‘This is Only a Test’ by BJ Hollars
‘This is Only a Test’ by BJ Hollars I picked up this book as part of my 2019 campaign to be more engaged with local writers and the local writing community. My thinking is that it’s ridiculous that a guy like Chris Kroeze has to be “anointed” by folks out in California for us to …
Birkie 2019 Race Report
Pardon my indulgence but this is how I keep track of things. I like to do write-ups and they help me remember what happened and when. It’s like a photograph, except that 10,000 words is worth 10 pictures. February 23rd, 2019, the 45th annual American Birkebeiner. This was to be number 16 for me, 31 …
Book Review: Russian Gold by Holly Bargo
I’ve never read a romance novel before so this book was a major departure for me. Lately, I’ve been branching out and reading pretty much everything anyone asks me to read. The truth is that there are literally reams of pages out there for you to peruse, and if you aspire to write, you really …
Walter Rhein & Dan Woll Chippewa Library Book Presentation
I am pleased to announce that I will be giving a talk along with my co-author Dan Woll at the Chippewa Library on Monday, February 18 at 6:30 PM. It is a free talk, and we will be discussing our latest release, Paperclip, from Burning Bulb Publishing. The book is a suspense/thriller based on historical …
Review—Gus Dorais: Gridiron Innovator, All-American and Hall of Fame Coach
As football continues to supplant baseball as the definitive American sport, interest in the history of our modern game also grows in stature. Author Joe Niese has produced an exhaustively researched biography about one of the principle contributers to the NFL game that we know and love today. Although Gus Dorais might not be a …
Welcome to Miraflores, Now Get Out of Here
Less than 2 weeks after the closure of Pizza Street, great change is already upon us. Miraflores continues down a path of evolution, led by Lima’s latest (and Miraflores’ former) mayor: Jorge Muñoz. Welcome to the New Miraflores Beloved by the Miraflorinos, Muñoz was elected as mayor of Lima with about 36% of the popular …
Pouring one out for Pizza Street
Pizza Street’s closure came to me as a complete surprise. I’d been so preoccupied with other things the previous week that I hadn’t even bothered to glance at Peruvian news, not even once. It wasn’t until I was heading to a bar just past the street that I saw the serenazgo in formation. A phalanx …
Kids and Dogs and Travel
My family has a conundrum. The kids are at that age where the only thing they want in this whole wide world is a dog. They try to subtly bring it into conversation, and by ‘subtle’ I mean they make frequent and overt declarations that our family needs a dog. “Can we get a dog?” …
Book Review ‘Fallen Princeborn: Stolen’
I am always on the lookout for upcoming independent authors. This is mainly because I am one of those people who constantly complains about the trash that’s available on mainstream media. To my way of thinking, there are too few media conglomerates and they seem to conspire to promote a pretty narrow minded narrative that’s …
RIP Calle de las Pizzas (Lima’s “Pizza Street”)
On January 14th, 2019, a beloved part of Miraflores, the Calle de los Pizzas, was put to rest. All 29 locations on the street were shut down in one fell swoop. The move was sudden and completely unannounced. News reports indicate that the local government had been engaged in a long-term covert operation to document …
Arthurian Must Read: Sean Poage’s ‘The Retreat to Avalon’
Fans of Arthurian legend are going to be very happy with Sean Poage’s ‘The Retreat to Avalon.’ This is a novel that takes its reader by the hand for a detailed tour of the Arthurian Age. If modern novels are a Michael Bay novel with a million cuts and scene changes per second, ‘The Retreat …
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You Know Chris Kroeze Now Meet Jason Chaffee
You Know Chris Kroeze Now Meet Jason Chaffee The Chris Kroeze phenomenon is about to unleash a literal horde of conquering Wisconsin recording artists. They can’t be reasoned with, they can survive temperatures of up to -85 degrees Kelvin, they can withstand wind chills of up to infinity, and they can swig a milkshake so …
