What a weekend, filled with food, drinks, sun, and fun. The inaugural Michigan Market & Mayhem in Frankenmuth, Michigan is in the history books.
Jul182016
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Jul112016
Buy Michigan Now
The countdown is on and the last of my stock has arrived for the Michigan Book Bash. In addition to my books I will have The Ultimate Ghost Hunter’s Toolkit, a CD with a case library of evidence from Michigan ghost hunting investigations that includes digital copies of both...
Jul062016
Gearing Up for the Book Bash
The Michigan Book Bash is just over one week away and the preparations are in full swing. Books are piling up, CDs are being recorded, and some great Aladdin 3477 swag was provided by the writer/director, himself, Matt Busch! In addition to all of that, I will also have...
Jul032016
Mr. Jefferson pays a visit for the nation’s birthday
I was walking in the woods. I ran into Thomas Jefferson. He was carrying a box, wrapped in a bow. “Which state is this?” he asked. Michigan, I said. “Hmm, I don’t know that one.” What’s in the box, Thomas? “A present for the country. By my calculations, you...
Jul032016
Transportation Complete, Captain
In one bite I was instantly transported back to an Italian store as a kid.
Jul032016
Elie Wiesel, Author and Activist, Passes Away at 87
“Wiesel is a messenger to mankind,” wrote the Nobel committee. “His message is one of peace, atonement and human dignity. His belief that the forces fighting evil in the world can be victorious is a hard-won belief.” http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3372108/jewish/Elie-Wiesel-Author-Activist-and-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Winner-Passes-Away-at-87.htm
Jul022016
A Day of Reflections
Racheal’s mother passed away in her sleep Friday morning at home. Today we are a little less numb but grateful that she is finally at peace. The following are snapshots of the day: “Oh, summer has clothed the earth in a cloak from the loom of the Sun.”- Paul...
Jul022016
Protests and Tensions Escalate in Hong Kong over Booksellers’ Captivity
I have published a new Banned Books Awareness article. Thousands of residents marched in protest on the anniversary in defiance of Chinese authorities over the abductions of several Hong Kong booksellers. The 61-year-old bookseller said that he was picked up at the border near Shenzhen before being blindfolded, handcuffed,...
Jul022016
Vapor
Tonight I’m to occupy a single breath: to let it slowly out as an open kettle might release its steam, left long on the stove. Eventually all substance turns to vapor & accumulates in the air, then falls again as a globe under its own weight. Bodies must be...
Jun302016
When the Almighty Dollar Controls Content
I have already scaled back the usage and scope of my personal Facebook account, opting to focus on my professional pages. Now, it seems, I may be on the verge of leaving Facebook altogether in favor of other social media outlets. If Facebook is not going to allow content...