Tag: Bleg

Will you please help rescue a little girl?

  The Intrepid Reporter, whom we’ve mentioned several times in these pages, is fighting a legal battle to gain legal custody of one of his grandchildren.  It’s a horror story of competing interests, different laws in multiple jurisdictions, bureaucrats and emotions that’s been painful to follow.  You can read about it here at the fundraiser he’s… Continue reading Will you please help rescue a little girl?

Exercise with less than half a back

  As most readers are aware, back in 2004 I was seriously injured in a work-related accident.  After two surgeries, culminating in a spinal fusion, I ended up with a damaged left sciatic nerve, and in pain 24/7/365.  I can keep the latter under control if I work at it, and use pain-killers when needed,… Continue reading Exercise with less than half a back

Advice needed: how to mount a window A/C unit in a metal building

  I’ve just learned that installing a ductless, split-level air-conditioning unit in my new garden shed/utility building will be financially out of my reach.  A quote obtained early this year was about $2K, but one obtained this week is literally double that, with one option reaching almost three times as much.  It looks like the… Continue reading Advice needed: how to mount a window A/C unit in a metal building

Attention shooters: Bill Jeans could use our help

  The name of Bill Jeans and his training company, Morrigan Consulting, will be familiar to many in the shooting world.  Bill, a US Marine Corps and Vietnam combat veteran, was an instructor for the late Col. Jeff Cooper at Gunsite during the 1980’s, and served as Operations Manager there during much of the 1990’s. … Continue reading Attention shooters: Bill Jeans could use our help

URGENT – Mike Hendrix at Cold Fury needs our help (UPDATED)

  Mike Hendrix, who blogs at Cold Fury, has been admitted to hospital with a case of poisoning that’s turned into a SERIOUS, potentially deadly infection.  I’ll let fellow blogger Big Country Expat (a.k.a. The Intrepid Reporter) explain, from a post he left at Cold Fury, where he’s also one of the contributors. I just… Continue reading URGENT – Mike Hendrix at Cold Fury needs our help (UPDATED)

Looking for input from readers about garden office sheds

  Miss D. and I live in a relatively small house.  It’s perfectly adequate for our needs, particularly since both of us have suffered serious injuries in the past, and aren’t as mobile and limber as we once were.  We find that, working together, we can keep our home neat and tidy;  but a larger… Continue reading Looking for input from readers about garden office sheds

My first new book in two years is now available!

  (To those waiting for my traditional Monday morning “Memes That Made Me Laugh” post, it’s coming!  Check back shortly after 9 a.m. Central time.) The fifth volume in my ongoing Ames Archives series of Western novels has just been published, in e-book and paperback.  It’s titled “Silver In The Stones“.  (A grateful tip o’… Continue reading My first new book in two years is now available!

State of the author as Christmas draws near

  I’m grateful to you, dear readers, for the encouragement many have provided over the past couple of years as I dealt with the fallout from a heart attack and two bouts with COVID-19.  They disrupted my writing very severely, but I’ve been on the mend and working hard.  As a result, no less than… Continue reading State of the author as Christmas draws near

Are you interested in a “collected works” Bayou Renaissance Man book?

  Several readers, over the years, have suggested that I should put together a “greatest hits” sort of book based on this blog:  a collection of the articles that have attracted the greatest interest (based on the number of times each has been directly accessed), or which I think are the most important, or that… Continue reading Are you interested in a “collected works” Bayou Renaissance Man book?