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Eek! I dreamed up deadly mutant viruses long before COVID-19
Just as you get nice and immunized with COVID-19 vaccine, along comes a new terror—the viral variant! Deadlier strains of COVID are cropping up with alarming frequency. Such mutational shifts allow the new viruses to circumvent the immunity you acquired … Continue reading
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The Great Shakeout–Will Seattle’s Tsunami Chimes Ring?
Folks in the stadium area will have only a few minutes to make up their minds whether they’ll flee to safety–or die. Continue reading
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I Dreamed the Bridge Fell Down
This photo of the West Seattle Freeway Bridge shows you two things: 1. It’s a marvel of modern engineering, a huge construct of reenforced concrete that crosses the Duwamish River in a single arching high-rise span. 2. It’s empty of … Continue reading
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Tagged Duwamish River, natural disaster novel, Seattle Fault, traffic jam, West Seattle Bridge
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Eerie parallels: COVID-19 & my medical thriller The Neah Virus
In my book, a virus emerges from nature at the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula. People start dying. Contagion is rampant. The CDC calls for desperate measures including quarantines. The National Guard intervenes in the interest of public safety. Does any of this sound familiar? Continue reading
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Edith May Hopp — 1925-2016
In leaving this world at age 91, Edee Hopp could look back on a long, full, loving, and often hilarious life. Brava! Continue reading
Did Jurassic World ‘borrow’ my ideas?
You might want to check out my Dinosaur Wars books sometime soon–before another Jurassic World movie comes along to ‘borrow’ a few more of my ideas! Continue reading
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Tagged Chase Armstrong, dinosaur tamer, dinosaur trainer, Dinosaur Wars, Jurassic Park, jurassic world, Owen Grady
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My Kinda Cloud
I seem to be having a run of good luck, weatherwise these days. And this is just one example. Continue reading
The Mario Kart School of Driving
When you put on your blinker to change lanes, they SPEED UP to close you off. Continue reading
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The News from Ketchum
Still chilled to the bone after riding those chairlifts. But the powder snow has been fantastic. Continue reading
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Still scribblin’
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