A History of Seattle City Light
Yesterday Mind Over Matter host Diane Horn interviewed me on KEXP Radio FM 90.3 about my history of Seattle City Light. Click here to go...
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- Oct 18, 2010
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Publishing Update
The two books I did with the late Walt Crowley several years ago are now available through University of Washington Press. Power For The...
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- Sep 18, 2010
- 1 min
KUOW Presents
Today I was interviewed on KUOW FM 94.9. The segment is twelve minutes condensed from an hour conversation with producer Dave Beck. The...
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- Aug 20, 2010
- 2 min
Flogging My Wares
Yesterday I had a book signing, probably one of the fantasies of those seeking to be published. The wannabe author imagines being seated...
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- May 28, 2010
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New Books
I received good news this week. University of Washington Press is listing two books of mine in their online catalogue. The first is Power...
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- Mar 25, 2010
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New Contract
The folks at Turner Publishing Co. in Nashville have a new project for me, Historic Photos of Seattle in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. It’s the...
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- Jan 8, 2010
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Opening for the centennial history of Seattle Children’s Hospital
Six-year-old Alice lies half reclined on the stretcher struggling against asthma to breathe. Her alveolar sacs are paralyzed and her...
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