I shared some of the authors I’ve been reading in 2015 last week. Now for some music! I love all kinds of music, but these artists especially caught my attention. Who were you listening to in 2015? Leave a comment and share the joy! St. Paul and the Broken Bones Paul Janeway is an R&B […]
Archive for December, 2015
MUSIC: Favorite Musicians for 2015
Posted: 28th December 2015 by jazzdog in Creativity, MusicTags: best of, Bruno Mars, Cecile McLorin, Jazz, Kelley Johnson, music, R&B, Shakey Graves, St. Paul and the Broken Bones
TECH: Real Life Rocketships
Posted: 14th December 2015 by jazzdog in TechnologyTags: blog, sci-fi, space, tech, technology, Tom Swift
When I was a kid one of my favorite book series was the Adventures of Tom Swift. The books, and there are over a hundred titles, were first published in 1910 and have continued in one form or another into the 21st century. Tom would think that was pretty cool. Each adventure centered around some […]
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Posted: 7th December 2015 by jazzdog in History, UncategorizedTags: CAP, Guadalcanal, Hawaii, history, Pearl Harbor, WW II
On December 7th my thoughts always turn to my father and the pivotal events in Hawaii in 1941. He was a young man in the Army based at Hickam Field as an airplane mechanic. With the attack on Hawaii, he quickly trained to become a bombardier and soon found himself in the jungles of Guadalcanal. When […]
The Word: New Direction
Posted: 1st December 2015 by jazzdog in WordTags: blog, Richard Hacker, website, writing
I’ve been away from the blog for some time. In the interim, I’ve been working with Ken Atchity at AEI as he shops THE FIVE PENS OF JOHANN around and completing another novel. The new work is tentatively titled THE BIFURCATION OF DUNGSTEN CREASE. It’s a fun little scifi romp. You can check out the synopsis […]