George Müller

August 3, 2011

The smell of wetness is on the air tonight. After threatening rain in fits and starts for most of the day, it finally began in earnest late in the afternoon. The air that comes from a summer rain doesn’t smell quite like that of a spring rain, just as the autumn rain also has its [...]

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Conversion Complete

August 2, 2011

Thanks to commenter 4th Guy who mentioned on my previous post about trying to convert my novel into a ebook how he converted his document to html and then used Calibre to convert the file to epub. I had tried this, but my first attempt had ended badly and so I had discarded this format [...]

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The Betrayal of Maggie Blair

August 1, 2011

I have another confession to make. I have some previous confessions on this blog. This is another one to add. Maybe I should start making a list. This confession is that I apparently don’t much care for adult fiction, but can enjoy certain portions of Young Adult fiction. I guess this means my mind hasn’t [...]

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The Porcupine

July 29, 2011

I had a dentist appointment this morning. At 8:00 AM. At first mention of this time by the receptionist on the phone I thought it awfully (and foolishly asked if she meant in the morning or at night) but on second reflection decided getting the appointment out of the way as early as possible wasn’t [...]

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The Painter

July 27, 2011

While on my bike ride today I saw an interesting sight. It was the perfect weather for a ride–not too hot, not too windy, and not too sunny. It was also the perfect weather for painting outdoors, and that is what I saw. As I ride my route out away from town it becomes increasingly [...]

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Thunderstorms

July 26, 2011

This summer seems to have produced more than its fair share of particularly violent rainstorms. It must be the weather patterns. We have suffered multiple flash floods this year. Roads have been washed out. Bridges have been washed out–quite dramatically. In fact, all of this has altered my weekly drive home to visit the old [...]

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Creating an Ebook

July 25, 2011

Last week I finally began creating an ebook version of The Stuttering Duke of York. I had been putting it off because I got the sense it would not go smoothly or easily, and that has been proved correct as it turned into a not fun process. No doubt it would have been a much [...]

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Disconnect Me

July 24, 2011

For privacy geeks, here is a browser plugin: Disconnect Me (http://disconnect.me/) It is supposed to remove your private information from trackers like Google and Facebook. I have not tried it out myself, so this is a FYI, not a recommendation. Doesn’t look like it works with Opera, but does support borth FF and Chrome.

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Taking the Heat

July 21, 2011

While not universally true, there is some truth to the observation that skinner people can take the heat better. It is even more true that healthy people can take the heat better than those unfit. I am pretty good at taking hot weather. However, there is also truth in the statement that younger people can [...]

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Memories Come and Go

July 20, 2011

Yesterday evening, on a whim, my cousin Arielle took my guitar out onto Grandma’s back sun room. I sat under the cool whirling air of the ceiling fan and listened to her practice. As I listened, my mind wandered back to the times when I used to practice on the guitar for Grandpa. For a [...]

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