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Rebuilding the Collection

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

When the house that my parents had built for their retirement retreat burned in a catastrophic brushfire in 2003, they had only about half-an-hour warning, and so there were a good many things they simply did not have time to … Continue reading →

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My First Book

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

… is now revived in a Kindle edition. I didn’t republish it when I moved from Booklocker to Watercress Press, as it is very short, and composed mainly of blog entries that I wrote about my eccentric family for the … Continue reading →

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The Dream Home

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Now and again, I dream of what I would like for my very own bespoke retirement property … only that it wouldn’t be retirement, actually; I’ll be working until the day that the medical examiner’s van carts me away. Being … Continue reading →

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A Study in Contrasts: Houston and Lincoln

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

It’s an old-fashioned study in contrasts, considering the two of them, Abraham Lincoln and Sam Houston; both political giants, both of them a linchpin around which a certain point of American history turned, both of them men of the frontier. The … Continue reading →

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Log Cabin Days

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

Among the books in my tall stack to read to provide background for my books about the pioneering days in Texas was one with the very dry title of Texas Log Buildings; A Folk Architecture … which proved to be … Continue reading →

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Chapter from The Quivera Trail

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

(Another chapter from The Quivera Trail – the sequel to the Adelsverein Trilogy, wherein are followed the lives of Dolph Becker’s English bride Isobel, and her young ladies’ maid, Jane Goodacre. In this chapter, the new ranch in the just-opened-for-settlement … Continue reading →

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Where I was on Friday Afternoon…

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

Graduation parade for Air Force basic trainees, at Lackland AFB

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More Magic

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

The creation of characters is one of those miracle things. That happens in a couple of different ways. The ones who are historical characters are easiest of course; people like Sam Houston, or Jack Hayes, or John O. Meusebach, all … Continue reading →

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Back Pages and Sample Chapters

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Because a Facebook friend asked me to send links to various sample chapters of my books that I have posted – of course, this is six years and nearly as many books, so there are (blush) a lot of them, … Continue reading →

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Oranges and Honey

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

I have a shoebox full of vintage postcards, collected in the Thirties by the invalid young son of Grandpa Jim’s employer. Among my favorite cards are those of places I knew, like the Devil’s Gate Dam, on the nebulous border … Continue reading →

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