Movie Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dreamworks’ second installment in this series, How to Train Your Dragons 2, shows the kids from the first movie older and more mature. Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), Astrid (voiced by America Ferrera), and the others are still in the…
Owin #2 — The Cost of a Good Shirt
Check out the start of the series. Noticing an inquisitive stare, Owin turned his face away. He knew the blood drying into his shirtsleeve and the cuts and swelling on his face would eventually draw the wrong attention. Turning off…
Owin #1 — A Punch in the Face
Owin closed his eyes and forced his body to relax. A moment later, pain radiated from his cheek and across his face. The meaty fist of Simon, Mark’s son, knocked his head back, though he remained on his feet, mostly…
Movie Reivew: Maleficent
Last weekend I went to Maleficent. I have seen a number of reviews of the movie and some of them have been mixed. So, let me add opinions on Disney’s recent movie featuring a protagonist traditionally portrayed as pure evil. …
Pharaoh Tutankhamun — At Union Station
Union Station in Kansas City has managed to have another hit and just in time for its 100th year anniversary. The train station (originally the Union Depot that opened in 1879) reopened as Union Station in 1914. The building itself…
Stories Without a Point – Down the River
I have been on a number of canoe trips in my life (not a great number, but several). I have had to portage the boats down long stretches of dried up creeks (that one was with a large group and…
Spectrum Fantastic Art Live, 2014
Living in the Kansas City area, I have heard about Spectrum Fantastic Art Live over the last couple of year, but had not attended. It was always one of those things I had wanted to do, but I just did…
A New Place to Purchase My Books – Elite Comics
I wanted to let everyone know that Elite Comics (one of the comic book shops that puts on Planet Comicon) is now stocking the Heirs of Cothel Series (Mother’s Curse, Daughter’s Justice, and Daughter’s Revenge). Stop in some time to…
Stories Without a Point – It’s Cold
In honor of the twenty degree weather expected to start tax day (I’m writing this on the 14th) I thought I would relay a story of being cold. I can honestly say I have been quite cold many times in…
Event: Atchison Art Fair
At the end of the month, 26 Apr 2014, I will be signing and selling books at the Atchison Art Fair. It runs from 10am to 5pm. The Atchison Art Association invites you to join us as we celebrate the…
