tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25164363258604443932024-03-26T23:36:26.533-07:00- Neil A. Waring's - Confessions of a Writer of WesternsAuthor site for Neil A. Waring - Writer & Historian Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.comBlogger435125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-59708260786475913412024-01-10T15:43:00.000-08:002024-01-10T15:43:42.124-08:002024 - Writing/Edits and a Book Excerpt<h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And Off We Go </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- </span></b><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We are off and
running now - it's already the second week of January. For us, that means cold,
and it's coming. Nighttime lows down to -20 this weekend, and right now, we are
waiting for the furnace man to show up. We have good space heaters and a gas
fireplace, so we are not in any danger, but that makes for some hot and some
cold rooms. Oh, how I like my creature comforts</span></span><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></h2><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP1oByLdu4PiI2W7eY6o6iOoyrYmJF-O-J3xGiJwpEaRIJpWqurVl__HHb5ER6Kq1cu7uEdQmW8wHrvPFUB-sQmFRYxuaDYzZznlzS_mYYfUnQhSADFUPIz7X6xvTkGLoS6msS7VZME0XOcMjuCyftD4U9ZnL2fuUnDtV0t_w1LvpHm_U3yqT4c5HLcgD/s2901/Pronghorns%202%20%20Dec%2010-24.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="2901" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP1oByLdu4PiI2W7eY6o6iOoyrYmJF-O-J3xGiJwpEaRIJpWqurVl__HHb5ER6Kq1cu7uEdQmW8wHrvPFUB-sQmFRYxuaDYzZznlzS_mYYfUnQhSADFUPIz7X6xvTkGLoS6msS7VZME0XOcMjuCyftD4U9ZnL2fuUnDtV0t_w1LvpHm_U3yqT4c5HLcgD/w400-h288/Pronghorns%202%20%20Dec%2010-24.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: inherit;"><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 24pt;">Edits Never End <span style="font-weight: normal;">-</span></span><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: normal;"> have been
spending about two hours a day editing, for the final time, my third book for
older readers. This one follows On Turning 70 and Elderly. Titled Morning Walk,
it is a physical and mental well-being book. As usual in this series, I try to
add as many antidotes, stories, and jokes as I believe my readers can stand. Getting
old is many things, even, at times, funny. I have put this one away so many
times, but now it is starting to grow on me, looks like a go. </span><b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUtLLla-qvz5pc5HDLcLs_TT8S9y_RS62adlIu4qoyFrYcmiUj-wR1grOfltOsw6ajt8ai-QsoMtVkDRXTnBCM-C5GsTza5bVqE5CaPSEksPEG5gqeQL4fegyuSye2-PAhvTizAGt3kg8kiEEBfpiy4GMfhb1ArpOgLo2v-hShupXHsrKds9x1-2Nq1A9/s3103/20211212_092408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="3103" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUtLLla-qvz5pc5HDLcLs_TT8S9y_RS62adlIu4qoyFrYcmiUj-wR1grOfltOsw6ajt8ai-QsoMtVkDRXTnBCM-C5GsTza5bVqE5CaPSEksPEG5gqeQL4fegyuSye2-PAhvTizAGt3kg8kiEEBfpiy4GMfhb1ArpOgLo2v-hShupXHsrKds9x1-2Nq1A9/w400-h216/20211212_092408.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Morning
Walk</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">an excerpt from
chapter 2. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Walking
is as close to the perfect exercise as will ever be found. We can do it
anywhere and at any time of the day - other than a good pair of shoes, no
special equipment is needed. I walk in blue jeans or khakis with a
t-shirt or a hoodie in cooler weather. In warm weather, it’s shorts
and a tee shirt. I see people dressed like me, and I see people
dressed to the nines in the latest fashion for runners and
walkers. For younger readers, dressed to the nines is something from
my childhood and teen years. Not sure why it made a comeback in the 50s and
60s, as the term goes back about 200 years. My favorite explanation
of this saying is that tailors, at one time, used nine yards of material to
make their best suits. Thus, dressed in the best the tailor could
sew together, they would be dressed to the nines. That’s a pretty long-winded
explanation of people who dress in nice running/walking gear when I see them on
the trail.</span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Photos</span></b><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> - </span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Today's
photos are from my walks and drives over the past few days/weeks.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXC-VURzCQOJQyeJJpa7dL4BmeBoOwh37AQj9fOw_CaCQ4tanhSjbcC7UAgA4BG_0bCrn1SdMXGlyBCBVgs9EoexF-r2u09volGsqb593GFnD7bBTq96GpAHSCYtkYp2nbHZjQ2nXv9Z0MNfN9LZVDZpXCXOxAHg8dJUJQ_BiC-mvXlfVgYCGjB0yj7rg/s4608/IMG_1797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXC-VURzCQOJQyeJJpa7dL4BmeBoOwh37AQj9fOw_CaCQ4tanhSjbcC7UAgA4BG_0bCrn1SdMXGlyBCBVgs9EoexF-r2u09volGsqb593GFnD7bBTq96GpAHSCYtkYp2nbHZjQ2nXv9Z0MNfN9LZVDZpXCXOxAHg8dJUJQ_BiC-mvXlfVgYCGjB0yj7rg/w400-h300/IMG_1797.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24pt;">Quote of the Day </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">-</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> “It is impossible to
live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might
as well not have lived at all - in which case you fail by default."
- J. K. Rowling</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24pt;">That’s it for today</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> - </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">stay warm and enjoy
winter as much as possible.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p></div><div><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0RFF2+HV Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO, USA38.8239737 -104.547867813.197060454076244 -139.7041178 64.45088694592377 -69.3916178tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-70258193059286606452024-01-02T11:24:00.000-08:002024-01-02T11:24:59.704-08:00With New Year's Come New Beginnings<p><span style="font-size: large;">I hope everyone is off to a great start in the new year. My 2023 was a bit of a loss, so I am happy to put it behind me. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVxIOY145Dquci8s0VOcaoyd-Trou0G6aWn1a1D-bfyFvBID49DX7TO1ONfSZVo0uyL6qdL9MfA8CUheAdgBBKki2mlMLBAG9r5S9PPJRvKdLnRTmC98TG7RXDgldlXXeFGGGVnorlXTNPJ1iiGb7opv_YZluA6a3b4-559OaXaVGNsg3POsiQneAaxhO/s4000/20231221_100654.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVxIOY145Dquci8s0VOcaoyd-Trou0G6aWn1a1D-bfyFvBID49DX7TO1ONfSZVo0uyL6qdL9MfA8CUheAdgBBKki2mlMLBAG9r5S9PPJRvKdLnRTmC98TG7RXDgldlXXeFGGGVnorlXTNPJ1iiGb7opv_YZluA6a3b4-559OaXaVGNsg3POsiQneAaxhO/w180-h400/20231221_100654.heic" width="180" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Starting Over - again</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have started and stopped so many projects in the past two years that I could not, even if I wanted to, count them. Now feeling much better, maybe, just maybe, this will be the year I will publish one or two, or all three of my finished first drafts.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33j9-CFKmVZ69CzIaa2PyyL_o8z-_OU3pFWgEXN_6AyKOIqigcxSAs4mddAjAtyhv2Z0ICR4GrOvgYaTW1vdM0bG3oxj4lSMgII7pdgNO61jTEWDMchmOmBW1cbVwLZ3572FBDw04Bt9r8HkJTgWi1qjsXbzm01m7z_WE948W3hAOgEcpFHbGX7qyaxCh/s1080/2-20%20Eagle%20in%20Field.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1080" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33j9-CFKmVZ69CzIaa2PyyL_o8z-_OU3pFWgEXN_6AyKOIqigcxSAs4mddAjAtyhv2Z0ICR4GrOvgYaTW1vdM0bG3oxj4lSMgII7pdgNO61jTEWDMchmOmBW1cbVwLZ3572FBDw04Bt9r8HkJTgWi1qjsXbzm01m7z_WE948W3hAOgEcpFHbGX7qyaxCh/w400-h389/2-20%20Eagle%20in%20Field.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Last year</span></b>, after having a neck fusion in mid-December, I was determined to walk an extra 1,000 miles in 2023. I kept track and made it with three weeks to spare. This was an accomplishment I was proud of since I was still using a walker to get around on January 1, 2023. Now thirty pounds lighter, I am back, mowing the grass, playing golf, traipsing around the countryside with one of my cameras, and enjoying life as a somewhat older person. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZi34Ns6HxX5n_v0ej12dhgsU3zRyB7bDsOgmK3cv7g9nOFXIPJQwK1ASsLi5WjgWmnk4cNgARTRDv-rRIwMRJtLgRe0XWktUV2wuI8Yo3Pml3u3Eq11CWOlOxupV7cmfhX5G9hMuyXjl03xzHodOpi4ELVg-Ct9GNm33z9nbIyQraah9OD3PpwkbO2ot/s1517/Bison%20close%20up%20%232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1467" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZi34Ns6HxX5n_v0ej12dhgsU3zRyB7bDsOgmK3cv7g9nOFXIPJQwK1ASsLi5WjgWmnk4cNgARTRDv-rRIwMRJtLgRe0XWktUV2wuI8Yo3Pml3u3Eq11CWOlOxupV7cmfhX5G9hMuyXjl03xzHodOpi4ELVg-Ct9GNm33z9nbIyQraah9OD3PpwkbO2ot/w386-h400/Bison%20close%20up%20%232.JPG" width="386" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Writing</span></b> - For many years, I wrote around 300,000. In the pa</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">st two years combined, I have written about 50,000. Not so good! This year, with some good luck, I hope to get at least 10,000 per month - I will keep you posted.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe this will be one of many writing posts in the new year. I sure hope so.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZHhCesvbBQaCu4RZFTV4_1n6aK-Bqpzc0CSeD66d1f_mn44W-DKAvosvRq4PDCsJgI7UjboXgFx-EfjE6acAaserkN6Rsxx_YHqTH4q1i_mwGzvRVjwtrj348efYLQ5s96UT4jriyJ9F1kQ5noBsSFx-xUK-1ka6p1Ful-ESvTFovAiEsc3whNVtcL0j/s1080/2-2020%20several%20geese.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZHhCesvbBQaCu4RZFTV4_1n6aK-Bqpzc0CSeD66d1f_mn44W-DKAvosvRq4PDCsJgI7UjboXgFx-EfjE6acAaserkN6Rsxx_YHqTH4q1i_mwGzvRVjwtrj348efYLQ5s96UT4jriyJ9F1kQ5noBsSFx-xUK-1ka6p1Ful-ESvTFovAiEsc3whNVtcL0j/w400-h300/2-2020%20several%20geese.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">Photos</span></b> from in and around our little place in the world.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ11LMZbTLcO1hFmBWcVfFeqEXSbXVli8UTXzOLL7hGO2B7JOEKNiR1m94dhu680lAkECjOJx9bxxKPOuY8T4Wa0hx2sQiiHCst2AWjreXuNfVOabVB4uG-rxfdiZSuEHUA5PUqdywo5Z97YT0Lgi0UP-VJSj4VwbiUAhrseD4Y2AD1_OlQ4931yDvBSP1/s1380/2020%20-%20Book%20Elderly%20try%203%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ11LMZbTLcO1hFmBWcVfFeqEXSbXVli8UTXzOLL7hGO2B7JOEKNiR1m94dhu680lAkECjOJx9bxxKPOuY8T4Wa0hx2sQiiHCst2AWjreXuNfVOabVB4uG-rxfdiZSuEHUA5PUqdywo5Z97YT0Lgi0UP-VJSj4VwbiUAhrseD4Y2AD1_OlQ4931yDvBSP1/w313-h400/2020%20-%20Book%20Elderly%20try%203%20(2).jpg" width="313" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;">“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” <em>Eleanor Roosevelt</em></span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for reading - in 2024, keep writing, and keep reading. </span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-18076675158368128382023-08-12T16:28:00.000-07:002023-08-12T16:28:06.919-07:00Me Vs. AI<p> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Like
many writers, I have read much, in recent weeks, about AI vs. Human-generated
writing. Before I say anything else, my main conclusion is that AI-generated
material might work for technical writing. But, in the world where I live,
fiction and creative nonfiction writing, I do not see AI becoming a go-to way
to accomplish a project.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
my years teaching high school kids, it was easy to tell when someone got too
much help. AI stands out like that. I have not read thousands or
hundreds of pages written with an AI program. But, I have read several dozen
pages, mainly in the form of short historical articles. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZv47lyhHkrrFNN8K1cFSL58r4dgKw0qnRm7i68Ii4IA9RboubiE31yKO9x0Ttj06vxSFLXfzLsRNIYWZkV6uCq3c9qkzwks-TjdKPAvFYLJZMooQEC3OSl6FX5dYjtj-2zMuUelEAjhAb7_kfQ9LpKcbIRqX72hkK4K-j_RDnP3eKmjm2MIMEJcTRtMou/s3807/IMG_8422%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="3807" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZv47lyhHkrrFNN8K1cFSL58r4dgKw0qnRm7i68Ii4IA9RboubiE31yKO9x0Ttj06vxSFLXfzLsRNIYWZkV6uCq3c9qkzwks-TjdKPAvFYLJZMooQEC3OSl6FX5dYjtj-2zMuUelEAjhAb7_kfQ9LpKcbIRqX72hkK4K-j_RDnP3eKmjm2MIMEJcTRtMou/w400-h224/IMG_8422%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Comparison</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
- Here is a short historical story about Wyoming legend Jacques La Ramee. The
writing prompt I used was – <b>Write a story about why Jacques La Ramee was famous in Wyoming.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My,
written in less than 10-minute report.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mine</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
- Jacques La Ramee is more of an enigma than a real person to most Wyoming
people. Fort Laramie is only a few miles from where we live. The Laramie River,
Laramie Range, and Laramie Peak are all nearby. I retired from my teaching job
in 2012 at Laramie High School in the city of Laramie. Interestingly, Laramie
is in Albany County, not Laramie County, which borders Albany and is the home to
Cheyenne, our state capital. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So
who was this man that so much was named after? He was a French-Canadian
mountain man and trapper born in Montreal in the early 1780s who lived, worked,
and died in Wyoming. His travels, adventures, and life have been passed on, primarily
through oral history, and may be as much fiction as fact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">La Ramee was undoubtedly well acquainted with
eastern Wyoming, where so much is named after him. He may have also traveled
west through South Pass, where he could have been the first or certainly one of the first
non-native people to enter the Yellowstone area. He led
a life that was likely as eventful, surprising, and scary as the legends
portray. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">AI-generated report –
after I typed the prompt, it was up in a few seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">AI </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- Jacques La Ramee
was a name that was synonymous with Wyoming. He was famous for being a trapper,
trader, and mountain man in the early 1800s. His exploits in the Rocky
Mountains were legendary, and his adventures were the stuff of folklore. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Jacques was a French Canadian who was born in Montreal in 1784. He arrived in the Rocky Mountains in the
early 1800s and started trading with the Native American tribes in the region.
