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The Technology That Keeps Us Together

I hope everyoneā€™s been having a groovy holiday season! While mine was uneventful compared to most years it was actually great considering. Because so many in my family have been ill there were no gatherings Christmas Eve or Day, so most of the gathering was limited to Facebook and our phones. But it was expected. Covid-19 has caused many of us to have to alter our festivities. Itā€™s a lot easier to do that now with the miraculous technology of internet and social media, and the recent trend with facetime apps such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, than it was during the so-called Spanish Flu pandemic of the early 20th century. (I say ā€œso-calledā€ because the flu did not actually start in Spain or any Spanish-speaking country.) Such facetime technology shows you that what science fiction prophesied, if you will, decades ago has come to be! 

After virtually gathering with family yesterday, I finished reading ā€œThe Christmas Treeā€ that we reviewed in last weekā€™s Book-To-Movie and then I watched the 1951 movie adaptation of Dickensā€™ ā€œA Christmas Carolā€, ā€œScroogeā€ (starring Alastair Sim), my favourite of all the movie adaptations of the book! I hope everyone who celebrates the holiday was able to make accommodations well enough to enjoy it. If not, thereā€™s still New Yearā€™s!

Holiday Paperback Sale

Going on now through tomorrow, Sunday December 27, the print editions of ā€œThe Foolā€™s Illusionā€ and ā€œCirca Sixty Years Deadā€ can be purchased at reduced prices. The details are as follows: 


"The Fool's Illusion" Book Cover depicting a jester-magician preparing to saw a woman in half.


"The Fool's Illusion"

  • Regular Price: $8.99 
  • Discounted Price: $6.99 (A $2 discount!)


"Circa Sixty Years Dead" book cover depicting a ghoulish six-armed goddess statue.














"Circa Sixty Years Dead" 

  • Regular Price: $3.99
  • Discounted Price: $3.64


If you want a discount on the ebook version of ā€œFoolā€™s Illusionā€, join my Patreon page  and support me in my creation of fiction and in-depth articles on pop culture. Right now, for only $1 you can get exclusive discounts on books by joining my Patreon page.

Finishing Up 2020

Iā€™m going to try to finish up this last week of the year by catching up on my fiction projects and putting together a form for an email list. Hopefully Iā€™ll have this latter one available for sign-ups before the New Year, but if not then definitely by the beginning of it. So expect to see more on that here in the coming week. You can also visit my Facebook page for updates. 

For those of you who observe it, how did you celebrate this Christmas? Do you celebrate another holiday tradition (e.g. Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Life Day) around this time of year and if so how did/will you do it this year? How do you plan on finishing out 2020?

Have a Happy New Year!

Until then . . .  


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  1. I do hope things change with the availability of the vaccine. I am desperate to see my sister in Indiana. Glad you found good about the holidays, Steven!

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