It's appropriate during the month which will see the release of The Hobbit motion picture to borrow it's full title for a blog post.  For like the little halfling with hairy feet who went on a great journey, I was on my own writing journey, completing, editing, and finally putting out a self-published book on Amazon (for now).  Cigars with Dog: Conversations and Tall Tails is now available to read.  This is a collection of short stories, in an often humorous vein, of a man and his Dachshund. The stories often involve cigars, that the two of them share at the end of the day on the back deck as they discuss life and the day's events.  There's a number of stories that involve events from laying down the rules about Halloween to lecturing squirrels to dealing with surgery. 

Please give the book a try if you don't mind a few stories involving the wit and talk of a dog!  The picture of the cover to the right (--->) takes you to where you can buy a copy. 

So, I have not been around here much because I was off, on my journey, writing.  But now I am back, and having vanquished various dragons (lack of time, unsure whether anyone else would enjoy the project, procrastination, etc.) that were in the way of putting a book out, I'll be around here more.