He quickly became an expert in the ways of the wilderness and was soon known
for his incredible hunting and trapping skills. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Jacques was not just
a trapper and trader; he was also an adventurer. He explored the Rocky
Mountains extensively and was the first white man to cross the Continental
Divide by way of South Pass. He was also one of the first white men to see
Yellowstone National Park, which he described as "the place where the hot
water came out of the earth." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Jacques was known
for his toughness and resilience. He survived numerous attacks by hostile
Native American tribes and even survived a grizzly bear attack that left him
badly injured. Despite these setbacks, he continued to explore the Rocky
Mountains and trade with the Native American tribes. Jacques La Ramee's legacy
lives on in Wyoming. He is remembered as a legendary figure in the history of
the American West and a true pioneer of the Rocky Mountains. His name is
synonymous with adventure, exploration, and the spirit of the American frontier.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImbm2w-cLZO1x1WuAPhTV92TTDiPcJTQmT_pnHg36Y8KDjMOCtrL73rOSnKMyFZ-iC-UX9h1t2-iFohL2PYmr1meWD0RnO5pM_bCOLc01QWjQKTdC4Ou4kheSA9MwXSJuEdj1rQm5T90mz-lOyEP9FAep6ccSREFDPBQ9-XlvzopPxis9zG4qc0ReF8VD/s3772/IMG_8431%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3011" data-original-width="3772" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImbm2w-cLZO1x1WuAPhTV92TTDiPcJTQmT_pnHg36Y8KDjMOCtrL73rOSnKMyFZ-iC-UX9h1t2-iFohL2PYmr1meWD0RnO5pM_bCOLc01QWjQKTdC4Ou4kheSA9MwXSJuEdj1rQm5T90mz-lOyEP9FAep6ccSREFDPBQ9-XlvzopPxis9zG4qc0ReF8VD/w400-h319/IMG_8431%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My Thoughts – </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #161719; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">AI sounds more like
a Wikipedia article, factual but not fulfilling to read. The article also seems to have mixed in some information from other mountain men. Unfortunately, this one sounds like
most history textbooks. Textbooks </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">are probably more responsible
for kids not liking history than anything else. On the other hand, although
written quickly and without research or editing, mine has some personal touches
that make it a bit more interesting, at least to me. </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What do you think?</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCafxNGYeJ88VYB1I5Tc2J0eYZOyWL-Xjx1pVN7AFSqQ7KTjHGUFQOMUDRetm6t8y4FWmZ7euDj-hpkxT1FdiBzIBaC1h6IF8GIlb78svVh8YvUXGN2tYoYe2Kg1t4T2xL_g5v1udE0FsH5k3AixUVJm1RXQJPbu8ET8nzZzAcCBZpwZx9br6IOqX3dYPj/s4050/IMG_8445%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2630" data-original-width="4050" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCafxNGYeJ88VYB1I5Tc2J0eYZOyWL-Xjx1pVN7AFSqQ7KTjHGUFQOMUDRetm6t8y4FWmZ7euDj-hpkxT1FdiBzIBaC1h6IF8GIlb78svVh8YvUXGN2tYoYe2Kg1t4T2xL_g5v1udE0FsH5k3AixUVJm1RXQJPbu8ET8nzZzAcCBZpwZx9br6IOqX3dYPj/w400-h260/IMG_8445%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Today's Photos – All from places named Laramie</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4zbDT_2tmAJLooqGkEQGSCCtnq8a6pEzSnujnFncgKYZut6niHvRYxDsuNEddppWkb8RCq4L95XXs694JfcGYfzi_ywAyZdVyRU6vOuvPkEeWao-SzfD73uSNTSH-GVXcnJi9TKsLRSV8w9VvSwI_2VtJrct8QRR32jJN0F6CU69_WGWvPcyRhSy7_Qp/s3456/P1040909%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3456" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4zbDT_2tmAJLooqGkEQGSCCtnq8a6pEzSnujnFncgKYZut6niHvRYxDsuNEddppWkb8RCq4L95XXs694JfcGYfzi_ywAyZdVyRU6vOuvPkEeWao-SzfD73uSNTSH-GVXcnJi9TKsLRSV8w9VvSwI_2VtJrct8QRR32jJN0F6CU69_WGWvPcyRhSy7_Qp/w400-h300/P1040909%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-72183630421305722462023-07-30T13:48:00.004-07:002023-07-30T13:48:56.371-07:00July Writing Update<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Elmore
Leonard once said</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">, “I never open a book with weather. If
it’s only to create atmosphere and not a character’s reaction to the weather,
you don’t want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead looking for
people.” </span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGNvpvofE3UANWE-S9NySYKkt1_ab8iH8oWPiOh5zUhs5OmM8D6azbg8FUTElcirrhK9wOw5ghSlEMNzW0LnyEeJS1vJNukXya-ilFOOWsPdqEYO0A-BR0u1W-8-6uRczgKSpmIR0molaxG1E4sDMf516DQVlg0rGIXiaKiq0VRliJcqyAi3foJPFlDTE/s4608/IMG_8454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGNvpvofE3UANWE-S9NySYKkt1_ab8iH8oWPiOh5zUhs5OmM8D6azbg8FUTElcirrhK9wOw5ghSlEMNzW0LnyEeJS1vJNukXya-ilFOOWsPdqEYO0A-BR0u1W-8-6uRczgKSpmIR0molaxG1E4sDMf516DQVlg0rGIXiaKiq0VRliJcqyAi3foJPFlDTE/w400-h300/IMG_8454.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">So
What About the Weather?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> - July has been pleasant here in our little part
of the world. We have had some warm days, mostly offset by cool nights.
Overall, the summer has been a bit cooler than the 30-year average. The fine
weather has allowed for more flowers and more vegetables than last year. Two
small hail storms were the only downside of this summer’s weather. The second
one was short-lived, but nickel-sized hail took out most of our raspberries and
the higher-on-the-vine tomatoes. Update - tomatoes are looking good and tasting
even better!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphU7XqbP6FMgqCh2mqu9wv-25WWUeoIK2INh6_nuQZVW-Ad7vPaVQqyclASEwKygMpfYbIB1hzUcxk_GlpWB_CMPyv_4Z4wLUSzQuuw2_1oGuSOnTP6lZEYaeDl9W62q27uNPsmKmmkyvfn-TnJYMWYiu9DXvq4uxbNZWl1XmtqNIdsxIi3BQJatYeuHs/s4608/IMG_7272%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphU7XqbP6FMgqCh2mqu9wv-25WWUeoIK2INh6_nuQZVW-Ad7vPaVQqyclASEwKygMpfYbIB1hzUcxk_GlpWB_CMPyv_4Z4wLUSzQuuw2_1oGuSOnTP6lZEYaeDl9W62q27uNPsmKmmkyvfn-TnJYMWYiu9DXvq4uxbNZWl1XmtqNIdsxIi3BQJatYeuHs/w400-h300/IMG_7272%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Finishing
a Book</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> – I was asked this week if I had ever started but
not finished a book. They should have asked me how many books have you started
but not finished. My answer – too many. I have written nearly 200 pages with
200+ footnotes on one nonfiction project, now dead for five years. Add a kid’s
book or two, a memoir, and two series books I abandoned. I nearly forgot to
mention a history storybook and a historical highlights book. Maybe some days,
I will go back and look at one or more of these books, but not soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHntv9z__DYRdX8u4-k8aeg_5ungXGQp-3o3qGKu3-U_AopOVpXeDtAAZMZbPBGwXO5HeSUEwDd_DfNuRhMX2utL8pdYjQDlT2gOAa5Jz-C_reDdBwwhX-HCnA4WscFve8u9OUkdYZQZ_ZzVUEsc9xm16noKg-7mK3ER2ria-WWR6m7n9bxSRl1ZA6XMnO/s2503/IMG_7602%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2042" data-original-width="2503" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHntv9z__DYRdX8u4-k8aeg_5ungXGQp-3o3qGKu3-U_AopOVpXeDtAAZMZbPBGwXO5HeSUEwDd_DfNuRhMX2utL8pdYjQDlT2gOAa5Jz-C_reDdBwwhX-HCnA4WscFve8u9OUkdYZQZ_ZzVUEsc9xm16noKg-7mK3ER2ria-WWR6m7n9bxSRl1ZA6XMnO/w400-h326/IMG_7602%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Edits</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– The first long and slow edit of the third of my Blade Holmes western
mysteries is complete. Now I will lay it aside for a week or two, then listen
to the computer read it. Then a third go through. In the meantime, I am editing
the third of my nonfiction books for older readers. It is a shorter book; I
should finish this edit in a week or so. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MNJmp7sQKJ1Sv_T_RoWxh6NdBfoF8yK9SCFJ6c2iHh3lTctPLrzKIP3MpeH72R3oIOgldgKSf6yyK3OAJUSQQPd8BDlABpREzGJKF9eRN8g1EsqVPYv3wbAfzYI-8aFkOkJWAS-LDOpAIbWW7SK_V19jzJS5jBttDQ5YmUZyU8S7Ai6MU6AKlO58RyO_/s4608/IMG_8488%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3091" data-original-width="4608" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MNJmp7sQKJ1Sv_T_RoWxh6NdBfoF8yK9SCFJ6c2iHh3lTctPLrzKIP3MpeH72R3oIOgldgKSf6yyK3OAJUSQQPd8BDlABpREzGJKF9eRN8g1EsqVPYv3wbAfzYI-8aFkOkJWAS-LDOpAIbWW7SK_V19jzJS5jBttDQ5YmUZyU8S7Ai6MU6AKlO58RyO_/w400-h269/IMG_8488%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Writing
Quote of the Week</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> – “A blank piece of paper is God’s way
of telling us how hard it is to be God.” Sidney Sheldon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDbzDfRFTynB3MK836haHTkC5FlZJDx-Mlbgqh_2rCJrGlvjCrcUqCjfUJIq7HE9SG6yrZNoWRZPAtvxwKsFnsLr_DoocCtdSOtKEonC5UZORMbNDLWrD1ETjfAE7E7Mr6ikXoPU8X7q-6s1eUJrrIXSlMcEfqjS6vEuygQHv0ADoF_OP4cHzDMJB61l6/s2645/P1050109%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="2645" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDbzDfRFTynB3MK836haHTkC5FlZJDx-Mlbgqh_2rCJrGlvjCrcUqCjfUJIq7HE9SG6yrZNoWRZPAtvxwKsFnsLr_DoocCtdSOtKEonC5UZORMbNDLWrD1ETjfAE7E7Mr6ikXoPU8X7q-6s1eUJrrIXSlMcEfqjS6vEuygQHv0ADoF_OP4cHzDMJB61l6/w400-h320/P1050109%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Photos</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– Today’s photos are from this week’s wanderings, walks, and strolls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-34717755024255957832023-06-27T15:34:00.008-07:002023-06-27T15:34:46.516-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As
I write this, July is just around the corner. Since my last post, we have spent
time in the mountains west of town and a few most enjoyable days with an old
friend in the Wyoming and South Dakota Black Hills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Writing
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As
always, I find myself writing new material when I should be finishing the
editing process on several other works. Oh, well! I'm enjoying it. Most of my
writing I now do on the deck during the
day. Nothing beats sitting outside and enjoying nature and the sounds of a
small town when I am creating – or, as I am now, drinking iced tea and eating a
muffin. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Since
my last post, I have written about 2,000 words (new words, not edited rewrites). I consider that not too
bad, considering the amount of running we have been doing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mJ3HF-EXOHsTHxbU7wjBDj9WRC87Y-4ePAXgp2PQunR4wAR6tno-o1zdHJhgJiWeCnWmpxYkv_DycLcjcaiT57hzWAAwUP6nT4XD1YdKUC6GdJb_mtah6SjUxxBZweNgcpW5on8lt5EKqohHi9EvFQu6WWJD7tdyye38BUDCwIGyR-EaMOQuuan_JWRj/s3603/IMG_8316%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2857" data-original-width="3603" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mJ3HF-EXOHsTHxbU7wjBDj9WRC87Y-4ePAXgp2PQunR4wAR6tno-o1zdHJhgJiWeCnWmpxYkv_DycLcjcaiT57hzWAAwUP6nT4XD1YdKUC6GdJb_mtah6SjUxxBZweNgcpW5on8lt5EKqohHi9EvFQu6WWJD7tdyye38BUDCwIGyR-EaMOQuuan_JWRj/w400-h318/IMG_8316%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Is
Writing Hard?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That
was a question once asked by a fifth grader. My answer – "No, not if you
have something you are passionate about, then it can seem easy."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">So
many young or beginning writers attempt to write for the market. Find the
best-selling genre and write like the top pros. That is a bad idea in so many
ways. Write what you want and about what you want – happiness, not cash. If you
are great and the book is terrific, success and money will find you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-1DHEcvCCA01wccTQ8f09i_GQwcfvoFBBT4Wzh1RRlw5rJAtUelP_l03YVFYvR0rKKX4G91HeaQ3xRGwWtEKSH4qmZkN5J9fUJK9sXYxQTSjrp_iA-wZZWEPDF_Dkg7GeMOzp10trcSTUVAKqkojdX8oFrn9g0cTsRBSgSvd6lvdihaIG6980KG_pp0j/s4608/IMG_8367%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-1DHEcvCCA01wccTQ8f09i_GQwcfvoFBBT4Wzh1RRlw5rJAtUelP_l03YVFYvR0rKKX4G91HeaQ3xRGwWtEKSH4qmZkN5J9fUJK9sXYxQTSjrp_iA-wZZWEPDF_Dkg7GeMOzp10trcSTUVAKqkojdX8oFrn9g0cTsRBSgSvd6lvdihaIG6980KG_pp0j/w400-h300/IMG_8367%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Book
Sales<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
have not done anything other than what I always do, advertising-wise, but for
some reason, my book sales are pretty brisk, at least for me. Thanks, everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Health
Update<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
did show up for my six months after the surgery appointment. Exrays show
significant new bone growth from C3 to C7 – that's good. The new bone helps
tighten all the new titanium and makes my neck more stable and safe. I can
start playing golf again in three months, although I can hit half shots now.
That will be a nice milestone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnuPAG-WtrDVn2RDO0fOESB-pL9ne04OxaDNA0PjSn4n_UEwDxCU5hQWVQ7K4Ye29cH23XwPFPWUnaNWz0e8qOyArJRJaposUDTodOwHaM5AKyUowvv5SvE0wami75uO8wulNTNXQoCtN7tWToy_19JcH0Y-j-BAgEGmFUVd6qBLQbsW4Ys4r-QJkvUTy/s3081/IMG_8325%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="3081" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnuPAG-WtrDVn2RDO0fOESB-pL9ne04OxaDNA0PjSn4n_UEwDxCU5hQWVQ7K4Ye29cH23XwPFPWUnaNWz0e8qOyArJRJaposUDTodOwHaM5AKyUowvv5SvE0wami75uO8wulNTNXQoCtN7tWToy_19JcH0Y-j-BAgEGmFUVd6qBLQbsW4Ys4r-QJkvUTy/w400-h331/IMG_8325%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Writing
Quote of the Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">A</span></i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">ll modern American literature comes from one
book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that.
There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Ernest Hemingway<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wxy5gQCijPrSPzutgWVss2gE7hr3O3MGGShkDYT73ksm0_6HBbJmnG93LUQwaRT0U_fq54xGTGjhAoNJJsV1fVcJMQ3smpquT1p_94USgIfxKowm6tD2Jygu5CTYX3HHa0liWGphYKP1oRtFgOw2x9Dtit2BKHE3PYmhX-FpPwJEHbzYO5WpuRvip3s-/s3410/IMG_8342%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3134" data-original-width="3410" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wxy5gQCijPrSPzutgWVss2gE7hr3O3MGGShkDYT73ksm0_6HBbJmnG93LUQwaRT0U_fq54xGTGjhAoNJJsV1fVcJMQ3smpquT1p_94USgIfxKowm6tD2Jygu5CTYX3HHa0liWGphYKP1oRtFgOw2x9Dtit2BKHE3PYmhX-FpPwJEHbzYO5WpuRvip3s-/w400-h368/IMG_8342%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Today's
Photos are from our trip to the Black Hills
Lots of forest road travel – lovely!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQB3z6dhNqbWMVfdewVd7uGBDb0O1mq9fh67naXzyBtCoZ1QdMb36fSplHb2mfwA0DkFSU2Li8c5nGMrK4ex1frgkXIETUEWfJPH2Jgq7UkWJtF8C-ZwWS73HnPHK_IVYhDLiVrIsjotp80KKoyHz2QwiuAtFE_0H8xNR6yV-daYwj8Ckcr_iJAOdntI-/s2865/IMG_8329%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2342" data-original-width="2865" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQB3z6dhNqbWMVfdewVd7uGBDb0O1mq9fh67naXzyBtCoZ1QdMb36fSplHb2mfwA0DkFSU2Li8c5nGMrK4ex1frgkXIETUEWfJPH2Jgq7UkWJtF8C-ZwWS73HnPHK_IVYhDLiVrIsjotp80KKoyHz2QwiuAtFE_0H8xNR6yV-daYwj8Ckcr_iJAOdntI-/w400-h328/IMG_8329%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></b><p></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-39616520001702317502023-06-12T15:09:00.003-07:002023-06-12T15:09:23.639-07:00Back in the Saddle - Writing Update<p> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;">We are nearing the
middle of June. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the warmer weather.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlN4lY8MUSaStaZCrURKxt_mUQqepjfpsC7V4m5NtM-fT_vB6M9srmmfap7BQ7tDaEDeWRYaS5Gr_1VspciBma5gtBcN-LPOW-wwoh3hoWHomJWgKd79om9kXJj9QAAVLzfMzGtjH1MTvJ_aDJIMORVKJd0DyEOuPoCdsA0rNjDNYolACHYvZtBPVDHQ/s3229/IMG_7411%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="3229" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlN4lY8MUSaStaZCrURKxt_mUQqepjfpsC7V4m5NtM-fT_vB6M9srmmfap7BQ7tDaEDeWRYaS5Gr_1VspciBma5gtBcN-LPOW-wwoh3hoWHomJWgKd79om9kXJj9QAAVLzfMzGtjH1MTvJ_aDJIMORVKJd0DyEOuPoCdsA0rNjDNYolACHYvZtBPVDHQ/w400-h181/IMG_7411%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have been hard at
work gardening, writing, and walking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Writing <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Most of my writing time
is spent on three separate projects, two non-fiction for senior readers and the
other a historical mystery. (For Western lovers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I managed to write over
3,000 words in the past ten days. That may seem slow for many writers, but it is
pretty fast for me. The Western mystery is finished, but why not one last
go-over? The other two, one finished and one about 70%, still have a way to go –
fun times. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSCcaDOK4Mlc70mmL84_bEGhh68EUf7Kkp-mix9Uy6RxhUDOaUX_uRhMwDfVarWGdjTXY9vdGcOPluU5G2YuVsq0W0DbisinvAXj5WsaVI6Qtl12T8DPMlXqVU__xE916ETSYFQkZnn5iBdaUWJ1reRpYbAu0g2nZ82b-bz23leSjws3UfADbDorkcQ/s4155/IMG_8281%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3068" data-original-width="4155" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSCcaDOK4Mlc70mmL84_bEGhh68EUf7Kkp-mix9Uy6RxhUDOaUX_uRhMwDfVarWGdjTXY9vdGcOPluU5G2YuVsq0W0DbisinvAXj5WsaVI6Qtl12T8DPMlXqVU__xE916ETSYFQkZnn5iBdaUWJ1reRpYbAu0g2nZ82b-bz23leSjws3UfADbDorkcQ/w400-h295/IMG_8281%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Edits<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I love writing first
drafts. Often the time seems to fly by with the creative juices flowing. Edits
are another matter. Like many writers, I am not a fan of editing, but it needs
to be done, so we all do it. I usually limit myself to about an hour and a half
for a session for editing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23IAxfovYEzIgSCaU9ui-btcUPjyznKq3V0sOeLlkK0XIjRZeYvMMO9VL6UZPhJ3wSX7EtuKKEp6lpebDVWN3PnrXFVmt4CQHWTFPGH0ygjSVyMbd-re5msUaZO03LYcINniCBcoketKqFJeRsqnsVTlt2P2BXfqrJ-oKrB8bJU5tVR5smmuVASrO9A/s4162/IMG_8306%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3097" data-original-width="4162" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23IAxfovYEzIgSCaU9ui-btcUPjyznKq3V0sOeLlkK0XIjRZeYvMMO9VL6UZPhJ3wSX7EtuKKEp6lpebDVWN3PnrXFVmt4CQHWTFPGH0ygjSVyMbd-re5msUaZO03LYcINniCBcoketKqFJeRsqnsVTlt2P2BXfqrJ-oKrB8bJU5tVR5smmuVASrO9A/w400-h297/IMG_8306%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Health Update<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The neck is feeling
great, and I am gradually gaining more and more movement, left, right, up, and
down. Six-month post-surgery appointment tomorrow, If all goes well, I may be
playing golf again. I could also see an easing of many of my restrictions.
