Launch Party Recipes
Many people who came to the Launch Party asked for recipes for the watermelon water and dips.
Month: January 2017
Launch Party
It was ninety-seven degrees June 8, 2014, when we gathered at CRUX Winery to send In the Shadow of Lies: A Mystery…
What I Learned About Using Lyrics While Writing “In the Shadow of Lies”
Sometimes, a song enters my mind and becomes the soundtrack for the scene I’m writing, particularly if the scene includes…
Ghostly Funeral Procession
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934. In 1942, with an eye to a…
Always Faithful
Always Faithful, A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII, by Captain William W. Putney tells the story of the…
Remember Pearl Harbor
Seventy-three years ago, Americans sat by the radio horrified by Japan’s sneak attack on the Pacific Fleet in Honolulu. They…
Xylitol: Sweet and Deadly to Dogs
I’ve been worried recently about the number of people who don’t know that the artificial sweetener xylitol is extremely toxic…