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Old Memories are Good Memories - Moves and Basketballs

Dusting off the cobwebs and reigniting the neural pathways is necessary to keep the brain functioning. So, as I do occasionally, I slip from being "In the Moment" to remembering events from long ago. Because my family moved regularly, I'm able to pinpoint dates fairly accurately since I know the grades I was attending in school in different locations, like Cincinnati, Ohio - Walnut Creek, California - - Seal Beach, California - Long Beach, California - Pleasant Hill, California - Dayton, Ohio - Sasebo, Japan - Arlington, Virginia - West Springfield, Virginia - Walnut Creek, California - and I'm through high school. Whew! There are four additional in-town homes on this list, too. Then Concord, CA, back to Walnut Creek, then Antioch, CA - Turlock, CA - South Lake Tahoe, CA where crazy things happen ), Las Vegas, NV - Concord again, Sparks, NV, Reno, NV, Sparks, NV, and that's about halfway. What the hell was I doing? Lots of Memories and Reasons for the Moves My fat...

Author Blog Marketing

Blogging started out as a great way to connect daily with your friends; an open journal. Today we've got Facebook, so the blogging idea has morphed into a more organized way of marketing. That's good and bad. When I was growing up, a few friends and I used to do a lot of running, just for the fun of it. One of them, Fred Schumann, went to the extreme when he ran the length of Japan on a 2,000-mile journey that took him fifty-nine days to complete. He later blogged about it - now that's something you'd want to read about each day. And that's what brings readers back to blogs on a regular basis - great stories. If you're using a blog to sell your books, you're going to have to offer something extra each post to get new readers. My Nevada Casino History blog is written because I love old casino photos and stories. If I sell a few extra books in a somewhat organic way, that's just a nice bonus for me. Every blog that offers something nice has a hug...