I just finished Akashic Book's "Phoenix Noir"edited by Patrick Millikin. If you have not heard of Akashic Books, they publish a series of mystery and noir short story compilations set in specific cities. They pull together very famous mystery authors, lesser known mystery authors, and authors writing outside their genre. "Phoenix Noir" includes stories by Jon Talton, Robert Anglen, Dogo Barry Graham, Diana Gabaldon, and Laura Tohe (I especially liked her short story) among many others. It was well worth the read and I recommend it highly.

Another book read. This time I could not put down Jon Talton's latest David Mapstone mystery "South Phoenix Rules". I have read all of Talton's Dacid Mapstone mysteries and I am quite fond of the mix of  historical Arizona and the cold-case historian-deputy although this story does not have as much history and is very contemporary. If you love mysteries and Phoenix, this is a great very tightly written series of books. I am already looking forward to the next one.

wow, so this is it

well, I am finally writing a blog after much internal debate and encouragement. Special thanks to my amazingly smart friend Nicole, you can read her blog at http://didthatjusthappentome.blogspot.com/. It is guaranteed to be more worthwhile reading than this. I have many interests and they are all hard to keep straight, even for me. Especially for me. So this blog is going to be my own digital memory as well as thoughts. Let me know what you think, disagree as often as you like. I enjoy a good debate or discussion.

Rugby, Physics, Education, Teaching, Astronomy, US Navy, Cosmology, Medicine, Mars, Space Exploration, Athletics, Phoenix, Arizona, Surfing, . . .