by Jeffrey K. Walker | Apr 21, 2019 | Blog |
It had for most of us the shocking suddenness of an assassination, and in a way that’s what it was. The sight of flames tearing through the roof with savage orange fingers and illuminating the irreplaceable windows of Notre Dame with their sinister hellish glow was an...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Apr 14, 2019 | Blog |
Besides never losing at Whack-a-Mole, I have exactly one other indisputable talent. I’ve long been able to sleep on demand. I count that as a significant personal advantage. I’ve known plenty of people with profound insomnia. To be honest, I’ve never been able fully...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog |
[I’m in the throes of pushing out the penultimate draft of No Hero’s Welcome, the last book in my WWI and 1920s historical fiction trilogy, as well as reviewing chapters of the audiobook of None of Us the Same, my first novel. It’s incredibly cool...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Mar 31, 2019 | Blog |
I’ve put off blogging about a very particular topic, since it seemed to me unavoidably boorish. But a Recent Happy Event has resulted in my succumbing to what I hope will be a temporary dose of impulse control disorder. So it’s time to write about grandkids. In the...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Mar 24, 2019 | Blog |
[I’m finally back in the US of A after an interminable biz trip in Qatar. Jet lag and the necessity that I pay some attention to the long-neglected Kay-Kay means I’m recycling an old post this week, but one of my and Kay-Kay’s favorites. What with...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Mar 17, 2019 | Blog |
It’s time to have That Talk with you. Perhaps well past time. (No, not THE Talk. If you haven’t had that one yet, please contact your parents immediately. Better yet, contact your father directly, particularly if you’re a woman. Because fathers like nothing more than...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Mar 10, 2019 | Blog |
[I’m still knocking around Qatar on an ever-lengthening biz trip for The Day Job. My time card says 74.5 hours and there’s still one day left in the week. So not much time to write a new post. Barely time to sleep. Hope you’ll enjoy this one from...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Mar 3, 2019 | Blog |
Sabah al kheir, habibi! Al salaam alaikum! (And that exhausts fully two-thirds of my Arabic vocabulary.) I’m now well into the third week of my extended-stay vacation in Qatar, so here’s a blog from the road. Actually, this is a business trip I’m undertaking for The...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Feb 24, 2019 | Blog |
[I’m still on the road in Qatar with The Day Job and working crazy long hours. Funny thing, eight time zones away means you get TWO work days–you finish up in the Mideast just in time for the emails and phone calls to start coming from the USA. Since...
by Jeffrey K. Walker | Feb 17, 2019 | Blog |
[It’s been a hectic and exhausting week of international travel–and I’m writing this in a Starbucks on the Persian Gulf waterfront in Doha, Qatar, where I’ll be until 9 March. No time for a new post this week, so since Mardi Gras season is...