Fingers crossed on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDKKK4fMv2VOnEC0Mx3qptR3RRp9whspmxw6QIHCAbtQ2ISZwhmCy7U6NWVbGtzqYAlxoFiVl25qz3pCKjp7q17v2eOhal1YuI1ERHKztEYfMpvdoKVCMgyFgRUiY_U-v2LPSdkTqFXGsG6zKRfNA9TJiAvoxVYPvJCbQ8MwdkIaVmNQZTOJM0Y5Kzw/s4000/IMG_7404%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDKKK4fMv2VOnEC0Mx3qptR3RRp9whspmxw6QIHCAbtQ2ISZwhmCy7U6NWVbGtzqYAlxoFiVl25qz3pCKjp7q17v2eOhal1YuI1ERHKztEYfMpvdoKVCMgyFgRUiY_U-v2LPSdkTqFXGsG6zKRfNA9TJiAvoxVYPvJCbQ8MwdkIaVmNQZTOJM0Y5Kzw/w400-h225/IMG_7404%20(1).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Writing Quote of the
Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Start writing, no
matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
Louis L’Amour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Photos</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">From some of our June walks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Enjoy the week! And, keep on writing. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-5291470810650332452023-05-13T19:33:00.003-07:002023-05-13T19:35:05.447-07:00A Busy Writing Week<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">This has been a busy
week of writing</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"> <b>-</b> Here is what kept me busy, edits
on two finished books and two new essays in my soon-to-be-finished fourth book
for seniors. Interesting that I’m working on a fourth, and one of the two books
I am still editing is the third. Oh Boy!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbD54KMdUYjz1ADqi-S6dKLworcoRurMFXbRV84iM7wjn5vIacQzYL2khqZ23FRUAWYSUb5zfffuxoGz5lmi27emsivnKKVvWTYbbbPjfFdTGzLcTPq0bedhlz1u2xvABnRsxh0igY7nJph1KviiM7GntLl7Sc3tyd4vqqDEkVGrRLGPq_lFqdBW-SA/s2793/P1040807%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2793" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbD54KMdUYjz1ADqi-S6dKLworcoRurMFXbRV84iM7wjn5vIacQzYL2khqZ23FRUAWYSUb5zfffuxoGz5lmi27emsivnKKVvWTYbbbPjfFdTGzLcTPq0bedhlz1u2xvABnRsxh0igY7nJph1KviiM7GntLl7Sc3tyd4vqqDEkVGrRLGPq_lFqdBW-SA/w400-h293/P1040807%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s See – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I
believe those three books will put me at 16. At my age (rather advanced), I
still see 20 or so. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Hey Mr. Older Adult -</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">
Speaking of advanced years, Grammarly did not like me using the term old man as
I edited my latest Blade Holmes western mystery. It suggested I use older adult
or older man instead. I don’t know, but to me, it is not disrespectful or
culturally inappropriate to use old man. I have always disliked the saying, “It
is what it is,” but I’m 75 – an old man. It doesn’t hurt my feelings one bit. I
am happy to be alive and in good health well (mostly) and an old man at three-quarters of a
century. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">It feels so good to be
back writing - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I don’t want to belabor the point, but
when I was unable to write due to health issues (see previous posts), it felt
like a new beginning as I, once again, tapped away on my laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Word Count – Page Count
– </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">An
excellent week of writing and rewrites pushed me to almost 2,500 words, which
is not bad for me. I also edited 60+ pages. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">More on Word Count – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I
never wrote the number of words many writers do, but most years, I wrote and
published over 200,000. Some writers go a million words a year – now that’s a
lot of seat time. Because of my photography and gardening habits, ok, along
with walking/hiking, jeeping, and watching the backyard birds, I'm one busy
guy. </span><b><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-wZOC5zs2v7zENc8vBBoUKjKtzPK00Tz5TGnLRahq8Nll-4-N8IMl1-6WkdwYOmU97sD9I_aZ-rYVqNNsEXRf88h-tM9kEQVqrrNByGkgD0tIjvRP5wFvvIT7l7ic2yyJDDwPjq024cVVA8zmH1-cI5VlBiqvSJPEOl39I7uTTgXlkcA-gHQ6UBI5Q/s4608/IMG_8123%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-wZOC5zs2v7zENc8vBBoUKjKtzPK00Tz5TGnLRahq8Nll-4-N8IMl1-6WkdwYOmU97sD9I_aZ-rYVqNNsEXRf88h-tM9kEQVqrrNByGkgD0tIjvRP5wFvvIT7l7ic2yyJDDwPjq024cVVA8zmH1-cI5VlBiqvSJPEOl39I7uTTgXlkcA-gHQ6UBI5Q/w400-h300/IMG_8123%20(1).JPG" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><br /></span></b><p></p>
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<p class="quote-p" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Writing
Quote of the Day – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">“<a href="https://quotefancy.com/quote/1097253/Lawrence-Block-Every-year-there-s-a-few-more-things-I-m-not-sure-of-I-ve-decided-that-a"><span style="color: black;">Every year, there’s a few more things I’m not sure of. I’ve
decided that a wide-ranging uncertainty is the mark of the true maturity of
man.</span></a>” <i><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://quotefancy.com/lawrence-block-quotes"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Lawrence Block</span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s It for today</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">
- I will be back soon. Have a great day and a super week. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Today's Photos – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Were<b>
</b>all shot this week, one in our backyard and two in the Laramie Range west
of town. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></i></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-37046833200630990102023-05-02T10:16:00.000-07:002023-05-02T10:16:14.210-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXog_RoyCbVLgQ-3V9s-7_e_HlyGhyc-ItnKg31E1Mu36hzaqVicmlrxud6aYxn9_aR7BYAMP6I5FhmhMhhXkCtcgxoaqyfGQO-NEBnEi8_HTVtWBwQNzMRt4_HI7wa49sgWetb3Rg8BnqNXgNHZ7_fheKRchoxfzH5RORf2Z_hoqaXvPnFeHYA04pYA/s4000/IMG_7214%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXog_RoyCbVLgQ-3V9s-7_e_HlyGhyc-ItnKg31E1Mu36hzaqVicmlrxud6aYxn9_aR7BYAMP6I5FhmhMhhXkCtcgxoaqyfGQO-NEBnEi8_HTVtWBwQNzMRt4_HI7wa49sgWetb3Rg8BnqNXgNHZ7_fheKRchoxfzH5RORf2Z_hoqaXvPnFeHYA04pYA/w400-h225/IMG_7214%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />To say it <b>has been a
while</b> since I last posted on this site would be quite an understatement.
But, yes, it has been a while – nearly eight months and that is a long time for
a blog I consider active. <o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Excuses – Excuses</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
- Poor health and surgery behind me and yes, I am getting better and once again
feeling nearly like my old self. And, I am writing again, quite a bit – several
hundred words each day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOqF6ek4nq4ylca0flHts46pyoT4N4xjO0fNps12h7HltnbRalx8NsMsutrkibj5fGT2SM67Br2p6cRZ7uy0XFnFmgjSUHkDxEqxHgekWoffvbtFTY7OIiBulvSDSkqU6-ZmRuaQCCIKPkOPDBeKDU_pR0O7-ckk-aSKAQyr7M8W7jMProdDHsDRLyQ/s3390/IMG_8087%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="3390" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOqF6ek4nq4ylca0flHts46pyoT4N4xjO0fNps12h7HltnbRalx8NsMsutrkibj5fGT2SM67Br2p6cRZ7uy0XFnFmgjSUHkDxEqxHgekWoffvbtFTY7OIiBulvSDSkqU6-ZmRuaQCCIKPkOPDBeKDU_pR0O7-ckk-aSKAQyr7M8W7jMProdDHsDRLyQ/w400-h351/IMG_8087%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Working away</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
- I am also doing my final edit on the third of my Blade Holmes western
mysteries. This one has been in the works for years. At last, I may soon, or
someday, get this one published. I am also on the final edit of my, senior reader
(third in the series) Walking for health book. Along with those two, I am
writing a fourth senior book – this one about growing up three-quarters of a
century ago. As always, I have other projects – more toward the back burner
going. These projects include some Wyoming History and maybe, another in my children’s
book series. Who knows, I am feeling good again. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today’s photos -</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
from my walks last week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwt_62WESjlLn_N_T54WkJgsgXucdVuPvOBtGVX07NdAwCcrzeYq44ItX3GKqeL4ADp5QcYqwylZRvuZdc6mQIGRLqUmqdX7XuWyZW0RECHAxDTpZOelyvjeEMTFUAp16IfLFpDLggBZISRhKHEsR4wli4_P3OOlxgDpWiL-5ibrIgn6ZcSPtTuiIBw/s4608/IMG_8099%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwt_62WESjlLn_N_T54WkJgsgXucdVuPvOBtGVX07NdAwCcrzeYq44ItX3GKqeL4ADp5QcYqwylZRvuZdc6mQIGRLqUmqdX7XuWyZW0RECHAxDTpZOelyvjeEMTFUAp16IfLFpDLggBZISRhKHEsR4wli4_P3OOlxgDpWiL-5ibrIgn6ZcSPtTuiIBw/w400-h300/IMG_8099%20(1).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Western quote of the day – <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #c00000; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“For West is where we
all plan to go someday. It is where you go when the land gives out and the
old-field pines encroach. It is where you go when you get the letter saying:
Flee, all is discovered. It is where you go when you look down at the blade in
your hand and the blood on it. It is where you go when you are told that you
are a bubble on the tide of empire. It is where you go when you hear that
thar's gold in them-thar hills. It is where you go to grow up with the country.
It is where you go to spend your old age. Or it is just where you go.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="authorortitle"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Robert Penn Warren --
<i>All the King’s Men <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="authorortitle"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="authorortitle"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWZDKPhaOVydOjfUkAz11Q3b8XVNoNwaUDae73ggCRioOQ-r0-WfFn7JnysC6arrQoH5uSv7gpv2DP6M1RdioxFodl7ls6q8BjABmf9GXfZqzs0cppHcN_N9F38duq3jjSQ4NYXAPkZt-zWsDCGdRykNJkvqdAjyLh64J1fTPXXet9a4_FwPkGwWaCA/s2500/IMG_8008%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2051" data-original-width="2500" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWZDKPhaOVydOjfUkAz11Q3b8XVNoNwaUDae73ggCRioOQ-r0-WfFn7JnysC6arrQoH5uSv7gpv2DP6M1RdioxFodl7ls6q8BjABmf9GXfZqzs0cppHcN_N9F38duq3jjSQ4NYXAPkZt-zWsDCGdRykNJkvqdAjyLh64J1fTPXXet9a4_FwPkGwWaCA/w400-h329/IMG_8008%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s it for today</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.
