The Linden Chronicles

Author’s Thoughts

The thoughts of the author in a blog format

  • A Christmas Thought…

    A Christmas Thought…

    The past week, I have been working on the sequel to “The Wolf’s Moon” and “The River.” Working on the new book, I almost forgot that it is Christmas time! Maybe it’s because it has been so warm.  There hasn’t been any snow and the cold spells have been brief. Regardless, there is so much

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  • If “The Wolf’s Moon” was a Movie…

    My wife and I have had some fun discussing who would be best to play the parts of the characters in my book, “The Wolf’s Moon.” We have agreed on some and naturally disagreed on others. Here is a kind of list – so far – subject to change. 1.  Mark Lansdowne/Mike Linden          Gerard Butler

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  • A Letter of Appreciation…

    In the past, I have blogged about the “Chili-Cook-off” in Bourbon, Missouri.  I even put the event in my book, “The Wolf’s Moon,” but placed in the town of Maple Hills. Part of the cook-off is a raffle, which I donate a copy of “The Wolf’s Moon” and this year I also donated a copy

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  • United with our Friends Across the Pond…Royaume avec nos amis à travers l’étang

    United with our Friends Across the Pond…Royaume avec nos amis à travers l’étang

    First in French, and then followed by English. Ordinairement, je garde mes distances de la politique. Je pense que la politique est comme la religion ou les saveurs de crème glacée. Après vendredi dernier, je ne vais pas pour être tranquille. L’été dernier, ma fille et petite-fille ont passé plusieurs semaines en Grande-Bretagne. Pendant qu’ils

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  • HOWL SWEET IT IS!! “The Wolf’s Moon” by Patrick Jones NEW #AUDIOBOOK RELEASE FROM #AUDIBLE #ACX!

    The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones has been on the market for the past three years and is still holding it’s own. I sent copies to my brothers only to find out unless there are pictures with the words, well…you can imagine the rest. Then, I met a fourth grade teacher who told me she no

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  • Remembering A Mother on Good Friday…

    I cannot image a woman standing at the foot of a cross watching the agony that her Son is going through, and yet she was left no choice but to do just that.  It took great courage to stand there with Him until he passed.  Knowing he was the Son of God did little for

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  • There’s Just Something About the Feel of a Real Book You Can Hold in Your Hands…

    I wrote a blog not long ago about how my daughter at two years of age received her first library card. A couple of decades later she has a room full of books. Many of them I gave to her when I moved from St. Louis to Crawford County, Missouri. She still is in the

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  • Barbequing: St. Louis Style

    Okay, I usually distance myself from politics.  Everyone has an opinion and that can be good.  I try to voice my thoughts in my writing. That is what I’m doing now. Just who in the h e double l does the EPA think it is wanting to regulate backyard Q’s in St. Louis, Missouri? Car

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  • An Old Bookstore: The Feel of a Book

    When I was a kid, maybe fourteen, I walked from my home to Maplewood, MO. It wasn’t far, just a couple of miles, but the walk was worth it. Tucked away between the bar on the corner (that had the best Polish sausage with Miracle Whip sandwiches ever – of which I could do a

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  • Deer Hunting?

    That morning was cold.  It was so cold it woke me from a sound, dreamless sleep.  The fire in the stove had burned down to ash and was close to being out.  I needed to put more wood on the fire. It was four A.M. and time to get up anyway.  Dawn was less than

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