American Pioneer

...and we're back. In the midst of the chaos and medicals, someone locked themselves out of their account. I had to wait un...

  The day could not pass without reflection.   This day will always be linked to another, which will haunt my horrors.   In Memor...

  It has been a rough three weeks.   For those that came in late - I have been dealing with the demise of a parent. Lots of doctors ap...

  Feature story at the San Diego Reader.   I imagine that the silence from the San Diego Airport Authority is because they got ...

  It has been, a gut wrenching week for me.   First, news arrived from home of the jailing of the most influential teacher in my lif...

Merry Christmas, from Chesterfield Inlet . As Santa makes his way around the world, I give thanks that I had the opportunity to be a ...

  Overnight, I was sleeping and had a vivid dream.  The dream was a story I was writing.   Nearing the end of the story, and prior to mor...

  In the United States, Thanksgiving is complete, and we now move into Christmas mode. Black Friday sales began, decorations went up overn...

Book tour stop, Manhattan, New York   In the field of emergency management, at the conclusion of a exercise or disaster, there is a rev...

  Cover story at Eugene Daily News .   Australia Post Moves Into Oregon .

On Tour. Salt Lake City. Santee. Toronto. New York City. ....and I did it, my way.

Christmas In Canada has been released and the tour is about to start. On this tour I'll be accompanied by my father, visiting from A...

  Chicken Soup for the Soul's latest release Christmas in Canada.   The irony of an Australian living in Southern California writing...

  On November 17, 2013, I wrote a blog entry titled "I Got a Pay Rise Today." *   It spoke of how for the first time since Augu...

  In September of 1971, South Sydney won the Sydney Rugby League Grand Final.  I have no recollection of watching the game on television. ...

I have to think back to when I was a child of age 6 or 7, for the last time I recall my father residing in my house. My mother would tel...

  On a twitter feed this week was a quote from Ernest Hemmningway.   "What is the best early training for a writer?  An unhappy child...

  One day,  I will have that assistant, who picks up the phone and organizes tours, hotels, cars and even some sightseeing.   One day, I...

Welcome to the "Jimi Johnson Era".   #48.

  Here's what I've learned about organizing a book tour for the forthcoming Chicken Soup for the Soul book, Christmas in Canada. T...