I will be back soon. Have a great day and a super week. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-39246247224951809222022-09-16T16:24:00.000-07:002022-09-16T16:24:42.745-07:00Oregon Trail Ruts - Guernsey Wyoming<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last week we took some friends up to show them the famous Trail Ruts south of Guernsey. We have been up there dozens of times over the years, and each time I am struck by how difficult those traveling days along the Oregon Trail must have been. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUAbgrI3icd-L39Zu1eRx2DT5y9M8udkN6Y8OrqJH54Wvj6MFuWLlUXFdwUubCNe-3Rza6i-kBQreyriCAyYU6S5VWC8G01Qrhy_mnlpn4EkMwyKKQp1SRu7KBAd-hiGjfvxbT1SI_lTMQFRF9TvG7FlLytd6FQtwMifVX8UWS4kwj5C2Ok4fh77giA/s4000/IMG_7083%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUAbgrI3icd-L39Zu1eRx2DT5y9M8udkN6Y8OrqJH54Wvj6MFuWLlUXFdwUubCNe-3Rza6i-kBQreyriCAyYU6S5VWC8G01Qrhy_mnlpn4EkMwyKKQp1SRu7KBAd-hiGjfvxbT1SI_lTMQFRF9TvG7FlLytd6FQtwMifVX8UWS4kwj5C2Ok4fh77giA/w400-h225/IMG_7083%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The trail itself was remarkable as it tied together the east and the west of the United States. Travel along the trail was mostly peaceful. Most tribes along the way simply allowed people to pass along what they sometimes called the Great Medicine Road. Life for the people of the plains and foothills was difficult enough without starting battles with all the passers-through.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtREbG9wNKGmJNGgNgsXbMOnrj89GJzkzK1mCbh9qzGM5i1yH3geLrCyqy3bUz7QXZYYnmVc73lS8ysaSk3LEBammsygZ_F8XJHTKHHT0vF85FalaRRhGyo3bptHaSFg7rEPGTZiiWoyUiqnmihvE-Wn7RywYGHX1DOi5w5ssmKjAntB0KJJl-N-zMw/s4000/IMG_7088%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtREbG9wNKGmJNGgNgsXbMOnrj89GJzkzK1mCbh9qzGM5i1yH3geLrCyqy3bUz7QXZYYnmVc73lS8ysaSk3LEBammsygZ_F8XJHTKHHT0vF85FalaRRhGyo3bptHaSFg7rEPGTZiiWoyUiqnmihvE-Wn7RywYGHX1DOi5w5ssmKjAntB0KJJl-N-zMw/w400-h225/IMG_7088%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">The North Platte River runs a quarter of a mile north of the ruts pictured above. Travel would have been much easier to simply roll along a few yards from the river. The problem was - the river was big, unpredictable, and moody. The ground was likely much too soft for the heavy wagons to travel. So - they ran higher along the ridge overlooking the river. Harder but safer.</span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEvLxVHBrwOjYofWYce0o6TspPS3vMsniRiOkm4SFhf4KJ1IjmrcxkqfAEfBye80lRNZRU6LPyA9QWFkvUdBlUwabNoUoDiXAoh3XO6-vA9Ka4wu9eVOii1nWTanzLLoSvvzYCX-1mgzFFedMEz8PR1rQ80hpqvLGiluR1ofHpTpNUMbkUT0stfUxOQ/s3535/IMG_6985%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2240" data-original-width="3535" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEvLxVHBrwOjYofWYce0o6TspPS3vMsniRiOkm4SFhf4KJ1IjmrcxkqfAEfBye80lRNZRU6LPyA9QWFkvUdBlUwabNoUoDiXAoh3XO6-vA9Ka4wu9eVOii1nWTanzLLoSvvzYCX-1mgzFFedMEz8PR1rQ80hpqvLGiluR1ofHpTpNUMbkUT0stfUxOQ/w400-h254/IMG_6985%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Eating on the trail was mostly the three Bs, beans, biscuits, and bacon. Throw in some rice, coffee, and dried fruit, and that was about it. Many think that the travelers dinned on wild game along the way. Some did, others tried, and most realized that would be an iffy proposition at best. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It would have been tough, but what an adventure.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tFOvN8O36bOoV1CqeeCGtlMeSUVDBkYQk6eP7-F2ZKA9BUV0wotfyoegVIbhretDEQzqCNdEEyfamVx1SSi6kVIaLwQFfrvjpZCHMFPJFmueHX7IMJvGR-7TFchEzt8_RokvtLbfqNjEnFlMHs9vfl9AUi9HeNvJRhRELMg4JFRbi1HXIaqNMwCmIw/s3265/IMG_6564%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2274" data-original-width="3265" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tFOvN8O36bOoV1CqeeCGtlMeSUVDBkYQk6eP7-F2ZKA9BUV0wotfyoegVIbhretDEQzqCNdEEyfamVx1SSi6kVIaLwQFfrvjpZCHMFPJFmueHX7IMJvGR-7TFchEzt8_RokvtLbfqNjEnFlMHs9vfl9AUi9HeNvJRhRELMg4JFRbi1HXIaqNMwCmIw/w400-h279/IMG_6564%20(5).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymmYDk4EW0yDSdTfYtUt2B9Ds7tcpjpq8jMC4FX9E0iL_qCNSOR0wWWok1uTQ8GGrbH8VxyyT67eHQGvtmfyKD5zTxre9G-SWKE2zbnUreMVbIwr2dV8Wdsh6kMPgFhHd1njybQAxBNHeSR_t1-2mTo_R63qmufxGTj3eyBAO6R_CRL4z4O1lxDE-qg/s4608/Bison%20close%20up.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymmYDk4EW0yDSdTfYtUt2B9Ds7tcpjpq8jMC4FX9E0iL_qCNSOR0wWWok1uTQ8GGrbH8VxyyT67eHQGvtmfyKD5zTxre9G-SWKE2zbnUreMVbIwr2dV8Wdsh6kMPgFhHd1njybQAxBNHeSR_t1-2mTo_R63qmufxGTj3eyBAO6R_CRL4z4O1lxDE-qg/w400-h300/Bison%20close%20up.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If you live in or plan to visit Wyoming, make sure you plan a trip to the ruts south of Guernsey. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></div><div><br /></div>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-86887037847081702342022-08-14T12:42:00.005-07:002022-09-16T14:49:36.981-07:00Writing In the Hot Days of Summer<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Writing</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
spent a fair amount of time writing this week – pretty good for me. I no longer
set daily or weekly word count goals, but 3,000+ words is a decent week. Mostly
I am cleaning up two finished yet unpublished books. I also found the time to
work on a newer project I started a couple of months ago. That project stands
at about 7,000 words, getting close to halfway. All of my Senior books fall
between 18,000 and 25,000 words. All my senior books are nonfiction life
lessons and lessons learned, filled with humor and ideas to make growing old
easier. I like to keep these books short enough to read in a few hours. I keep
them shorter because these books have extra room between lines and nice large
print. Many of my senior readers prefer books to Ebooks, and I do not want them
to be so large as to be unmanageable to older readers. My arthritic hands
struggle with books over an inch and a half thick - good thing I like Ebooks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZlnk6A1Da5bSGY98pEmMxShjdlAwIZlIS-oalB14B0KBVmQ1M3YFezdwxjuwBPJZ6p7toJccG3eFC4lj437FIfs9BNzt4sG4K1wcb_fwrLgfzolKI0MPQuBn0trJyTOhX9B16wf9jkezlefDFSYBUi-J01UyLPsjbpwaYJ3tyApebIrs6fGpX7BNdQ/s3239/P1030795%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2371" data-original-width="3239" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZlnk6A1Da5bSGY98pEmMxShjdlAwIZlIS-oalB14B0KBVmQ1M3YFezdwxjuwBPJZ6p7toJccG3eFC4lj437FIfs9BNzt4sG4K1wcb_fwrLgfzolKI0MPQuBn0trJyTOhX9B16wf9jkezlefDFSYBUi-J01UyLPsjbpwaYJ3tyApebIrs6fGpX7BNdQ/w400-h293/P1030795%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Westerns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wendover,
the third in my Blade Holmes western mysteries, is almost ready. I finished the
book nearly two years ago but never liked the first chapter. At last, I believe
I have figured out what it needs. If I like the results – out to my first
reader, and we will see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhe84_5Zmz3t4OVsjKkHckGJ-O873Ocse6CqMKHsSefZ3CUs2KOddUKTDxKxue3Ot8ZP-GwSTeX5R33XboG9wXtSebgn6DEhEbAqKlWzlOCqtgveaWLO-_Rx7xj03IqA37yPNRzNm4Mfurv9javF0jG8zHCXKBKNfdiIYJ3eTxwUSVqP_UiJ55_3YXw/s3208/P1030796%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2582" data-original-width="3208" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhe84_5Zmz3t4OVsjKkHckGJ-O873Ocse6CqMKHsSefZ3CUs2KOddUKTDxKxue3Ot8ZP-GwSTeX5R33XboG9wXtSebgn6DEhEbAqKlWzlOCqtgveaWLO-_Rx7xj03IqA37yPNRzNm4Mfurv9javF0jG8zHCXKBKNfdiIYJ3eTxwUSVqP_UiJ55_3YXw/w400-h323/P1030796%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Final
Note<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
watched the mini-series Dark Winds this week and loved it. (Prime TV) This
series is based on the great Tony Hillerman's novels and is well worth
watching. Terrific story and acting. I have read all of Hillerman's works, most
more than once. If you love westerns, he is a must-read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile,
Keep on reading, and for you writers – keep on writing. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOcg-X4fl3QG6ady1jmf-Fq1B6S1qUnp3t0nHSH4uqUrBqPyfRb7g8sac62KAUsTEhgingbooTUA2YdvLMhuY1DE-5aSNjsPqg1z4YpInCK_kyjauAmeRhNLTE6DuD25rWkruEdtNqwgEFnpp55siQrwH-20gFhShEPNBD4heEUADsyKxNn0zstz8kA/s3028/P1030797%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="3028" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOcg-X4fl3QG6ady1jmf-Fq1B6S1qUnp3t0nHSH4uqUrBqPyfRb7g8sac62KAUsTEhgingbooTUA2YdvLMhuY1DE-5aSNjsPqg1z4YpInCK_kyjauAmeRhNLTE6DuD25rWkruEdtNqwgEFnpp55siQrwH-20gFhShEPNBD4heEUADsyKxNn0zstz8kA/w400-h272/P1030797%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Photos<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today's
photos are from one of my favorite places – the Castle on the North Bluff at
Guernsey State Park. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPDswI2-W337DC9VoWUvOlT4Y7M8rPA2ZIT88Wl4hRD_KjRzSUjC-1Ux2UpQRKF4RhbgrC80JIhQlykLX6GpH9WzEfaZWeGA1esj814EmTqxtAcZH-G7HMYhE-ASkG1EvNd7E4f2G4R742o0JIC1kE1GjpguHMxzub95zYoAuEiDK79WtzxFiwOpSBw/s2619/P1030811%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="2619" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPDswI2-W337DC9VoWUvOlT4Y7M8rPA2ZIT88Wl4hRD_KjRzSUjC-1Ux2UpQRKF4RhbgrC80JIhQlykLX6GpH9WzEfaZWeGA1esj814EmTqxtAcZH-G7HMYhE-ASkG1EvNd7E4f2G4R742o0JIC1kE1GjpguHMxzub95zYoAuEiDK79WtzxFiwOpSBw/w400-h300/P1030811%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-60879627706273575182022-08-05T14:06:00.001-07:002022-08-05T14:06:23.760-07:00Writing and Walking Into August<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
am back</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"> to taking my morning walks. They are shorter than
last year, but, hey, for an old duffer like me, a couple of miles each morning
is pretty good. It is nice to watch nature again as I walk in the country. Also
nice to be able to take some photos from places other than through the open window
of my Jeep.</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiFc8Q6jkOYdXZHkAId9qUEeBeyoBPfau9AeCKbtQ48-Ztg1Me30-FPDbELPj3_JalZNG8pn2LtYHkJyeURsxMoYiNEWdkHNMfj3NNep0CwyO_FSDQ21BBQjsUG4QzkhFza6M4EK_V0mjt3jO2fiqWZs8VWJoek8EUpv_nUmzJaL2Rh6lprcr1wDCUQ/s3535/IMG_6985%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2240" data-original-width="3535" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiFc8Q6jkOYdXZHkAId9qUEeBeyoBPfau9AeCKbtQ48-Ztg1Me30-FPDbELPj3_JalZNG8pn2LtYHkJyeURsxMoYiNEWdkHNMfj3NNep0CwyO_FSDQ21BBQjsUG4QzkhFza6M4EK_V0mjt3jO2fiqWZs8VWJoek8EUpv_nUmzJaL2Rh6lprcr1wDCUQ/w400-h254/IMG_6985%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">My
<b>writing </b>is starting to look up. By that, I mean pick up. I am back to
working/rewriting mostly two projects I last worked on in February. This blog
might start looking like my old writing site again if that happens. Hopefully,
I will post more next time with lots of good news on my works-in-progress.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkr3DLco7QOmYfwd04g0vHDtRlksNtgZwkHc-1VMFOBI4jCG2JmG33jZN_oq5wmKBo1szIJA_SPCIDgQqtvbmYSs5dQ1Vcuw24x4oh99vqSXtDPEsnFdzlDLnQu69w1_kWf1pOqIUPWBYyd1ZzT4-ArzEYusifzeF8fhkxqzsJZoLXWp3SA2dOFfSXJA/s2684/IMG_6949%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="2684" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkr3DLco7QOmYfwd04g0vHDtRlksNtgZwkHc-1VMFOBI4jCG2JmG33jZN_oq5wmKBo1szIJA_SPCIDgQqtvbmYSs5dQ1Vcuw24x4oh99vqSXtDPEsnFdzlDLnQu69w1_kWf1pOqIUPWBYyd1ZzT4-ArzEYusifzeF8fhkxqzsJZoLXWp3SA2dOFfSXJA/w400-h323/IMG_6949%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Today's
photos</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> – Are from this week's morning walks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0Xh_Qb2bKmrGGIFcIHA3SEfCpRmNSKPJmt8I1tr25Jy6fwEOW08YJHLTghXJpaEXOIcvtymMGK9pXJNlf4kT06Qiy33T3C5FszFSswUAjUVjPPFTJ7iiUqjMOuSeu4o9n6-hcTjNDDJDDSGh66E1tWFn6YpAy-Z2ojNJTS4juota0UyanPFZG2UDEQ/s2703/IMG_6999%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="2703" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0Xh_Qb2bKmrGGIFcIHA3SEfCpRmNSKPJmt8I1tr25Jy6fwEOW08YJHLTghXJpaEXOIcvtymMGK9pXJNlf4kT06Qiy33T3C5FszFSswUAjUVjPPFTJ7iiUqjMOuSeu4o9n6-hcTjNDDJDDSGh66E1tWFn6YpAy-Z2ojNJTS4juota0UyanPFZG2UDEQ/w400-h294/IMG_6999%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Wyoming
History - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Two
sites near our little town of Guernsey, Wyoming, are renowned Palio-Indian dig
sites. One at Hell Gap has been an ongoing dig for years. The other in the old
mining town of Sunrise, is newer but very active and now with a claim to fame
as finding the oldest signs of habitation by humans in the Americas. Exciting
times for history lovers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLtfkCg5LpB2TzK-R-5MILYEdtLE4ihWnjxaqV_oV0jCw5vNNwe0d1EvNNIeDopHVHDyNgkQ5B-aLSQfkgMdm_cf0l2QRwlrxPu_kwoAqWc99aQGiHnEGIui-6NsyVhzDeXF0cByrdGtMmUs0SxNlYvWOBQLPbGmDI4ogJ7xuUExBvE-mNpDl4pbA5A/s2245/IMG_6994%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="2245" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLtfkCg5LpB2TzK-R-5MILYEdtLE4ihWnjxaqV_oV0jCw5vNNwe0d1EvNNIeDopHVHDyNgkQ5B-aLSQfkgMdm_cf0l2QRwlrxPu_kwoAqWc99aQGiHnEGIui-6NsyVhzDeXF0cByrdGtMmUs0SxNlYvWOBQLPbGmDI4ogJ7xuUExBvE-mNpDl4pbA5A/w400-h336/IMG_6994%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Another
Note – (or as Columbo used to say – "Just
one more thing.”)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> My typing skills have diminished quite a bit
since my bout with covid. The problem is that I have lost much of the feeling in
my fingertips. A bit disconcerting unless I look at my fingers and the screen a
little more often. Feels like it's 1964, and I am back in typing class. <o:p></o:p></span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-78515294905181144252022-07-22T14:47:00.002-07:002022-07-22T14:50:26.456-07:00I'm Back and Hopeful<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKc1CIGxnNNX3qKXgUObwfjpodhub-6sb8s1cbRbwO6Pjmqo5P5wFQJQPVAYkS-V0wqq-M1i6cWLZGDczJAUYCBY3NjdCNNXLmeMBqZVY4QTFg2C8GknBLcw9ETA4daWpV-MYXkohORi5jwWfJOKMUWBp0YO3QF3CB3aC7a9sAUm7WwqRqzuYeJer7Q/s2578/IMG_6891%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2012" data-original-width="2578" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKc1CIGxnNNX3qKXgUObwfjpodhub-6sb8s1cbRbwO6Pjmqo5P5wFQJQPVAYkS-V0wqq-M1i6cWLZGDczJAUYCBY3NjdCNNXLmeMBqZVY4QTFg2C8GknBLcw9ETA4daWpV-MYXkohORi5jwWfJOKMUWBp0YO3QF3CB3aC7a9sAUm7WwqRqzuYeJer7Q/w400-h313/IMG_6891%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It
has been four months since I last posted on this site. Long-Covid is not
something I want to go through again, and I don’t wish it on anyone else.
