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Should an Open Water Swimmer (and Mystery Writer) See JAWS in 3D?
The answer is absolutely YES! Recently, on one of those 110-degree days, I submerged myself in a dark cool theater with my extended...
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- Aug 1
- 3 min
You CAN Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
For the past 2 ½ months, I’ve spent some of my swimming time in a 50-meter, Olympic- sized pool wondering whatever possessed me to...
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ggcarroll
- Jan 9
- 2 min
WOULD YOU LIVE IN YOUR MAIN CHARACTER'S WORLD?
I just saw The Matrix Resurrections, the latest film in The Matrix series. I barely remember the first Matrix from 1999 but this was a...
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- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
!! DEAD CODE LAUNCH PARTY!!
"Dead Code is an exciting, fast-paced mystery with vivid scenery and very likable characters that readers will cheer for from start to...
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ggcarroll
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
CREATING A KNOCKOUT BOOK COVER
DEAD CODE – First Review “Dead Code is not your usual murder mystery. With its satisfying psychological and technological backdrops,...
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ggcarroll
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
DEAD CODE
It's been almost a year since my last post. Although I haven’t written too much here, a lot was going on in the background. The third...
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ggcarroll
- Aug 30, 2020
- 4 min
Swimming in Open Water
During the past five months, since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic, I’ve been swimming in San Francisco Bay where water hovers between...
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ggcarroll
- Dec 26, 2019
- 2 min
DICKENSIAN
On the shortest day of the year with rain pouring down outside, I found myself lost in the world of Charles Dickens. During the holidays,...
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ggcarroll
- Oct 17, 2019
- 3 min
EARTHQUAKE - 30 Years Ago - 1989 World Series
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. If you were in the San Francisco Bay area, you remember that day. I know I...
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ggcarroll
- Sep 15, 2019
- 2 min
Think You’re Hacker-Proof? Think Again.
That’s what I learned from a talk by Robin C. Stuart, a veteran cybercrimes investigator, who laid it on the line last weekend in a talk...
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ggcarroll
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Winnie the Pooh Brings a Smile to a Friend with Alzheimer’s
For the past few weeks, I have been visiting a friend of mine who is now in an assisted living facility because of her Alzheimer’s. She...
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ggcarroll
- Aug 24, 2019
- 2 min
RODEO by Evan Salazar -- A new talent in the world of comicbooks
Did you have a favorite comic book growing up? I did. It was Little Lulu and then Wonder Woman. But times have changed, and my newest...
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ggcarroll
- Jun 16, 2019
- 1 min
THE LIBRARIANS
Not long ago, this knock off of the Kardashian Decade cover that appeared in Hollywood Reporter, August 2017 found its way to my online...
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ggcarroll
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
Alar Morghulis
Alar morghulis means “all men must die” in the fictional language High Valyrian. The common response is valar dohaeris, which means “all...
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ggcarroll
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
What Did You Fail at This Week?
If you follow Twitter, you know that Wednesday is #WisdomWednesday. I like to scan through the posts. Today, some were so saccharine, I...
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ggcarroll
- Feb 19, 2019
- 2 min
Dru Ann Love -- Best Friend to Mystery Writers and Readers
New Yorker Dru Ann Love loves a good mystery. But more that, she loves introducing new mystery authors to the many readers of her blog,...
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ggcarroll
- Feb 9, 2019
- 1 min
WINTER TRIANGLE
I get home from work after 8 pm. It’s dark and it has been cold even here in Northern California. But I still have to take my dog,...
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ggcarroll
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM (And a Little About Free Diving)
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht, (Published January 30, 2018 by G.P. Putnam's Sons) is a devasting look at ‘comfort women' or...
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ggcarroll
- Jan 18, 2019
- 2 min
GEEK OUT FOR GRAMMAR
When I was in high school (back in the days of the dinosaur), my favorite subject was English. I enjoyed reading everything from A Tale...
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- Jan 1, 2019
- 3 min
SAYING GOODBYE TO A DOG I NEVER MET
It had been raining and windy for a few days but there was finally a break in the weather. I pulled McCovey’s harness over his head,...
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