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More Website Updates

Hello faithful reader. I have been hard at work in updating and creating many of the subpages located here. The Space Pages are finally complete! Only took about 20 years to finally complete the Skylab and Soyuz pages along with … Continue reading

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Website Updates!

Howdy Sports Fans! I have been hard at work doing some updates to the site. Take a look at the menu bar and you’ll see the new Iron Maiden and Video Game tabs. I have created a singular Iron Maiden … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween faithful reader! All Hallow’s Eve. Samhain. Halloween. The time of year that has always sparked an interest in the occult in me. My home is decorated in skeletons and spider webs. My yard has become a cemetery with … Continue reading

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Writing is starting to Heat Up!

Good Day to you Loyal Reader! Well, I can finally give an update on my writing progress. I’ve decided to abandon Scrivener, for now, and go back to my Word document. I had to make the chance because it was … Continue reading

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The Final Frontier Is HERE!

Hello Iron Maiden fans! The last album for my collection finally arrived! The Final Frontier, released in 2010, then remastered in 2015 and was their last studio album until the 2021 release of Senjutsu, which I also have. I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Writer’s Slump, Home Improvement, and UP THE IRONS!

Good afternoon faithful reader! I come to you on my knees, groveling for forgiveness. My struggles with finding the muse to write is overwhelming me. I know that I have to get back to Book 3 and I am stuck … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday To My Wonderful Wife!

Good day, faithful reader! Today’s blog entry is all about my wife and how great she is to me and our family, *all names are withheld to protect the innocent*. Today is fairly close to her “~40+”th (*age not specified … Continue reading

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Website Updates and More Iron Maiden

Good afternoon faithful reader. Just a quick word on the website updates. I have uploaded the new Book, Movies, Music, Video Game and Train databases to the site. I have a sneaky feeling that I will be working on created … Continue reading

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Chief Pontiac Trail Hike/Canoe – Post Trail Report

Post Trail Report Day 1: We stepped off on our hike the morning of September 18, 2021, at 8:30am.  Alec Vella spotted a toad and picked it up.  It pooped on him, and his demeanor changed from happy to sad.  … Continue reading

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Site Updates and On Writing

Hello faithful reader! Well, as things have been going, I have not been faithful to you. You see, as much as I want to write, it is difficult for me to focus on the words. Not because of any attention … Continue reading

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Iron Maiden, Birthday, Eye Issues, and New Books

Good day faithful reader. As you can probably surmise from the title, there is a lot to talk about today. Well, on with the show! On my last vacation I had some really good conversations with my brother-in-law and his … Continue reading

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Health and Fitness

Well howdy and hello to you fellow readers. My best well wishes and heartfelt blessings be upon you. Now, with that out of the way, I humbly ask for the same in return! I have been dealing with an almost … Continue reading

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Book 3, Journaling, and Beyond

Well sports fans, here is the link to New Homestead, Book 2 in the Hawkins Family Trilogy: My daily journal project is barreling along, not as nicely as I had hoped, but moving forward. I am struggling with maintaining it … Continue reading

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IT’S DONE! HOLY CRAP!

I did it everybody! I finished the manuscript for New Homestead and sent it off to the proof/beta readers. I also received the final cover art from my good friends wife. She did an awesome job, and I am super … Continue reading

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Anniversary, Camping and Editing Oh My!

Good afternoon faithful friends! I am currently vacationing in Silver Lake, Michigan with my wife and her family. Pray for me. We are here with my kids and in laws celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary! 25 years together. A quarter … Continue reading

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Habit Forming and Addicting!

Good afternoon loyal reader(s). I have been busy editing New Homestead, the 2nd book in the Hawkins Family Survival Series. I am at one third of the way done, but I know it will speed up as I go through. … Continue reading

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Time Management and Life

Good day to you faithful readers. This weeks post is brought to you by our advertisers, No One! Yeah. My mind has been all over the place lately and I’ll give you one guess as to where it hasn’t been. … Continue reading

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The Saga Continues….

Hello loyal readers and fans of my blog. I have been hard at work, ya right, on editing Book 2 of the Hawkins Family Series, New Homestead. It is a slog fest. I am working hard on cleaning up the … Continue reading

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It’s Done! Book 2 Is Done!

Hello loyal readers! I have some great news. Today, I finished the first draft of New Homestead, Book 2 in the Hawkins Family Trilogy! I can’t tell you how good it makes me feel that I finally finished the bulk … Continue reading

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Happy Independence Day!

Happy 4th of July to the rest of our Colonial Rebellion Revolutionaries! If it wasn’t for our American ancestors rising up against an oppressive government we would have the rights that we are fighting for today! Drink up all the … Continue reading

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