Actually, I am still suffering from fatigue and tingling numbness in my hands
and feet. I started my morning walks again this week – the first since
February. The walks feel good but are about half the distance I was accustomed
to. I need much more rest afterward than pre-covid and have to take off a day
out of every four or five. </span></h2><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHn7X5oBA2KBSi_Cz2-Yk2tyMDj5NJbWgAMmIcqRU4Pj1TCK9KRoc2JEZ-IiBfsk5H9-14VswiC0nZ-XQagB05RU_vp8YtxkORLwkc5nOyU9HxVdweUxloRpqJu8cvHXw6ef8qUiPgcbHmIMuQRtcDd6FKj76jQkB3enzwkLKhQc5_N3dvTP83b9qYQ/s1612/IMG_6851%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1612" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHn7X5oBA2KBSi_Cz2-Yk2tyMDj5NJbWgAMmIcqRU4Pj1TCK9KRoc2JEZ-IiBfsk5H9-14VswiC0nZ-XQagB05RU_vp8YtxkORLwkc5nOyU9HxVdweUxloRpqJu8cvHXw6ef8qUiPgcbHmIMuQRtcDd6FKj76jQkB3enzwkLKhQc5_N3dvTP83b9qYQ/w400-h375/IMG_6851%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">My
<b>writing</b> has been mostly nonexistent. Along with writing, my photography
has been put on a hiatus. I do not yet have the energy to get out with any of
my cameras. I have managed about 600 words over the past ten days and have
taken 150 or so shots with my cameras. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> But, life goes on, and slowly and gradually,
my life is starting to feel more normal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1J4Wt1uA0z4Cwo2VBBnElxJPZG_cJvVgkaUQngaoPkqaZoOlMYeWwmj6vWyFBkWg6d7qDUT3LY8BULnpVkLKNvwH96s8MYJ6C95wZVrRZzsM4k2Qze5riqQVAI4OZk2g24kpU3j6LLZi0cW0LcSHBxq1jfRmyanF5lF83IRtMegqSpbbG5OB6Obk_zg/s1733/IMG_6853%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="1733" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1J4Wt1uA0z4Cwo2VBBnElxJPZG_cJvVgkaUQngaoPkqaZoOlMYeWwmj6vWyFBkWg6d7qDUT3LY8BULnpVkLKNvwH96s8MYJ6C95wZVrRZzsM4k2Qze5riqQVAI4OZk2g24kpU3j6LLZi0cW0LcSHBxq1jfRmyanF5lF83IRtMegqSpbbG5OB6Obk_zg/w400-h334/IMG_6853%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Today’s
photos</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> - are from a trip around my backyard yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjclReHKM4TEq8OHpm0XJjT91goDJOC-MJ_Xxmt3VEchMzkAFvF6uJCOcq7ZvGtmguPXoCf8nAWhP-bHyWakzzbTMwNUt6zYGpMruY95JQaIUFUJ0JMv9K5v5QMoFL6kV3Q7_Blb9SZmciOriu_9uBQBtqXIxjFwAjvA85DgqjAABS2H2FxnL9MaieQg/s4000/IMG_6861%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjclReHKM4TEq8OHpm0XJjT91goDJOC-MJ_Xxmt3VEchMzkAFvF6uJCOcq7ZvGtmguPXoCf8nAWhP-bHyWakzzbTMwNUt6zYGpMruY95JQaIUFUJ0JMv9K5v5QMoFL6kV3Q7_Blb9SZmciOriu_9uBQBtqXIxjFwAjvA85DgqjAABS2H2FxnL9MaieQg/w400-h225/IMG_6861%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Wyoming
History - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks
once again for Patrick Holscher’s excellent book – <i>On This Day In Wyoming
History</i>. I am reminded of this.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">On
July 21, 1987, the most powerful tornado to ever hit Wyoming struck Yellowstone
Park destroying over 15,00 acres of forest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXpLsWQOGSQWO91dNidBwnvkGY-Dw8SuACf55htlLldZtSUDEaGIcVzLeVmVTeoXJ84tnyk_ztrzpq0K-zNmqKD7Ce3-VM604clMq9rY7aBR6fQbAtAfoZ1ACHiDC70E0vNJJFfef-zgPdyc0z6MKXBwFatdpGHgOtKBjV7AuwSKr6eahyMHb8v9qsQ/s2770/IMG_6871%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="2770" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXpLsWQOGSQWO91dNidBwnvkGY-Dw8SuACf55htlLldZtSUDEaGIcVzLeVmVTeoXJ84tnyk_ztrzpq0K-zNmqKD7Ce3-VM604clMq9rY7aBR6fQbAtAfoZ1ACHiDC70E0vNJJFfef-zgPdyc0z6MKXBwFatdpGHgOtKBjV7AuwSKr6eahyMHb8v9qsQ/w400-h214/IMG_6871%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Wyoming
Trivia Question of the day</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">What
U.S President signed the bill establishing Yellowstone National Park - Answer under the photo.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C9FT9iKMSq0eu2sfFMm20JCNWwVStkkDG1KwFhdlgI3R46XwXFfwy_JJjRUbq5zVLJhLH0nzF5AZp17LnkfrZShP79OjeKRqGXiUmO7ZM2C4yks2jfB_wNLKmyiLWeBwqS3X37iznz21a2fRCE64zmHQTY8YecKzqImFRday1QRFUQrD_-Oqhn1xNA/s2001/IMG_6911%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1858" data-original-width="2001" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C9FT9iKMSq0eu2sfFMm20JCNWwVStkkDG1KwFhdlgI3R46XwXFfwy_JJjRUbq5zVLJhLH0nzF5AZp17LnkfrZShP79OjeKRqGXiUmO7ZM2C4yks2jfB_wNLKmyiLWeBwqS3X37iznz21a2fRCE64zmHQTY8YecKzqImFRday1QRFUQrD_-Oqhn1xNA/w400-h371/IMG_6911%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16pt;">Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th President</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA3vqlyDvJF8CVWGH_jipVbEFvtLZnFGQN8qfFj6QUb7IbF7KjpRc5WB2aeUgA7heM5wf8LYT_6-F_Hfx0fvu9SWfF3aVSPvpDwywWmToNWv6pgYQ3IVTV4Qw6wfntWTmHhlWmbkWeJUuE3dAhJGDDOwQoyPyBGnZY2sB_lysXiEh_elJWLR_cY4HMg/s2288/IMG_6896%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1817" data-original-width="2288" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA3vqlyDvJF8CVWGH_jipVbEFvtLZnFGQN8qfFj6QUb7IbF7KjpRc5WB2aeUgA7heM5wf8LYT_6-F_Hfx0fvu9SWfF3aVSPvpDwywWmToNWv6pgYQ3IVTV4Qw6wfntWTmHhlWmbkWeJUuE3dAhJGDDOwQoyPyBGnZY2sB_lysXiEh_elJWLR_cY4HMg/w400-h318/IMG_6896%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-35137957402058243352022-03-21T13:34:00.000-07:002022-03-21T13:34:00.824-07:00GOAT – Writers & Books<p> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">GOAT
– Writers & Books</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
often see lists, lots of lists. Most are a top ten or bottom ten of something. America's ten best or ten worst fast food items or places. The best football or
basketball player of all time. The greatest writer or book of all time. Fortunately,
all of these lists are fantasy. Can we compare Mickey Mantle to Babe Ruth or players
in modern-day – different times and circumstances? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">One
of my favorites (favorites to be irritated by) is the ranking of Presidents of
the United States by IQ. These are often drawn up by someone pushing a
particular political party. And what IQ test did all of them take? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Lately,
we have invented the acronym GOAT, or greatest of all time. Who knows? You get
the point: Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, John Lennon, Joan of Arc, Catherine II.,
Shakespeare, Hemmingway, Twain.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdiURsXvUBE5Ea0-cBjdcx3pFx2_YzIU7wnttSJg6-nyMN1qsUToyIsfO1VOWXXrvoz3CCCTbiU9CDQLTsHgTnlmw-4DOxMXySBac4raMsfNmA5iizOMgsQfDjMhvdkwdcrmTYkwlD3Xs0hkx6AqdbrJ8pvueiEULDeXOJlpRgdnxCi6Y0-3aHQXyriw=s3274" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="3274" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdiURsXvUBE5Ea0-cBjdcx3pFx2_YzIU7wnttSJg6-nyMN1qsUToyIsfO1VOWXXrvoz3CCCTbiU9CDQLTsHgTnlmw-4DOxMXySBac4raMsfNmA5iizOMgsQfDjMhvdkwdcrmTYkwlD3Xs0hkx6AqdbrJ8pvueiEULDeXOJlpRgdnxCi6Y0-3aHQXyriw=w400-h318" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But,
what we can do is say who our favorites are, and here are a few of the writers
that got me started reading westerns, and to this day, I still love reading and
writing them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">1.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Elmer
Kelton – I have read almost all of his westerns. Not sure I may have read them
all. My two favorites – The Time It Never Rained and The Good Old Boys<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">2.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Louis
L'Amour – Some love him, others can't stand him. Some of his books seem a bit
formulaic and flat, but others are some of my favorites. The Quick and the
Dead, Hondo, and Silver Canyon are
favorites of mine. L'Amour sold over 200 million books, and they are still
selling, leading me to believe there must be a lot of good reads among his
works. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">3.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">William
W Johnstone – Johnstone wrote in many genres, but I have read only his westerns. I enjoyed his early works, with Preacher and Smoke Jensen, two of my all-time
favorite fictional characters. The Last Mountain Man is my favorite of all the
mountain men books I have read. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">4.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">James
Michener – Not everyone considers Michener a western writer, but he is
one of the best to me. Centennial might be my favorite piece of fiction, and his
novels Alaska and Journey are beautiful reads. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">5.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Noel
Gerson – This might seem an odd pick as Gerson wrote under nine different
pseudonyms, including Donald Clayton Porter (the White Indian Series) and Dana Fuller
Ross (The Wagons West series. When I read those two series many years ago, they
were most enjoyable. The Wagons West series was continued by another terrific
writer James Reasoner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There
you have it. A few writers and books to add to your reading list. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Here is<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Waring/e/B00XV26KLC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share"> a link to my books on Amazon – take a look and enjoy!</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Keep
on reading and keep on writing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Photos
– From our recent trip to warmer weather. </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEhnfY7qdooSenEVgLkZ-xj1-A-f9pR73KePw0GFa6r0-PLrCRESIwBhIG0fgyqdiZHrwFnKVUWNSfQfAnvTM_iTX29q19vVqMZHEX8KD5tk6a18dvCEd9RhuzC696zbn2BF92-4MJmEbnk3PUU6X3TyUIqvjFNV1he6_Inz7YgOa0JXjtsF9af3uT7w=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEhnfY7qdooSenEVgLkZ-xj1-A-f9pR73KePw0GFa6r0-PLrCRESIwBhIG0fgyqdiZHrwFnKVUWNSfQfAnvTM_iTX29q19vVqMZHEX8KD5tk6a18dvCEd9RhuzC696zbn2BF92-4MJmEbnk3PUU6X3TyUIqvjFNV1he6_Inz7YgOa0JXjtsF9af3uT7w=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-82795522803080538282022-03-14T14:54:00.004-07:002022-03-14T14:58:23.100-07:00A Time to Regroup<p> <span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Two weeks of Covid, a week or more of
recovery, and then what we felt like was a well-deserved vacation. And that, my
friends and readers, is what we have been up to lately.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">I didn't get much writing done during
the past month. It seems I spent two weeks sleeping or trying to, and then two
weeks regaining my strength and enjoying a trip through New Mexico and Arizona. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-kT0Hn_NURp1rB-LgQ_00tR6Qz8EhnwlQVhDsd0RHX3_tnEG7f6GVtMhnpcJuW05ICeq-Gs-K6iFEM7-hsix94gv8Hwp_CDM3AdsKqgvJSb1AnLjZOBkRQuEJ4ukx587f6w0EdHZnfKPBjgiuKjXJWHjULqCvJrs_914NRz2KPDeUcka1KPfra9YJMw=s3862" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3862" data-original-width="2234" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-kT0Hn_NURp1rB-LgQ_00tR6Qz8EhnwlQVhDsd0RHX3_tnEG7f6GVtMhnpcJuW05ICeq-Gs-K6iFEM7-hsix94gv8Hwp_CDM3AdsKqgvJSb1AnLjZOBkRQuEJ4ukx587f6w0EdHZnfKPBjgiuKjXJWHjULqCvJrs_914NRz2KPDeUcka1KPfra9YJMw=w231-h400" width="231" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">I did see sites and hear some stories
that could find their way into my writing at some time in the future. I wanted
to spend time hiking, photographing, and experiencing the desert near Tucson.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoYQRd1pBrcBzqKhkqHaHM1pHABkL4hZ-u1Ztbny3EqwUQtfjQa2niiBpvYVR-2PsrRfErsn_aY8xwiyKjrFKjKVuCVI1Jh-znlndTmZUKEGCZ1V6wOZ1mi2AFSiRHXmNVSTbo26Bu4EJ7bGbQEQz0HmYIvBDV2MYEJpFSmAN__CxsEhY-2ubp6XhZcQ=s2455" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="2455" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoYQRd1pBrcBzqKhkqHaHM1pHABkL4hZ-u1Ztbny3EqwUQtfjQa2niiBpvYVR-2PsrRfErsn_aY8xwiyKjrFKjKVuCVI1Jh-znlndTmZUKEGCZ1V6wOZ1mi2AFSiRHXmNVSTbo26Bu4EJ7bGbQEQz0HmYIvBDV2MYEJpFSmAN__CxsEhY-2ubp6XhZcQ=w400-h353" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flicker on a Saguaro Cactus</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
It was all we hoped it would be – loved it. </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJek2eZrGTGW3yuoeKaYfJuJ9uX7NQBHFdwHG6syinaSYS73GuMpOfmlnl1FcPAWzR3wryFoiIuAqsD9uENcSZQX2iDoNajNXeZFG5PRXSVAvXCwEfBqsJINZJmy8GoU-fleUd8sDwbIWRBpADeNgGRfGGXIqZ3Pird4j0_MJmObu2HmFo5FIuRCyydQ=s3121" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="3121" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJek2eZrGTGW3yuoeKaYfJuJ9uX7NQBHFdwHG6syinaSYS73GuMpOfmlnl1FcPAWzR3wryFoiIuAqsD9uENcSZQX2iDoNajNXeZFG5PRXSVAvXCwEfBqsJINZJmy8GoU-fleUd8sDwbIWRBpADeNgGRfGGXIqZ3Pird4j0_MJmObu2HmFo5FIuRCyydQ=w400-h316" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We spent several terrific days hiking in Saguaro National Park</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Sometimes taking time away is a good
thing – I hope that is my case. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii7Wfeoju-GUrD6kT9zWs9d-s7rMEUBxXaOIng6jJTYzEM4HgjBPTCsvrbEznZ6ex9KZr-IyVltNLYX5ISJ5jzy0402XNTnzk4aAnKtEGAcnO7yNhT7rlggMV1CKtUjT9SLVro8lCulCQPqT3addvPM35kMtl9SZZzfStFTjXePNFIdEyAEm0F5vJqUA=s2850" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="2850" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii7Wfeoju-GUrD6kT9zWs9d-s7rMEUBxXaOIng6jJTYzEM4HgjBPTCsvrbEznZ6ex9KZr-IyVltNLYX5ISJ5jzy0402XNTnzk4aAnKtEGAcnO7yNhT7rlggMV1CKtUjT9SLVro8lCulCQPqT3addvPM35kMtl9SZZzfStFTjXePNFIdEyAEm0F5vJqUA=w400-h308" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A man working the river in the Gila Wilderness New Mexico</td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #c00000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"It is a
good thing for everyone who can possibly do so to get away at least once a year
for a change of scene. I do not want to get into the position of not being able
to see the forest because of the thickness of the trees."</span> Franklin Roosevelt</i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-71227484648633035302022-02-07T15:06:00.002-08:002022-02-07T15:06:26.175-08:00Best Books of 2021<p> <strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #806000; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Confessions
of a Writer of Westerns</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">February
7,</span></strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;"> 2022</span><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">It’s
that time of year again. Oh, and what time is that? When politicians, actors,
and other famous people list all their favorite books of the year. I often take
these lists with a grain of salt, as in, I doubt they read many if any of the
books listed. Lucky for all you readers, I am not going to glean from their
lists and come up with a must-read list of my own. Today, I will mention a few
of my favorite reads from this past year. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Instead
of listing everything I read or the number of books I read in 2021 (I have no
idea if I could make an accurate list). Here is my favorite, fiction,
nonfiction, just for fun, and writing book of the year.</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq-hRfufdIl37iUF2ZhgtTj0FEp8KKRuaYM-GDWXpYcc11HznansWexIwEVbBiTouM2Fumnq9infL-zCgsBeY0OJb-Z4sORtRtXiJmx9bPpwv94rBh8Q_EufCkwHcBJh_BV6rqP9hu79_fJX3ovjmGdvV4nsEKPyKjLhN6h92r7R5G9hCNswPYg11lvw=s1521" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1443" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq-hRfufdIl37iUF2ZhgtTj0FEp8KKRuaYM-GDWXpYcc11HznansWexIwEVbBiTouM2Fumnq9infL-zCgsBeY0OJb-Z4sORtRtXiJmx9bPpwv94rBh8Q_EufCkwHcBJh_BV6rqP9hu79_fJX3ovjmGdvV4nsEKPyKjLhN6h92r7R5G9hCNswPYg11lvw=w380-h400" width="380" /></a></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">My
favorite fiction read of the year was C.J. Box’s <i>Dark Sky, </i></span></strong><strong><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">another
in his best-selling Joe Pickett series. I have read them all, and if you have
not read any, take a look. All of them are terrific reads. These books are
modern-day western mysteries all set mainly in Wyoming. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">My
favorite nonfiction read of the year is now on my list of all-time favorite
nonfiction books. This book, <i>Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic
Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis</i>, written by Timothy Eagan,
has been out since 2013. Surprised I had not gotten around to it until last
year. This one feeds my love of history and photography and gives readers a
look at one man’s passion for a lifelong project. This book is a terrific read
that includes many famous Curtis photos. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Each
year I read a fair number of, what I call, just for fun books. My favorite in
2021 was Steve Hockensmith’s – <i>Holmes on the Range. </i>This one is just
what it sounds like, a lover of Sherlock Holmes solving cases in the old-west
like Holme’s did in far-off London. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Lastly,
my favorite writing book of the year was – Ta-da! <i>Self-Editing for Fiction
Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print,</i> by Renni Browne
and Dave King. This one has been around for almost twenty years. Not sure how
much earlier the first edition came out. I see this book as a must-have for all
writers, whether traditional or self-published. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">There
