Surely you know how exciting this is to us lighthouse people!
A quick surf through cyberspace will turn up numerous celebrations of National Lighthouse Day. I am celebrating by kicking off my month-long campaign to launch my latest romantic lighthouse mystery, CAPE SEDUCTION!
But back to NLD. What’s it all about, actually? Well, back in 1988, Senator [...]
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I hope so. Because life would be pretty dull without some kind of imagination. As you watch this wonderful slideshow of St. George Reef Lighthouse, just imagine what Darla’s life may have been like while visiting “Dragon Rock Lighthouse!”
St. George Reef Lighthouse
Of all the times to be MIA, it had to be now, when my new book is just sprouting wings! Not to be a bore, (or a boar?) I have to insert excuse #3 here: still have a day job. Yep, it’s true; even glamorous, wildly successful authors such as myself do occasionally supplement their [...]
1948. Post war, recovery.
Hollywood was wooing back the public with blockbusters like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo and The Three Musketeers. The beautiful people were “seen” at the Brown Derby and held their not-so-secret trysts at Chateau Marmont. They drove fishtail-finned Caddies and flew in the luxurious Douglas DC-6.
Darla Foster wanted to [...]
Set in an off-shore lighthouse perched on a deadly reef near the extreme northern California coast, “Dragon Rock Lighthouse” provides the eerie, dangerous background for CAPE SEDUCTION. The story takes us back to 1948, when a popular Hollywood starlet goes missing after the filming of a blockbuster movie set in the water-locked beacon. In 2008, [...]
Building a website with Word Press is not particularly difficult, just time consuming! I’m happy with how it’s going, though, and should be finished soon. I have lots to say and can’t wait to get this thing moving down the track.
1840: Claude Monet, Painter
1900: Aaron Copeland, Composer
1904: Dick Powell, Actor
1906: Louise Brooks, Actress
1908: Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator
1921: Brian Keith, Actor
1922: Veronica Lake, Actress
1948: Prince Charles
There’s a hundred years’ worth of people worth talking about. Tune in Friday to see who I’ll profile!
Okay, that was sort of a lame title. But there’s a reason. Stay tuned.
November 7th finds us celebrating the birthday of one of my favorite recording artists, songwriters, painters… Joni Mitchell turned 65 today but somehow I doubt she rushed to file for Social Security benefits. Parts of the title, of course, are lyrics from [...]
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Happy Halloween!
I was curious about those born on this eeriest of holidays. Did (do) they suffer teasing at the hands of schoolmates? Did/do they worry that they were somehow flawed or subject to paranormal leanings? My mother was born on Friday the 13th, and she always spoke as if that fact had skewed her luck [...]
Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr., was born in Sabine Pass, Texas, on this day in 1930. His career span reminds me of a bottle rocket; once lit, it soared quickly skyward and then extinguished at the height of its brilliance, leaving stunned watchers behind. J.P. got his start as a deejay in Beaumont, Texas, establishing [...]
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