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The Key West Cemetery

In the middle of an island known for its eccentricities lies the Key West Cemetery. Occupying 19 acres and set on Solaris Hill, the highest elevation on the island (18’ above sea level). As Key West is not your typical island, you should expect no less from its cemetery. The

What do Supreme Court Appointments and NFL coach Hires have in common

What do Supreme Court Appointments and NFL coach Hires have in common

And it’s not a good thing This is the season for hiring NFL coaches. The head coaches get all the press, but there are plenty of vacant assistant and coordinator positions are open as well. The Dems have also decided it is time to send Justice Breyer to greener

Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll

We don't know what we think we do The origin of the counter culture war cry is a little fuzzy. The first known use of the phrase can be found in a 1969 article in LIFE magazine: “The counter culture has its sacraments in sex, drugs, and rock.

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Courtesy of Customs and Border PatrolThe small marina at Biscayne National Park is home to several FWC boats as well as the local ICE crew’s Interceptor. Kurt Hunter, the main character in my Backwater series [https://www.amazon.com/Kurt-Hunter-Mysteries-12-book-series/dp/B078YFDJ11/ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_0000_ext_

Marine Theft

It's not just about stealing boats anymore Sales of both new and used boats have surged in recent years. Along with the increase in sales, boats themselves have become bigger and more expensive. Part of the premise for my latest Kurt Hunter Mystery, Backwater Squall [https://www.amazon.

Pennies for nothing, and no they ain’t free

Pennies for nothing, and no they ain’t free

Does anyone use coins anymore Paying cash was once the norm. What was once common has now, at least for me, become an awkward transaction. For many of us, paying with cash has become an uncommon occurrence. I still carry some, but where I used to know exactly how much

Pennies for Nothing and No they Ain’t Free

Pennies for Nothing and No they Ain’t Free

Paying cash was once the norm. What was once common has now, at least for me, become an awkward transaction. For many of us, paying with cash has become an uncommon occurrence. I still carry some, but where I used to know exactly how much I had, now I usually

A T Rex in South Florida

Several years ago I took a research trip to Homestead to visit the Biscayne National Park for my Kurt Hunter [https://www.amazon.com/Kurt-Hunter-Mysteries-12-book-series/dp/B078YFDJ11/ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_0000_ext_nodl] series. The Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant doesn’t crack the top ten for places

A Perfect Conflict

Where Power and Pristine Collide https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AgsftwConflict between characters is a prerequisite of a good story. To take that concept one step further in my Kurt Hunter Mystery series [https://www.amazon.com/Kurt-Hunter-Mysteries-12-book-series/dp/B078YFDJ11/ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_0000_ext_nodl] the

On Fixing Things

On Fixing Things

In our quest for better and more efficient everything, I think we’ve lost something that is an integral part of being human along the way. Technology, specifically the evolution of the computer chip both in size and durability, plus mandates from politicians embracing the technology as a cure all

How to Launch a Boat from a Beach

How to Launch a Boat from a Beach

I was digging through some old pictures and found a folder from a trip I took to Mexico in 2012. Meeting a few friends who had driven down from California allowed us a different perspective from the standard Mexican all-inclusive resorts. I flew into Puerto Vallarta where I was picked

Stupid Should be Expensive - Part II

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Stupid Should be Expensive

Stupid is Expensive To make fiction compelling there needs to be conflict. The boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back paradigm is well known for a reason. Things must go badly wrong before they can get better. The love scene doesn’t work unless it’s preceded

Why not to slow down for paddlers

Why not to slow down for paddlers

And why paddlers shouldn’t worry Forest and Kim StarrI’m an avid boater and paddler. That might be a bit of a rarity, but it gives me a different perspective on sharing the water. Boaters There are two types of hull, displacement and planing. Sailboats and trawlers are examples

Why Poliitics

The possibly insane decision to write about the third rail of our society Welcome to Worldview Wednesday. You might ask why a fiction writer is delving into a different, more dangerous arena. The answer is complicated. We are being led to believe that we live in an increasingly polarized world.

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Making Change

To make fiction compelling there needs to be conflict. The boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back paradigm is well known for a reason. Things must go badly wrong before they can get better. The love scene doesn’t work unless it’s preceded by a fight

Boot Key

A quarter mile across Boot Key Harbor from Marathon in the middle of the Florida Keys lies a ramshackle community. Cut off from the mainland when the bascule leaf of the Boot Key bridge was removed in 2010, the island is a lost part of the Keys. While most of

The Overton Window

The Overton Window

The Overton Window is a central position used to identify common ground. With extreme positions listed at the top and bottom or left and right, and more acceptable, or agreeable solutions in the center the window focuses on what will be accepted without recourse. It is particularly useful for politicians

The Tarpon Belly Keys

The Tarpon Belly Keys

Wood’s Dilemma: Action and Adventure in the Florida Keys (Mac Travis Adventure Thrillers Book 13) - Kindle edition by Becker, Steven . Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.Wood’s Dilemma: Action and Adventure in the Florida Keys (Mac Travis Adventure Thrillers Book 13) - Kindle edition by Becker,