you have it- my list of favorite books I read in 2021. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitdf7RHkoUsUoszqj4ueuwN7yfE80jJu5sNZ9Xm_2QXV4vC_URWi39m0QDBTfRlbn5W2G--4bQC6buqjEep9u1Gk3ssjCQFdxWTEWeffrXPZVpwZ60Fj427KpiaNHRbkue_AmSRTCvvpSRqB0K9DJdhZxFW6LtVunsWTmFm0XPO1qw0tHVgSyteEGdnQ=s3348" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="3348" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitdf7RHkoUsUoszqj4ueuwN7yfE80jJu5sNZ9Xm_2QXV4vC_URWi39m0QDBTfRlbn5W2G--4bQC6buqjEep9u1Gk3ssjCQFdxWTEWeffrXPZVpwZ60Fj427KpiaNHRbkue_AmSRTCvvpSRqB0K9DJdhZxFW6LtVunsWTmFm0XPO1qw0tHVgSyteEGdnQ=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reading</b><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> – Still working my way
through a couple of books I started two weeks ago. I did read through Gurney’s
Seed & Nursery Co’s spring 2022 seed catalog. That is a sure sign that I am
now officially anxious for spring. </span><i><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Writing Tip – </b><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">“The very best thing you can
do for good dialogue is never, ever to explain it.” (from Self-Editing for
Fiction Writers) Oddly if I were to edit
the above line, I would take out very and ever to. Neither makes the sentence
stronger. Now that’s pretty strange. Still a good tip. </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Weather</b><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> – Another great week here
in east-central Wyoming. A few days in the 50s are coming soon. I Might get out
on the golf course sometime this week. It definitely will be an excellent week
to go out with one of my cameras. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">Quote of the day<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">–</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> It’s none of their business that you have to
learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” Ernest Hemingway</span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtN8B1uA4GF_tiesvaKfcKg5o2gJKPn_79-z3A71CmmqJNBdsCWHd2bS41PvFyU_KNRr48sRGuYhaeqqtB0FyCtNloZK_eSzZZLCuGF4dKuCLQ32WCuXyKCtF7DJGM7YXllB54aJy7oMt5V9fdOJd2HnVycJeAhBEQ1vRAHgGQR9tR6Da8ywAK6L9paA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtN8B1uA4GF_tiesvaKfcKg5o2gJKPn_79-z3A71CmmqJNBdsCWHd2bS41PvFyU_KNRr48sRGuYhaeqqtB0FyCtNloZK_eSzZZLCuGF4dKuCLQ32WCuXyKCtF7DJGM7YXllB54aJy7oMt5V9fdOJd2HnVycJeAhBEQ1vRAHgGQR9tR6Da8ywAK6L9paA=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">Today’s Photos – </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">From
my walks over the past few days</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Waring/e/B00XV26KLC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;"> </span></strong><span style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">Click the
link to see all of my books on Amazon</span></a><strong><span style="background: white; color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have a great week. Keep on reading, and keep on
writing! </span></span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-62848434726459678442022-01-31T14:01:00.001-08:002022-01-31T14:01:15.947-08:00Reading Lawrence Block & A Finished Book<p> <strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #806000; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Confessions of a Writer of Westerns</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">January </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal;">31</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">, 2022</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Most of the time, life can be good,
even at 73. It's the last day of January, and it's 51 degrees. Right now, I'm
sitting in the bright sunshine of our enclosed on three sides deck. I'm not
sure what the temperature is as I type away facing the southeast direction, but
it is hot. Guessing it might be above ninety here in my little favorite writing
spot. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">I had
a pretty productive writing week, putting down about 4,000 words. I also managed
to finish editing my next Senior Citizen book, which, God willing, I will
publish in February. This week I plan to complete the second edit of the third
book in my Blade Holmes, western mystery series. I had to move some things
around in this one and had a couple of gaps I had to fix. Besides changing how
I wrote the ending, everything seems to be rolling smoothly along.</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">I also
spent some time shooting photos and videos this week, which always seems to make
my life more fun. I also got in five good walks, down from the typical six or
seven I shoot for each week. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Since
I finished one book this past week, I am also in the planning note-making stage
of the fourth of my series for seniors. Maybe this week will be when I get some
writing done on the fifth in the series of my children's chapter books. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbQzmDlYDsL5Srz8FjDQqgxatNSKxXiP6PXGNc2qbTSplc6CaQzDU7zgLTbUFzX6DKJfDlV1ucTclO9wKPLiZCLGrj3nsYnlYjU-4_PxClz2Ek6o33Zm5y_X1j3orLRNf8Y2KaxUznruVtg-SeyOMyA6KORqnxUqDk3bXfLINu404hiIXniQA7S0yo4A=s3249" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2437" data-original-width="3249" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbQzmDlYDsL5Srz8FjDQqgxatNSKxXiP6PXGNc2qbTSplc6CaQzDU7zgLTbUFzX6DKJfDlV1ucTclO9wKPLiZCLGrj3nsYnlYjU-4_PxClz2Ek6o33Zm5y_X1j3orLRNf8Y2KaxUznruVtg-SeyOMyA6KORqnxUqDk3bXfLINu404hiIXniQA7S0yo4A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reading</b><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> – <i>Telling Lies for Fun &
Profit – </i></span><i><span style="line-height: 150%;">A Manual
for Fiction Writers </span></i><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">by Lawrence Block<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">There is lots of fun and
information in this writing, how-to, book. Block is a master storyteller, and
it shows through in this terrific collection of writing advice essays. Every
chapter is timeless and told in the unique, down-to-earth, and often humorous
way that only Block can do. A fine read for anyone who has hope of one day
becoming a writer or better writer. </span><i><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Writing Tip – </b><i>"Write to please
yourself."</i><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> Lawrence Block<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">That is always good advice,
and if it just happens also to please a broad audience – even better. </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVtSGY3iEw-4ZnaP0grihbmx9bc8dVG6Lo9dEvBCG2-dnPEJJ1DsGfcryquFlk6I1FkAu_OXlzjkhkLNt5_JdDtfHbaQKwHTdOlrEhu6Sf58V3dGRNSzEc2wSqFlLa5Em1glAxXF0_xNl3CHew1V20OdFYdorTsv9_WxJsAJb94pgTqv-F7v_nbgcisw=s3456" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3456" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVtSGY3iEw-4ZnaP0grihbmx9bc8dVG6Lo9dEvBCG2-dnPEJJ1DsGfcryquFlk6I1FkAu_OXlzjkhkLNt5_JdDtfHbaQKwHTdOlrEhu6Sf58V3dGRNSzEc2wSqFlLa5Em1glAxXF0_xNl3CHew1V20OdFYdorTsv9_WxJsAJb94pgTqv-F7v_nbgcisw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Weather</b><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> – Another great week here
in east-central Wyoming. It looks like snow is coming in the middle of the week,
that's ok by me, we can use it, plus I have nowhere to go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><br /></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">Quote of the day<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">–</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> "The more you look, the more you find."
John E. McIntyre – from, The Old Editor Says</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></i></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">Today's Photos – </span></strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Are </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">f</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;">rom</span><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> a
drive through our local state park (Guernsey State Park) this past weekend. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Waring/e/B00XV26KLC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; line-height: 150%;"> </span></strong><span style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">Click the
link to see all of my books on Amazon</span></a><strong><span style="background: white; color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAiMVNSnYIpgk2Jp1Jd-i31lEnDM4CFuuYwbezGzZc2v5hlNiIpO4WCCp3WYh0S1EuWcVEvWGURopZxpSdpWOqgSs5rjHhdvH6yrH2SSR_Pi5wWVhCarDMCB8ImzHMfSUxCdvY9MzIlfeJYC7Hwsk6ZNTcWt825mzJH933cQuPKJ_7OhdE0m8d9ivhkg=s4384" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="4384" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAiMVNSnYIpgk2Jp1Jd-i31lEnDM4CFuuYwbezGzZc2v5hlNiIpO4WCCp3WYh0S1EuWcVEvWGURopZxpSdpWOqgSs5rjHhdvH6yrH2SSR_Pi5wWVhCarDMCB8ImzHMfSUxCdvY9MzIlfeJYC7Hwsk6ZNTcWt825mzJH933cQuPKJ_7OhdE0m8d9ivhkg=w400-h175" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Have a great week. Keep on reading, and keep on
writing! </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-19902071840475464682022-01-24T14:53:00.007-08:002022-01-24T15:04:43.819-08:00Oh What a Week<h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">Confessions of a Writer of Westerns</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"> January 24, 2022 </h3><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What a week.</b> My wife, Jan, had some outpatient surgery on Monday. Anything, at our age, with the word surgery in it, is troubling even when it is outpatient. I had a crown placement (no, not that kind - this one was on a tooth). Now that, usually, is not much of a dental appointment – in and out, no shots, no discomfort. The problem was I had been having a painful time with another tooth – yep, another broken tooth. Another crown is coming, and still not one for my head. Then the dentist said, "Might as well fill this small cavity we've been watching." Not sure who we are, but I never watch my cavities. The good news is my mouth does not hurt anymore. At least for a few days, weeks, or hopefully years. Disclaimer - My dentist, is the greatest ever, he is so good I sometimes even like going to see him. Oh - I forgot to mention, he is also my son.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_qvvi0ryR219olKlnD9buAH0zkELMRZQ_GRaN7T6uG5ETKwpZ3ygNDRzGrzTpfT7-esGvP-RVfvtbmGYRcZb8vsFo81nwXjJcZQOF0JIUbMjgJlJboPuKpsQLpu_dh-GJOb-8mroDhsqlF915N11sTRSvMzz3bqSxbzMRK4irI4szmIoXMKncFvZRHw=s4420" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3026" data-original-width="4420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_qvvi0ryR219olKlnD9buAH0zkELMRZQ_GRaN7T6uG5ETKwpZ3ygNDRzGrzTpfT7-esGvP-RVfvtbmGYRcZb8vsFo81nwXjJcZQOF0JIUbMjgJlJboPuKpsQLpu_dh-GJOb-8mroDhsqlF915N11sTRSvMzz3bqSxbzMRK4irI4szmIoXMKncFvZRHw=s400" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">But the past week was not all bad. We took a trip to Colorado to watch one of our grandkids play basketball. Now that was fun. I also got in several pleasant walks.
All and all, I didn't get much writing done, nor did I do much editing. But some weeks are like that. Hopefully, this week will be better.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reading</b> – Slowed down here also, but I am trying to finish up a couple of previously mentioned, on this site, books. I did go back to re-read some pages from two different favorite writing books. For me, those old writing books are relaxing. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Writing Tip</b> – Find a great spot to do your writing. "I wish one time in my life I could do what other writers do . . . get me a villa in Spain and go there to write a book." Lewis Grizzard
Sounds good to me. 😊</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHjF4hVQxC2KzvAPk2bwRfRQHSkbPwKZpQR5XKAkUNjNxhIB_J-yC7HsLtVw8e9fDPYIAR_h56K6f8f6OQiOGEDXbaBPJp0ACWiOvkBQ1SoBC_IJ3DLyCcddn09JthgWi2fngdCTQN8GhvZNBqjMicHP2LlE6OVDA-Tq23IgB41O2k9BSQGwG24xRrNg=s4292" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="4292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHjF4hVQxC2KzvAPk2bwRfRQHSkbPwKZpQR5XKAkUNjNxhIB_J-yC7HsLtVw8e9fDPYIAR_h56K6f8f6OQiOGEDXbaBPJp0ACWiOvkBQ1SoBC_IJ3DLyCcddn09JthgWi2fngdCTQN8GhvZNBqjMicHP2LlE6OVDA-Tq23IgB41O2k9BSQGwG24xRrNg=s400" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Weather </b>– Pretty nice January week - We had a couple of inches of snow this week. That new snow brings us to 36 inches for the season. I hope we get another two or three feet, just not all at the same time.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Quote of the day</b> – "In truly good writing, no matter how many times you read it, you do not know how it is done. That is because there is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dis-sect out. It continues, and it is always valid. Each time you re-read, you see or learn something new." Ernest Hemingway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLfgJC8me94gxeXUk2yzN-_ZlNcEqizPueMKSEMtF1vqGdKGgsyowF_oYrHFTHYimhNMQewFFCTmBVwp2XWF_SKwaOosnndnpkT5T__YL-i__JVYlDqRRSKqdo7AY7EHvoIe6o_rQV_Iv4UYRQDylM5G_F15r9PkxMSrH6-CsGz3Q-ar-BE7IVF5nMhw=s2708" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2204" data-original-width="2708" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLfgJC8me94gxeXUk2yzN-_ZlNcEqizPueMKSEMtF1vqGdKGgsyowF_oYrHFTHYimhNMQewFFCTmBVwp2XWF_SKwaOosnndnpkT5T__YL-i__JVYlDqRRSKqdo7AY7EHvoIe6o_rQV_Iv4UYRQDylM5G_F15r9PkxMSrH6-CsGz3Q-ar-BE7IVF5nMhw=s400" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Today's Photos</b> – From one of our many trips west of town. We love that drive and make it about twice a month. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Waring/e/B00XV26KLC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">Click this link to see all my books on Amazon</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">Have a great week. Keep on reading, and keep on writing!</span></span></div>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-74559972597409930842022-01-17T14:11:00.001-08:002022-01-17T14:13:05.721-08:00Write Fast Edit Slow & Zane Grey Too<p> <strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #806000; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Confessions of a Writer of Westerns</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">January 17, 2022</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">We are back from a short trip to
see family in southeast Nebraska. Always nice to catch up and, for us, an
excellent time to refresh. I didn’t get much written during our short trip, but
as always – some good ideas.</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">Editing westerns can be tricky,
especially when using old west slang or vernacular of the day. I am often asked
about editing. Most wannabe writers are as worried about this as they are
writing. Today I want to talk a bit about it. First, it is hard. Second, find
some great, before publication readers.</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></span><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTBAJjIxnPWCYXpWBN6w7laKqlFaKJ0zqBcfriuj2j13HaEZj389FGUh5tSmv-rxmlG_RmHG4gI3yo7wVLb1Bgk0dB76lfSw0cB1oPm9nPa2ODFTO_G7aVrR9L2zIXpQqwduhgtr-jm0F7PiEzgHNY7Ii3I6cFJTvFTOEhpmWosLPhFT9Zz1L8zkxUpA=s2153" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2153" data-original-width="1612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTBAJjIxnPWCYXpWBN6w7laKqlFaKJ0zqBcfriuj2j13HaEZj389FGUh5tSmv-rxmlG_RmHG4gI3yo7wVLb1Bgk0dB76lfSw0cB1oPm9nPa2ODFTO_G7aVrR9L2zIXpQqwduhgtr-jm0F7PiEzgHNY7Ii3I6cFJTvFTOEhpmWosLPhFT9Zz1L8zkxUpA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zane Grey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">Zane Grey, often credited as
writing the first western – <i>The Virginian – </i>started as a somewhat stiff
and grammatically poor writer who told great tales. His wife Dolly was his
manager and first and often only editor. Like most editors, she made it better.
Some historians believe she made his writing more stiff and proper, but it was
likely the other way.</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">Dolly Grey worked much like
many writers of today’s first readers. Let them read it and make suggestions.
Most importantly, listen to what they tell you. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">Before letting it out to my
first readers, I also use two, yes two, and sometimes three, grammar, spell, and
proper-use software programs. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrPUMo-DYVGJ8kdfWKa2SRpR-cpPTRsC6F8O1ieOW5w7fuKhdo-68GYYk6K3gr472ZqYdXaYKd8qcoxb7Ia2wWkz4Buz4EmCTGMuLwmg_FR1S2ta27wk9FqGrl-omT5GpEi7rJYsMIKoCkg6SmxKsZdtS0VF7pFwyo14g1CDTZrgQKiWBQ0d9lLnePwg=s2979" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="2979" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrPUMo-DYVGJ8kdfWKa2SRpR-cpPTRsC6F8O1ieOW5w7fuKhdo-68GYYk6K3gr472ZqYdXaYKd8qcoxb7Ia2wWkz4Buz4EmCTGMuLwmg_FR1S2ta27wk9FqGrl-omT5GpEi7rJYsMIKoCkg6SmxKsZdtS0VF7pFwyo14g1CDTZrgQKiWBQ0d9lLnePwg=w400-h343" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flicker puffed up in the cold.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Reading</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– <i>The Old Editor Says</i>, by John E. McIntyre. Yep, that is where I got the
idea to write a bit on editing today. It is a tiny little book of 76 pages
packed with wisdom from the long-time editor. My best takeaway from the book?
