Writing Like It’s 1895

My heroine needs a flashlight. And she needs one bad. It’s 1895 and they don’t exist. After 1900 I could get away with it. Why didn’t they exist. Not because of batteries. Usable batteries had been developed by 1802 and telegraphs had been using...

Windows Update, Reset; Rant

Caution Rant. This blog is late due to a Windows update. Last night Windows gave me an ultimatum. Update now or update in an hour. No if, ands, or buts. I hit the button and launched the update. All the talk about faster Windows updates and a kinder Microsoft is just...

Rehash of a Rehash

I’m doing better, busy, but I’m not writing consistently. I read the other day that Millennials are the loneliest generation. If you look around it’s not hard to understand. In a restaurant, a coffee shop, or in the waiting room. Everyone has their...

We Don’t Talk Any More

I operate an amateur radio station. I talk to people around the world. Or I use to. The world changed. I grew up on an Indian (Amerindians) reservation. Our house was a quarter mile from the paved road. You had to go another quarter mile to get to the little village...

The Rebel – Out to Save Civilization

Study the past and write about it. The Romans had a problem with employment, and they came up with a solution. We call it bread and circuses, I don’t know what the Romans called it. (today we call it the Internet and welfare). One of the reason they implemented...