Hey Writers, Here's a New Years goal worth putting on your bathroom mirror. "I will put life-or-death trouble in my first sentenc...

Last week's post began my thoughts about how writing/publishing has changed. It paused at the thought that one of the few ways for new w...

No one ever thinks, 'I've never been a doctor, but I'm going to do a little bit of doctoring down at the local hospital and see ...

Love the news about the Orca (killer whale) that is mimicking human speech. It's not very easy for the uninitiated to understand. And it...

It depends on how you measure, but we are close to the middle of our snow season. By averages, this is quite a dry winter. But it's no...

Humpback whales can be more than 50 feet long and weigh over 80,000 pounds. Like all cetaceans, Humpbacks are highly intelligent and have a ...

Hey, hotel people. Worried about AIRBNB taking over? If I'm looking for a charming vacation hideaway, then an AIRBNB or VRBO cottage i...

Like everybody, I've seen my share of frost crystals. But these might be the most amazing. We were walking along the Upper Truckee ...

Walking along Pope Beach, December 29th. Crystal clear water. Warm sun. Blue skies. The town is filled with ski tourists skiing on what I...

Hey readers, I hope you all have a great holiday filled with - natch - books, whether they be treebooks or ebooks. If you or any of your f...

My blog readers get an early "heads-up" on certain goodies. On Christmas, eight days from when this posts, my most recent bo...

I know, it's winter. But I've thought many times about one of our explorations last fall, a place that's open in the winter, too...