THE (ULTIMATE) PRICE OF EGGS

Well, it’s over. We’ve lost the battle. Indeed, we may have lost the war and the great American experiment of nearly 250 years may be ended. We had a republic, but we couldn’t keep it any longer than this. And all becaus...

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Avoid a Scary Future--VOTE!

Today is Halloween, when our thoughts naturally turn to fictional monsters: vampires, werewolves, ghosts, goblins and the like. But the real world we live in is plenty scary enough as we approach our national elections o...

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KIRKUS Reviews LOST HOLLOW!

A reviewers at the prestigious Kirkus Reviews online magazine delivered their opinion of Lost Hollow: A Small Town Science Fiction Romance (Alienville Book 1) this past week, calling it:

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The Video View from Marshall

It's been nearly three weeks since Hurricane Helene barreled through Western North Carolina and sent ravaging floodwaters through my hometown of Marshall (and cities and towns in the surrounding counties as well). Volunt...

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Special Flood Report from WNC

Today’s post is one I wasn’t sure I’d be able to deliver at all. My area of Western North Carolina, in and around the small mountain town of Marshall, near Asheville, was just hit by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, del...

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A Double Whammy for WNC Weather

The rain has been falling hard for nearly 24 hours now here in Marshall. Sheets of it have been pounding down, soaking the fields and forests, filling the creeks and rivers. Trees are down and roads flooded already in We...

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Ig Noble Truth Debunks Blue Zones

Want to live to be a healthy 100 years old? Wellness magazines and headline-shouting articles everywhere advise you to exercise, drink in moderation (or not at all), have a social life and, perhaps most importantly, foll...

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SOME HELP FOR THE UNDECIDED

It’s difficult for me to imagine why anyone could still be undecided about who is the best candidate for President of the United States, especially after Vice-President Kamala Harris’s performance in last Tuesday’s debat...

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BACK TO THE SALT MINES

I'm not the world's fastest writer. I'll admit it.

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My Other WIP: The Garden

A garden, like a draft novel, is a work in progress. It’s constantly changing, being revised and renovated under the influence of new information as the seasons go by. Beds are dug up; plants are moved, added, deleted, s...

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