Dana sez—There are more biographies written about Winston Churchill than there are about Cleopatra and that’s saying something. I’ve read a lot of World War II history (I recommend Cornelius Ryan’s books about D-Day, Operation Market Garden, and the Battle of Berlin) and Churchill is always prominent in them, but until now I’d never read…
Niiiiiice… (h/t Laughing Squid) Quote: “I believe in free enterprise, and I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success. But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.” (NYT gift article) Hands down the funniest…
More photos from my trip to the Harvey House in Belen, New Mexico. This is what you see when you walk in the front door. They made the carpet especially to show visitors what the counter of the lunchroom looked like. The dark gray areas are the counter and the stools. (The dining room was…
Dana sez–I’ve always wanted a ringtone that features the first note of this song. That would get my attention from anywhere in the house.
When a Sister Service paper pusher and a true believer in the EU discovers the conspiracy and is busted trying to give it to the Germans, Ned’s boss says: Point about Trump is, he’s a gang boss, born and bred. Brought up to screw civil society all ways up, not be part of it… And…
Read more And poor little Vladi Putin never had any democratic potty training at all.
HoZ Marketing Manager Zoe sez I’m reaching out as I’d love to grab some author content from you for The Harvey Girl. We’d love to get a Q&A from you that will go live on the Bloomsbury website and we can promote on socials and in newsletters. So I hopped right on that and she gave gracious…
The fourth Eye of Isis novel comes out in paperback. Which means you can buy your own boxed set of the first four in the series. They’re in stock at the Poisoned Pen, where next month I am launching The Harvey Girl, so you can pick up all five together. Heh. Buy links beneath images…
Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas were vast tracts of empty land, cows, and sheep. These herds were in the midst of collapse from drought and overgrazing. Western mines produced silver that no one needed. So that’s a view of the lack of motivation for the building of America’s transcontinental railroads you don’t often hear,…
Read more Large, inept, but powerful failures whose influence could not be avoided
The Hutts have their own space? And I see that Kessel is just outside it. (h/t Brilliant Maps) Dana sez, herd immunity is so last year. Dan, Lisa, you both voted to confirm RFKJr. as Secretary of HHS. You must be so proud. (h/t USAFacts) Loved this musical, loved this sendup the cast did of…
Okay, so this is fun– The lovely and talented Emily Briggs of HoZ Marketing has created a sticker sheet for The Harvey Girl! One will be included in the first I-don’t-know-how-many-copies yet of the signed first edition sold by the Poisoned Pen, so if you want one (I do) you better put your order in…
