Architecture of tragedy: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin murders.
A horror of almost unfathomable proportions occurred at the house Wright designed as a peaceful retreat from the world.
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Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.
Interiors: St. John’s Chapel, in the White Tower, London, UK.
You sure about that? “F for Fake,” Orson Welles and questioning authenticity.
Choose your weapon: The tech of my science fiction book “Faraway Star.”
Historic photo: Portland, Oregon, 1890.
The Moon landing at 56: What does it still mean to us?
The Verge
Architecture of tragedy: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin murders.
A horror of almost unfathomable proportions occurred at the house Wright designed as a peaceful retreat from the world.
Interiors: St. John’s Chapel, in the White Tower, London, UK.
You sure about that? “F for Fake,” Orson Welles and questioning authenticity.
Choose your weapon: The tech of my science fiction book “Faraway Star.”
The Moon landing at 56: What does it still mean to us?
Interiors: Kitchen of Roman-era house of Lucius Maticeius Clemens, 4th c. CE.
Historic Painting: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by John Forrest, 2012.
The Outer Garden
Historic photo: Portland, Oregon, 1890.
In some ways, Portland has changed a lot; in others, not so much.
“July is dressed up:” Mid-summer hiatus.
The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran.
My secret profession: Am I actually a CIA agent?
Historian vs. AI: The technology sucks and is basically a scam.
Nuclear war: The existential threat we don’t talk about.
Nothingburger: The 2025 JFK Assassination document dump.
The Inner Garden
Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.
How I come up with creative writing ideas is a convoluted, chaotic and often frustrating process.
Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.”
Behind the Scenes: Mexico in World War II.
Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
Behind the Scenes: 1981, Britain’s Awful Year.