Take your time when editing – like the adage. Write fast, edit slow. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Noticed
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">–
It is always nice to be seen and appreciated, and last week I received word that this blog
is now listed in FeedSpot as one of the <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/western_fiction_blogs/"><b>Top 25 Western Fiction Blogs & Websites</b>.</a>
Click the link to see the list. I read several of these sites – good stuff. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZ6MLWAtb2QDl4MA6DMqn_zcG-ODwqc0NOAKdnCUlUTXIYsYsEEaNvopFbbJYHMklGXN1z-5mERzERd_QGPA5ylngYem3j1uwI7c7Lw24tWStnU9FQwrvgebjvQU8btaW356ailCXalcf2-Ivkv2fXSt7r09jyMhGS-AFSFHuIhuPe801YJAGkXUYPZw=s3821" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3188" data-original-width="3821" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZ6MLWAtb2QDl4MA6DMqn_zcG-ODwqc0NOAKdnCUlUTXIYsYsEEaNvopFbbJYHMklGXN1z-5mERzERd_QGPA5ylngYem3j1uwI7c7Lw24tWStnU9FQwrvgebjvQU8btaW356ailCXalcf2-Ivkv2fXSt7r09jyMhGS-AFSFHuIhuPe801YJAGkXUYPZw=w400-h334" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Weather</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– Almost spring-like today. Lovely, but it is January and will not last. We are
enjoying it! Yesterday we were in the 40s. Today we are in the mid-fifties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;">Quote of the day<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;">–</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;"> “Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.” T.S. Eliot</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQsWMlgG4mStCiXfauFuVY9Pw2yoZdzsUb6B_YFBSjtCyt7Dj1jOkjtKFPz-a6Gl3Gb8GiBE8hGwY6eTKos39VmJWIQO3_dEfxM0YGod4yr1KrkTD3EJm_S6hQ_HDBQFYFgi8C8-Pu19DBD7uDKvK02qpCEdMGxdBGnkCjeH87kFNruxxoXkaLG4hitg=s2526" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2002" data-original-width="2526" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQsWMlgG4mStCiXfauFuVY9Pw2yoZdzsUb6B_YFBSjtCyt7Dj1jOkjtKFPz-a6Gl3Gb8GiBE8hGwY6eTKos39VmJWIQO3_dEfxM0YGod4yr1KrkTD3EJm_S6hQ_HDBQFYFgi8C8-Pu19DBD7uDKvK02qpCEdMGxdBGnkCjeH87kFNruxxoXkaLG4hitg=w400-h318" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buddies</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Today’s Photos – </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">January
photos along the North Platte River ¼ mile from our home in Wyoming.</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Have a great week. Keep on reading,
and keep on writing</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-7464565834877609102022-01-10T14:17:00.002-08:002022-01-10T14:22:35.353-08:00Writing Places and Edward S. Curtis<p> <strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #806000; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Confessions of a Writer of Westerns</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">January 10, 2022</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">I am
off to a pretty good start this year. I have not written too much, but I am
picking it up. Last week around 3,000 words, this week almost 5,000, and I have
edited through nearly 20,000 words of my new western mystery book. This is the
first and longest of the three edits I usually do. After those edits, it will
be off to beta readers – hopefully sometime in February. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Often
writers, especially Indy and small house published writers like myself, have no
set deadlines, leaving us open to changing gears, or directions, when we
probably should not. By that, I mean we tend to stop what we are working on and
start something else before finishing. I did this twice this week, had a great
idea, and had to write it down. Most of the time, I write a few pages – in the
case of these two book ideas, I wrote about three-thousand words. Now, I will
leave both alone until inspiration strikes. If it does, I will let you know
here.</span></strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVZKZB-eaIGCci2ozb_zUwux4XcLWMI5_bmRzfg_Th7Yrb9QxtkuZ_e5kg-hhDF2kUjL8CPMpo-n51UhPdb3Iq9XVg1Ho0BfWCEZVrWJku_ROjtowkM8R_sJRFYSLkPE8JAhBQ8fMbnpy6zoivGMp8TM2Ph-KySaJwGrWerv5ufsYhvD2tgW6Hgq_DNQ=s3480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="3480" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVZKZB-eaIGCci2ozb_zUwux4XcLWMI5_bmRzfg_Th7Yrb9QxtkuZ_e5kg-hhDF2kUjL8CPMpo-n51UhPdb3Iq9XVg1Ho0BfWCEZVrWJku_ROjtowkM8R_sJRFYSLkPE8JAhBQ8fMbnpy6zoivGMp8TM2Ph-KySaJwGrWerv5ufsYhvD2tgW6Hgq_DNQ=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My office, I did pick up a little before snapping this one. </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Reading</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">
– More looking at photos than reading, and very much enjoying – <i>The North
American Indian – </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The Complete Portfolios</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">.
This is the one-book compilation of Edward S. Curtis's thirty-year, twenty-volume
work on the American Indian. Some day I hope to get a chance to look through
one of the original books; sadly, not many around any longer. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKN32MbZpjrdmxjf_09nzXTKMnaq4-l5wUeAlIt5muEPvkTc4mBVHmhikKo_N1O39ny2Vd_M2tuQxt16qfybnpqT1CngGDyjCy8rdg5Mc7ftJVSc_hQVhS20gsZXzQNUrVKP_okLN6GcOOAOftUbesWriSaIrpyQ0-leZfC_GMAtU-lvoR0NEUhGMjIw=s3778" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3778" data-original-width="2137" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKN32MbZpjrdmxjf_09nzXTKMnaq4-l5wUeAlIt5muEPvkTc4mBVHmhikKo_N1O39ny2Vd_M2tuQxt16qfybnpqT1CngGDyjCy8rdg5Mc7ftJVSc_hQVhS20gsZXzQNUrVKP_okLN6GcOOAOftUbesWriSaIrpyQ0-leZfC_GMAtU-lvoR0NEUhGMjIw=w226-h400" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading Bookcase - constantly changing.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Weather</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">
– After the freezing temperatures of a week ago, this week has turned relatively
mild. Most days start cool, low twenties or below, but reach around forty by
mid-afternoon. Quite comfortable. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 27pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;">Quote of the day<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">"For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that
may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number
of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time." Louis L'Amour</span></h1><h1 style="background: white; line-height: 27pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3_h3sO5ar_aeYiCqeO4UsdLmqdU8ekb2HoJHd0bz9rvF50gSqDMSCxnhBvLTKbGdZRYLy3VCHYv1RCdEIpYud7Z7m7DOdwVkSGkqoztBGNiFNTf859OP_54yzL_GKeHfl2WBbMry4CC_StLbxwhqmISgHEwE37wPmBDLHhlWi8CjrPoXZsn8swH8LmA=s3687" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3687" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3_h3sO5ar_aeYiCqeO4UsdLmqdU8ekb2HoJHd0bz9rvF50gSqDMSCxnhBvLTKbGdZRYLy3VCHYv1RCdEIpYud7Z7m7DOdwVkSGkqoztBGNiFNTf859OP_54yzL_GKeHfl2WBbMry4CC_StLbxwhqmISgHEwE37wPmBDLHhlWi8CjrPoXZsn8swH8LmA=w400-h244" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beside my recliner in the family room - lots of writing gets done here.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Today's Photos – </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Self-explanatory
– But I have an admission here. I bought another camera this week. Guess I
thought six was not quite enough. Sigh – it's only money, they say - yikes!</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCQtHFmZ4xI5piKgdugHdUexn0V1hBovv0Na1PWHLaQTLq7GzaeWGSk0a6xxZWmGnUsa2wdrASjQA9j1SPszVOllAdnUTXFgw947QvxlLqHcwin943cwwcJrqdZP66VayZoo08rdoaX7wHTxIeaXtjJgc9CdfWo-E2BCnEy8dIJgu-k48XYtZAzaB-8Q=s2681" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2222" data-original-width="2681" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCQtHFmZ4xI5piKgdugHdUexn0V1hBovv0Na1PWHLaQTLq7GzaeWGSk0a6xxZWmGnUsa2wdrASjQA9j1SPszVOllAdnUTXFgw947QvxlLqHcwin943cwwcJrqdZP66VayZoo08rdoaX7wHTxIeaXtjJgc9CdfWo-E2BCnEy8dIJgu-k48XYtZAzaB-8Q=w400-h331" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running in the snow</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Have a great week. Keep on
reading, and keep on writing</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-61247405530737114072022-01-03T12:13:00.001-08:002022-01-03T12:13:05.119-08:002022 - And Off We Go<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">January
3, 2022</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">As
always, it seems odd to switch to a new year. I’m talking about writing 2022
instead of 2021 on anything I need to date. I wonder how long it will be until
I write 21, 20, or maybe 19 as the year on something?</span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgYz3apXEzvT43_CMD8Ff2HQLPyjeOUiXAaxN0KQA8cG8WH6gvVnwYJNBHGtc1q9Fq1iJMpuNA_Lci7NgZh4EoMb52a2C8BYHj_MAoODxG9kmMmEmk7yc6VxXwPCYLisUPZI-1rnHzzDsQ40KPd7VbTNDNxIrJ_0bdKO76K3JVj8N2FIoezodzZhvpgg=s3359" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="3359" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgYz3apXEzvT43_CMD8Ff2HQLPyjeOUiXAaxN0KQA8cG8WH6gvVnwYJNBHGtc1q9Fq1iJMpuNA_Lci7NgZh4EoMb52a2C8BYHj_MAoODxG9kmMmEmk7yc6VxXwPCYLisUPZI-1rnHzzDsQ40KPd7VbTNDNxIrJ_0bdKO76K3JVj8N2FIoezodzZhvpgg=w400-h281" width="400" /></a></strong></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Writing</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– My writing rate was - I will give it an ok. I wrote just under 3,000 words
the past week – not great, but for a busy week, not bad. I was somewhat
distracted from writing by so many football games on television. We have not
done anything special for years to celebrate New Year’s Eve or Day, which allowed
me to put a few extra words on paper. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
am still working on the editing portion of my historical mystery/western. It
looks like I am about a third of the way through. I’m still not sure about the
ending, but I did work on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Reading</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– Lawrence Blocks, highly entertaining, <i><u>The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep</u>. </i>I am a long time Block fan but somehow
never got around to this Evan Tanner series</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmj27RLLSlN6coX8PewI-67CU2TifO6bAfqFVht6mmUTxigJxwmF99BECvHf0lY_nPEBHQ9FUFnJyQM6ZKsz5Mw-7a1qXM-sywEfOidPDeHLx6JGNqImLqn2H4lh1c2g3p6_T87qHWL4ELiJU4lsqepm5LbS6NnXEorzWuAekBo45EWg2DZ8G1Z8gTnw=s3456" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3456" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmj27RLLSlN6coX8PewI-67CU2TifO6bAfqFVht6mmUTxigJxwmF99BECvHf0lY_nPEBHQ9FUFnJyQM6ZKsz5Mw-7a1qXM-sywEfOidPDeHLx6JGNqImLqn2H4lh1c2g3p6_T87qHWL4ELiJU4lsqepm5LbS6NnXEorzWuAekBo45EWg2DZ8G1Z8gTnw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Weather</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– Dipped under zero for the first time this winter. About one inch of new snow
and lots and lots of wind, which I can do without for the rest of winter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;">Quote of the day<i> </i></span>– <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal;">I was brought up in the great tradition of the late
nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never
disdains.” James A. Michener</span></h1><h1 style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCD18VWt0vVk5alA4VVgqKSgNHgrFYg7RVxyWIhhShuKj9HVuZWbK3iYWZohRi52y8qkJ489Mgogb5pT1N0c_Pq6tFeQJrUpeL5F9b-0qbhry9PFRR4jk7PNrInSwwHPr1sEmeZXTf5KG6pqkWtcvkCOFrucDWF1aDQ3Oc8IuHEms7Li-S6wSeocatnA=s3584" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="3584" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCD18VWt0vVk5alA4VVgqKSgNHgrFYg7RVxyWIhhShuKj9HVuZWbK3iYWZohRi52y8qkJ489Mgogb5pT1N0c_Pq6tFeQJrUpeL5F9b-0qbhry9PFRR4jk7PNrInSwwHPr1sEmeZXTf5KG6pqkWtcvkCOFrucDWF1aDQ3Oc8IuHEms7Li-S6wSeocatnA=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></strong></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Today’s Photos</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> –
All shot from my walks this week and a trip to the state park a couple of miles
north of here. </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit3mUIwpig-YCmHuH1OgUfI8H4NGBqNQ2qYI_iMpKKYksQkLAj9Gwa-Pq53uoMLVQTe78GFqADcFuob4RrIVJo9GpILZvWD07Dd2g4PgPAuUIEe5p4ksOnUcAj2eOsdEBvu8qwBPWfoVGYYeTdIwz5PQUMtz8vLM5elME0B6R1xFrpLPrAHpBC1fwu0w=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit3mUIwpig-YCmHuH1OgUfI8H4NGBqNQ2qYI_iMpKKYksQkLAj9Gwa-Pq53uoMLVQTe78GFqADcFuob4RrIVJo9GpILZvWD07Dd2g4PgPAuUIEe5p4ksOnUcAj2eOsdEBvu8qwBPWfoVGYYeTdIwz5PQUMtz8vLM5elME0B6R1xFrpLPrAHpBC1fwu0w=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><p></p>
<p><strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Have
a great week. Keep on reading, and keep on writing. </span></strong> </p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-24851663702239877562021-12-27T13:29:00.001-08:002021-12-27T13:31:44.158-08:00Fifteen Books and Still Writing<p> <strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">December
27, 2021</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Well,
like most everyone else, we have finished another Christmas Season. Bring on
the new year. Right now, we are back to the two of us and the dog – again. Great
atmosphere for writing and watching football, but almost too quiet at times. </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBIIFsY3D7CTq-PKhs0fFIAWLH9vxOYtBMYE1p__0aeY6CpgQqS5LMdf51F7HRbvtFXAVru0Dgg96B_lqzwaeige_SZM5wNgLnMBky9wy0Jy6K8NNASllyEvrFXvSxj95B9P8RjLRBYvzAvWjS-tosld0JO2HadF0FC6zFGwpUaDhZQ0CPNxn7rb_ApQ=s4169" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2859" data-original-width="4169" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBIIFsY3D7CTq-PKhs0fFIAWLH9vxOYtBMYE1p__0aeY6CpgQqS5LMdf51F7HRbvtFXAVru0Dgg96B_lqzwaeige_SZM5wNgLnMBky9wy0Jy6K8NNASllyEvrFXvSxj95B9P8RjLRBYvzAvWjS-tosld0JO2HadF0FC6zFGwpUaDhZQ0CPNxn7rb_ApQ=w400-h274" width="400" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">On my morning walk, I realized</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> that I was not
sure, exactly, how many books I had written. Guess it is time to count them up.</span><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Waring/e/B00XV26KLC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share"><b>Nonfiction</b></a></span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">The Civilian Conservation Corps and the building of
Guernsey State Park</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Beginning Gardening & Other Entertaining Lies - With Four Bonus - Murder in the Garden Stories</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">On Turning 70 </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Elderly – A Sensational
Day Every Day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Waring/e/B00XV26KLC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">Western
Fiction</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Commitment (western mystery)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Ghost Dance
(western mystery)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ghost of the Fawn
(young adult)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Under Western
Skies (collection of short stories)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Under Christmas
Skies (collection of short stories) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Interview with a
Gunfighter (short story)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Waring/e/B00XV26KLC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">Kids
Chapter Books</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Melvin the E
Street Ghost<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Mike Said, There's
a Zombie in My Basement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yikes – My Neighbors
a Vampire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Howling at the
Moon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finished but Not Yet Published<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Morning Walk ( the
third in my series for senior citizens)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wendover (my third Blade Holmes western mystery)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Almost Ready<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">County Fair (book
five in my Mike, and Moose and I kids growing up chapter books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Essays from the
golden years (fourth in my series for
senior readers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wow, that was an exhausting search, not
really. Thirteen published books and one published short. Two more books are finished
but not yet published. I am not sure why these two, which will be self-published,
are still waiting. I figured it out and can answer my question – lazy. Soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That makes 15 completed books with two
in the almost category and the single short. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am not always one to write out New
Years Resolutions, but I aim to have all 17 of the books I listed earlier
published. I hope to continue with my senior reader's books, with at least one
addition in 2022. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-lrzSYN6MDYBr5oukIKjfBsrTIEpDJhuvFsc8X_oM5wMKfBPOEFfnwLA-sj2NvVMn_DLQmtDzERW87YBrnGJ5IwMmFV5-SLKXrQq6ynDsTStWO3f8-7RwKwgM8jET_40EnDNMBo6ziK9fqp9gqJSxnAT8XniF_uZCRUhVDNBFjuyoahu-1B1otXd7qA=s3168" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2679" data-original-width="3168" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-lrzSYN6MDYBr5oukIKjfBsrTIEpDJhuvFsc8X_oM5wMKfBPOEFfnwLA-sj2NvVMn_DLQmtDzERW87YBrnGJ5IwMmFV5-SLKXrQq6ynDsTStWO3f8-7RwKwgM8jET_40EnDNMBo6ziK9fqp9gqJSxnAT8XniF_uZCRUhVDNBFjuyoahu-1B1otXd7qA=w400-h339" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Photos</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – All taken in the past week within 15
miles of where we live in Wyoming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Happy New Year – 2022<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUGc6nqZbre05dN8NxgEeHse1NZo-2tjPSs9OxQH0T_TfD4x0OccBOoTRrit4_YJsduDyM6vUVLOb7KXDdff7C5SY8DEeYxsonfbVz-SGw_DSPQ1wJ9aIwHt2-GkRZKIReVEtf4WEzHhYcmApPoxQQqwQvte4jjh9pmY_QcKePO01gUZ0_8By_jtzKRg=s4008" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="4008" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUGc6nqZbre05dN8NxgEeHse1NZo-2tjPSs9OxQH0T_TfD4x0OccBOoTRrit4_YJsduDyM6vUVLOb7KXDdff7C5SY8DEeYxsonfbVz-SGw_DSPQ1wJ9aIwHt2-GkRZKIReVEtf4WEzHhYcmApPoxQQqwQvte4jjh9pmY_QcKePO01gUZ0_8By_jtzKRg=w400-h289" width="400" /></a></i></b></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keep reading and keep writing<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-75823900437118167872021-12-20T12:31:00.008-08:002021-12-20T15:47:52.228-08:00Christmas Slowdown - But, Not Much<p> December 20, 2021</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Writing</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">
– My writing slowed down a little this
week. Too much Christmas shopping and a couple of doctor appointments slow me
down. Only a few over 2,000 words for the week. When I set goals, I wrote well
over 300.000 words each year. Without goals, I write about half that. I still
have not decided if I will set a word goal for 2022 or continue writing as I
have been the past three or four years. We will see. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">I
am doing heavy editing on my long-finished historical mystery/western. Trying
to rework the second half – love the first half of the book. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2JcU6WS1w0lTLjPCNXjXLidjxVDm9MJBHpWL1SM2mmUEzMnpYa81T_fNXEtfOOkxCgtVaxEypxfN2QC79fwHqUqIGcJXcbFFiKgas5dq8DdlRrBKtiN9TE8S_EADXKah3hc_sBSvCTwuLOiiA76P-VwsyJuojOxoLoYx9PWzp91xZfRUn8U_uJv7R1g=s1548" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1548" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2JcU6WS1w0lTLjPCNXjXLidjxVDm9MJBHpWL1SM2mmUEzMnpYa81T_fNXEtfOOkxCgtVaxEypxfN2QC79fwHqUqIGcJXcbFFiKgas5dq8DdlRrBKtiN9TE8S_EADXKah3hc_sBSvCTwuLOiiA76P-VwsyJuojOxoLoYx9PWzp91xZfRUn8U_uJv7R1g=w400-h341" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">As
often happens, a new inspiration – yes, I started another book. Mostly notes
and thoughts so far. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK4AlLODMJuRr1z4i72i8s-V8I8UqbqIq4eL1fAo1Au66vzWVugqCyuqLOPGPPN1C160Qa0Jab7VDJjw28lU6-ABUlCF0xRyqvtzMqnLUAqivfK53aqCf-Y69Za0g9riDPUYLzffIEW0MJ8SAjpoUysk60tcL4VMkmPnCg91BiTJQ1H-0B5LQ3aBEjdg=s2255" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1756" data-original-width="2255" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK4AlLODMJuRr1z4i72i8s-V8I8UqbqIq4eL1fAo1Au66vzWVugqCyuqLOPGPPN1C160Qa0Jab7VDJjw28lU6-ABUlCF0xRyqvtzMqnLUAqivfK53aqCf-Y69Za0g9riDPUYLzffIEW0MJ8SAjpoUysk60tcL4VMkmPnCg91BiTJQ1H-0B5LQ3aBEjdg=w400-h311" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Reading</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">
– David Baldacci’s Memory Man. Off to a good start, and so far, it has kept me
interested. Looks like a good one <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Weather</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">
– Cold and wind this week. A few days of blustery snow. All in all, typical
December weather. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJtPNMjepfaCzrDlmfTyWDHfPBoJxKlSfoA8gMUF8Y325LmxCP2eY_MrR-pXZKaBXOcQKVre8GVYRWBJo_yB4JZudzSGMcIDWoJXGs-QWxe2werRQq-tpeF-7j38Oip6rA-Zk0XOGlVYPoKljao_wSQfiUu8ptFyoy0kJKxOyklB627T8zUKHVb3rPWQ=s3643" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3643" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJtPNMjepfaCzrDlmfTyWDHfPBoJxKlSfoA8gMUF8Y325LmxCP2eY_MrR-pXZKaBXOcQKVre8GVYRWBJo_yB4JZudzSGMcIDWoJXGs-QWxe2werRQq-tpeF-7j38Oip6rA-Zk0XOGlVYPoKljao_wSQfiUu8ptFyoy0kJKxOyklB627T8zUKHVb3rPWQ=w400-h246" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p><h1 style="background: white; line-height: 27pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;">Quote of the day<i> </i></span>– <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">“Any word that doesn’t advance a story slows it down. Which is reason
enough to avoid expletives. Contrary to popular misconception, the term
‘expletives’ refers to a whole class of empty words, not just gratuitous
profanities. Most expletives simply fill out the syntax of sentences. The most
common is ‘there are, ‘there is,’ ‘there was.’ ‘it is,’ ‘it was,’ and son on.”
