The Phantom Lady

The Phantom Lady             Unnoticed, the lady came quietly into the store and stood in front of the counter. She had about her an ethereal quality, dressed in a soft burgundy and gold outfit. Her face professed a youthful beauty, yet, mystical and serene with a quiet mysterious attraction.   […]

Where The Dreams Are

Where The Dreams Are There on the horizon Where the clouds Where the Sun Where the mountains Bring shimmering shadows On the placid surface Of the deep blue sea – Dreams live in all These converging elements From the melodious music Of hungry souls, Those who somehow Know that the thief of night Cannot for […]

Blogging and Dreaming

Blogging and Dreaming It is what it is! A shameful declaration of a book wearing a colorful cover that is going to go on the circuit in the next couple of weeks. What’s it about? You ask. It’s a love story carrying the #Romance genre and it has some suspenseful moments and some pretty powerful […]

Murder in Pueblo del Mar

Murder in Pueblo del Mar Amazon Worldwide: http://authl.it/1sy Puerto Peῆasco – AKA Pueblo Del Mar. In Arizona, Puerto Peῆasco is known by its English name – Rocky Point. The ‘AKA Pueblo Del Mar’ is the name I used for one of my ‘Bailey Crane Mystery Books’. There are six titles in that series, and Murder […]

Spring and Summer

Spring and Summer The boys are playing baseball – a rite of Spring, synonymous with Mom’s apple pie and Pop’s homemade vanilla ice cream. The girls are wearing their tank tops and cut-off jeans, strutting model-straight as they pass the boys in school hallways all across the country…getting close to bikini time and raging hormones. […]

Magical Day in February

Magical Day in February   Fluffy whites play in the sky Of powder blue, Defying the gray of winter With its pleasant hue. Surely an ugly mood can Change to Hope, Dispel for hours the woes With which we cope. Can such a Day void the Voices of Doom? Shatter dark oppressive shadows Of gloom? […]

Awake and Asleep

‘get to the point, hillbilly hotshot’

Millions Do It – Why Should I?

Millions Do It – Why Should I? Look at the blank pages! I’ve looked at blank pages for many years, even managed to fill enough of them to write thirteen books, books of mystery and suspense, some inspired by true-life events, even filled some of those blank pages with romance and books about myself. You […]

Mindsets and Regrets

Mindsets and Regrets As many will know I have used at times my blog as a podium for Faith and Political venting, and, yes, I know, these are personal subjects that would be better left to political pundits and our religious leaders. My only excuse is that I care about the direction of our country, […]

Do You Know This Man?

Do you know this man? No? I knew him, not so well, some forty years ago…he was a habitue, a devotee, of the Phoenix neon night life, looking for parts of himself he had lost along the long road from Appalachia: lost in an abusive and disoriented childhood; lost in a flawed and impetuous marriage; […]