Chimney & Co – The Poetic Story of a Family Cat by Pamela Douglas – Book Review

Who is Chimney? He is a family cat and is telling his story poetically in the book “Chimney & Co.” Chimney begins the poems at a time when he was very young and they continue to maturity. The titles of some of my favorites are: My Arrival – Chimney tells how some people came to …

The iPhone looks good, but I can carry more memory on my keychain

Apple recently had the grand presentation of the new iPhone. The excitement these new releases have generated is incredible, but fully expected, I mean, it’s from Apple we’re talking about. The company that has people lining up outside the flagship stores 2 weeks before a new product launch. With all the fuss, of course, I …

Race Relations Ambassador to the State Department – Clark Terry, Jazz Great

Clark Terry, born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1920, has a career spanning more than six decades. When Terry was a kid, he made his first horn out of a garden hose, funnel, and piece of pipe. There was no money in his family of ten children to buy a horn. Recognizing his determination, his …

Native American novel brings new life to Lake Superior’s dead

Craig A. Brockman’s Dead of November is a supernatural thriller that will enchant readers with Native American lore, ghostly apparitions, exotic location, and homage to lost love. Set in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, one of the oldest cities in the Midwest on the shores of Lake Superior, the novel draws on the city’s historic heritage …