- Jack Hart</span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLbMPuvGYKuZ1Cy6Sz627c8neGsy90flf5rgWcln00Ovat8Qj4j9v5j4W2f4QeaOp_wnHk-Pe2fSsqzerW2zZYPbFuIAcsXPHlfVm1At0CWYCTw3tbFEiBgpMsElBm_htykBhwGASR07aLqszX8APUDssRFh8K2xPgchGsmAdC_2AYH3x6K07pBUx9yg=s2131" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2131" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLbMPuvGYKuZ1Cy6Sz627c8neGsy90flf5rgWcln00Ovat8Qj4j9v5j4W2f4QeaOp_wnHk-Pe2fSsqzerW2zZYPbFuIAcsXPHlfVm1At0CWYCTw3tbFEiBgpMsElBm_htykBhwGASR07aLqszX8APUDssRFh8K2xPgchGsmAdC_2AYH3x6K07pBUx9yg=w400-h275" width="400" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Today’s Photos</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> –
All shot on my walks this week. </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Have a Merry Christmas, everyone! </span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-12550794107021076142021-12-13T12:54:00.005-08:002021-12-13T12:54:31.795-08:00Writing Time Again <p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Writing</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
– Still writing at a pace of about 1,000 words per day. That is about the best
I can do, and for me satisfactory. In the last week, my best day was 1,950, and
the lowest was 540. For many years I was writing anywhere from a quarter of a
million words up to my highest output, 320,000.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOW4JZpZ1z7kYYyBZfX7vVbA8WWJVKd70wz2aV6Y3X0d3HFPWJCMqq0orkSEGAxRx2f0wSwZ13UNlgOz3o9z4PT2WxbQ_Tv2Ww1l5EeIKRo2OI6jtUenkMGNve6B3F0wswnXm39WDcYFBc/s1913/P1020593+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="1913" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOW4JZpZ1z7kYYyBZfX7vVbA8WWJVKd70wz2aV6Y3X0d3HFPWJCMqq0orkSEGAxRx2f0wSwZ13UNlgOz3o9z4PT2WxbQ_Tv2Ww1l5EeIKRo2OI6jtUenkMGNve6B3F0wswnXm39WDcYFBc/w400-h286/P1020593+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Reading</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– Rereading Ron Scheer's most entertaining book on early western writers – <i>How
the West Was Written</i>. Enjoying it as
much as I did my first read a few years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4lJvMc7VXEFRXTMw_VkWkLbo6jVoN05qSwScG7-n-iGxEFffK2Mz2yflFfkLpZdZFZSHk7U7m9uVVcJF37YxeoloCCHDgdXdn2q_6SQ5MunG-RuxCRhComW-ddtUUz2acN4DbZVFcKB6/s3207/P1020546+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2512" data-original-width="3207" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4lJvMc7VXEFRXTMw_VkWkLbo6jVoN05qSwScG7-n-iGxEFffK2Mz2yflFfkLpZdZFZSHk7U7m9uVVcJF37YxeoloCCHDgdXdn2q_6SQ5MunG-RuxCRhComW-ddtUUz2acN4DbZVFcKB6/w400-h314/P1020546+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Weather</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
– Another nice snow this week, eight inches from late Friday to early Saturday.
That snow gives us a total of 28 inches thus far. Not bad!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcbEQCiD0_rp-5TohmWrAAHC9VLWGH7U0fWTPtorXJVpHfFDTAuMZpami-1t6UCQbh6pA6FgJlUj4wPh51fjrEj5CW4v2xUVcgm_dDUz7UpcUD8AXygiX955ai1SjRNgMEwtU2RrjxWcW/s3002/P1020502+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="3002" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcbEQCiD0_rp-5TohmWrAAHC9VLWGH7U0fWTPtorXJVpHfFDTAuMZpami-1t6UCQbh6pA6FgJlUj4wPh51fjrEj5CW4v2xUVcgm_dDUz7UpcUD8AXygiX955ai1SjRNgMEwtU2RrjxWcW/w400-h289/P1020502+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Quote of the day</span></b><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #474747; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">- </span></i><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">"Read, read, read. Read everything</span></i><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">--</span></i><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></i><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">trash, classics, good
and bad, and see how they do it, just like a carpenter who works as an
apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's
good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
-- <strong><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal;">William Faulkner</span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEtr16baNqGmmaAC_emJk-M2p2OtTXppcVDVanwZST0ua1-ygcCPuIxurzFyuBTUqr1PJMLYZiypsa90xaZ8JfY3RzeVbs2_Qf-_I8ga0XkfZ0yKzw2WJY1iR_tVjs4VKSRNPjhyphenhyphenX1Mt8/s3699/IMG_7910+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3699" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEtr16baNqGmmaAC_emJk-M2p2OtTXppcVDVanwZST0ua1-ygcCPuIxurzFyuBTUqr1PJMLYZiypsa90xaZ8JfY3RzeVbs2_Qf-_I8ga0XkfZ0yKzw2WJY1iR_tVjs4VKSRNPjhyphenhyphenX1Mt8/w400-h243/IMG_7910+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%;">Today's Photos</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> –
All shot over the past two or three weeks – Wyoming is a most photogenic state.
</span></strong><strong><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">Have a terrific week everyone - Might be a great time to get your </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas </span><span style="color: red;">shopping finished. I know, pretty early yet. </span></span></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: #474747; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-67683616836782465352021-12-07T11:21:00.000-08:002021-12-07T11:21:04.130-08:00Here We Go Again - I'm Back<p> </p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9nZR55jJCIc31dEYrfAQT1U59SyCRUMEYIcQCecZxL8ADbiJmjs5jFesx5exIr0vL6R1KUydRc-xC138bSZun0gzMl0fvI2Sh_dyA-plZYsrZapmXa-gMPnSBlk5z2z4aT2l261ATrrH/s3293/P1020484+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="3293" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9nZR55jJCIc31dEYrfAQT1U59SyCRUMEYIcQCecZxL8ADbiJmjs5jFesx5exIr0vL6R1KUydRc-xC138bSZun0gzMl0fvI2Sh_dyA-plZYsrZapmXa-gMPnSBlk5z2z4aT2l261ATrrH/w400-h256/P1020484+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p>Welcome
Back</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> - I have not
written much in the last three years. I did publish two books for older
(retirement age) readers. Not sure what slowed me down. Life, I guess.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I also
finished the third book in my Blade Holmes western mystery series but have left
it alone for more than a year – I was not too fond of the ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I seem to be
back writing at my old pace —5,000 words in four days – pretty productive for
me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaq25vihRmHIqpNz6uhPp8nDw5g7GBcl7UtMu6OxUc-tXOiphw5NSESGbhJLcLgj4Kiq1YY9kevP4ImhSPTop71vB99ZMgj55uTeJeMu-gU8Vp0FbTbjAmAiy60k0hRCJaHOTJp5dUCU0/s2652/P1020501+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="2652" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaq25vihRmHIqpNz6uhPp8nDw5g7GBcl7UtMu6OxUc-tXOiphw5NSESGbhJLcLgj4Kiq1YY9kevP4ImhSPTop71vB99ZMgj55uTeJeMu-gU8Vp0FbTbjAmAiy60k0hRCJaHOTJp5dUCU0/w400-h258/P1020501+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">What am I
Reading?</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> – Edward Curtis
– The North American Indian. A good read with all, or nearly all, of the Curtis
collection of photos. This one feeds both my reading and photography appetites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVISGtGJ3U2IdJz678Nx4NoR_0a0FxUCjyhznfHrc_r0eUA2fCCZ5O8V98HrPZTy8BoHyW5uy875sFi3OLx1ZRr5Xxc7nioz7RMeUbu9ZN1ascVmD38eG0hs2amsCEsiotttcQv6Z_Zj2/s3163/P1020445+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="3163" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVISGtGJ3U2IdJz678Nx4NoR_0a0FxUCjyhznfHrc_r0eUA2fCCZ5O8V98HrPZTy8BoHyW5uy875sFi3OLx1ZRr5Xxc7nioz7RMeUbu9ZN1ascVmD38eG0hs2amsCEsiotttcQv6Z_Zj2/w400-h304/P1020445+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I am working
on</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> – Third book in
my series for elderly readers and the fourth book in my Blade Holmes series. After
some reworking, I am also hoping to publish the Blade Holmes novel (#3) I
mentioned earlier. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0uHv6Msjcvrb5MYdiae5top1eQOO0MuiMeekoS6gxhyphenhyphen1S6SuVfso7-RyRNEuu8mUwpBTM1OtUiqdYQpEGUx3hfLwAW-Vt8VBKOqY49vqnBEtzHxAtPWySisfHlgoqqezt1QjilsHLibrM/s2986/P1020399+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2352" data-original-width="2986" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0uHv6Msjcvrb5MYdiae5top1eQOO0MuiMeekoS6gxhyphenhyphen1S6SuVfso7-RyRNEuu8mUwpBTM1OtUiqdYQpEGUx3hfLwAW-Vt8VBKOqY49vqnBEtzHxAtPWySisfHlgoqqezt1QjilsHLibrM/w400-h315/P1020399+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It looks
like winter is upon us – good luck with your reading and writing, and stay
warm. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Photos</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> – Are from a recent trip up to Esterbrook
in the Laramie Range <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9ggmc-RpL8Nnnx8PU5RDb5J6v5oWHLBvvPg5iENYJ5RsJ_cgs-EBloqDBWQys4Hv8TWkUgsPeLpDTSIHmBsR5idfwLrJpdrJW_9njQF-4BKuWg04-rUpi88HOxUk0ds2waDrsxQ5m1BS/s3122/P1020418+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2197" data-original-width="3122" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9ggmc-RpL8Nnnx8PU5RDb5J6v5oWHLBvvPg5iENYJ5RsJ_cgs-EBloqDBWQys4Hv8TWkUgsPeLpDTSIHmBsR5idfwLrJpdrJW_9njQF-4BKuWg04-rUpi88HOxUk0ds2waDrsxQ5m1BS/w400-h281/P1020418+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>Neil A. Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516436325860444393.post-21289961116600954252021-07-14T20:03:00.001-07:002021-07-17T10:52:04.912-07:00Writing Word Goals and Misadventures<div data-block="true" data-editor="5m0ss" data-offset-key="1ce24-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1ce24-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1ce24-0-0"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I set a goal to write 1,000 words a day this week - well, I wrote over 1,000, but it took three days. Summertime gives me too many excuses, and my writing suffers. </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1ce24-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span data-offset-key="1ce24-0-0"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-25Zz2h-DxaE/YO-hIzVn7yI/AAAAAAAAroU/bW8iJvOqCz8z02AH0tJeSWKKSoMfXCXKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s3456/P1020039%2B%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3456" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-25Zz2h-DxaE/YO-hIzVn7yI/AAAAAAAAroU/bW8iJvOqCz8z02AH0tJeSWKKSoMfXCXKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/P1020039%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><b> View on a recent hike - North Platte River, 3 miles from home</b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="5m0ss" data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like many people, I often find reasons to spend more time outside, because who doesn't love summer? This does set my writing back, but I do keep up with my reading. </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">I find that both walking every day, and writing every day helps me to clear my mind - really quite therapeutic</span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><br /></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9ajlt-0-0"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nGF9lb_ynF0/YO-gMS79SRI/AAAAAAAArnw/zNIdOjsb_M4eDEhEVPLfuTjDHZJRdcoIQCPcBGAsYHg/s3145/IMG_7696%2B%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3145" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nGF9lb_ynF0/YO-gMS79SRI/AAAAAAAArnw/zNIdOjsb_M4eDEhEVPLfuTjDHZJRdcoIQCPcBGAsYHg/w384-h275/IMG_7696%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="384" /></a></div><b> A bit of rest at the halfway point of a hike</b></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="5m0ss" data-offset-key="7smm2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7smm2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7smm2-0-0"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7smm2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7smm2-0-0"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Golf, hiking, walking, gardening, photography, and short trips seem to be part of my DNA when summer arrives. </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7smm2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span data-offset-key="7smm2-0-0"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bWVeb9Kd6CU/YO-hX__b1YI/AAAAAAAAroY/0KocFbulOFMt5hlyv5dkUjuThEUz1DmjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2166/IMG_1161%2B%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="2166" height="292" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bWVeb9Kd6CU/YO-hX__b1YI/AAAAAAAAroY/0KocFbulOFMt5hlyv5dkUjuThEUz1DmjACLcBGAsYHQ/w404-h292/IMG_1161%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="404" /></a></div><b> The old days</b></span></span></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">But, someday, I hope not too soon - cold will return, and I might actually write 1,000 words a day - again. </span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHWuxhsGDEo/YO-jKzRIv0I/AAAAAAAAros/0YHc8Vpl1WktepVb8rqBLlPsfh425d-nACLcBGAsYHQ/s4608/flower%2Bin%2Bback.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="288" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHWuxhsGDEo/YO-jKzRIv0I/AAAAAAAAros/0YHc8Vpl1WktepVb8rqBLlPsfh425d-nACLcBGAsYHQ/w384-h288/flower%2Bin%2Bback.JPG" width="384" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"> Part of one of our backyard gardens</span></span></h3>Neil A. 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