Day: December 6, 2020

MORE (B)IRDS WITH A “B” IN THE MIDDLE SORT OF

BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: BIRDS WITH A “B” IN THEIR NAME Well, if the "B" doesn't have to be the main B in the bird's name, then I have a few more birds! Red-Bellied Woodpeckers and Rose-Breasted Nuthatches. I have to ponder this a while longer. The Bs seem to have gone missing from my … Continue reading MORE (B)IRDS WITH A “B” IN THE MIDDLE SORT OF

CHRISTMAS PAST – RICH PASCHALL

My Top Ten Christmas Songs Dead Artists Edition, by Rich Paschall Whenever I listen to holiday songs on the local Christmas music radio station, one fact becomes apparent to me. Almost all of the songs I hear are performed by artists who have gone on to that great holiday party in the sky. This is, … Continue reading CHRISTMAS PAST – RICH PASCHALL

SNOW DAY!

Yesterday it was tee-shirt weather. I went out to fill the bird feeders and it was close to 70-degrees Fahrenheit or 21 degrees Celsius. So even though we knew it was going to snow today, we really didn't think it was going to stick. Around here, it wasn't snowing yet, but drive five miles north … Continue reading SNOW DAY!

FIGHTING A TITAN FOR THE LIFE OF CHICAGO – “BATTLEGROUND” BY JIM BUTCHER

After I read Peace Talks, I had to wait just a month for Battleground to be released. I'm sure he wrote them as one book, but they are published in two volumes. There was a natural break between the first and second, so it feels natural. If you have not read the rest of the … Continue reading FIGHTING A TITAN FOR THE LIFE OF CHICAGO – “BATTLEGROUND” BY JIM BUTCHER

PEACE TALKS BY JIM BUTCHER

I have waited six years for book sixteen of the Harry Dresden world to be published. I waited patiently. Then, after a while, with less patience. A few months ago, there was a book by Jim Butcher called Spiderman: The Darkest Hours. It wasn't Harry Dresden, but it was good and Jim Butcher wrote it. … Continue reading PEACE TALKS BY JIM BUTCHER