Club High Castle Pre-Pandemic

Who got to enjoy the Great American Eclipse of 2017 yesterday? I didn’t live in an area of totality, but we got a good 80 percent coverage, and it was awesome. It looked like a crescent moon when it was at its max. I felt the air get slightly cooler and dimmer, which was neat. It was an Instagram filter sort of dim. I can only imagine what my relatives in states with totality saw! Here are some pics I snapped. You can see prism eclipse reflections in some of them. Look between the trees, and look in the pink area (yes, I was wearing eclipse glasses as you can see in a rare photo of yours truly!). *** Doll yourself up with one of my peg dolls! I am now offering customized peg dolls! Visit www.mlcrabb.com/pegdolls.html for more details.

I feel spoiled by these amazing films and shows coming out in recent years. We’ve got Mad Max: Fury Road, The Man in the High Castle, and now Dunkirk . Honestly, I feel like it is MY time (as far as movies and shows go). I feel as though these works were written just for me! Well, I know they weren’t, but it feels that way! I was lucky enough to see Dunkirk in an IMAX theatre, and let me tell you this: I was blown away. If there is an IMAX theatre near you, I recommend seeing it there. It’s worth the extra cost. The massive screen and sound system throw you into the film; if there is a match made in heaven, it is Dunkirk and IMAX. We all know how the Battle of Dunkirk ends, but there are little nuances in the film that warrant a Spoilers Alert. Scroll past the image to read my review! The movie follows three different sets of characters/places, The Mole, The Sea, and The Air . They take place at different times, but by the end of the movie, everything weaves itself t...

The year was 2004, the place, Iraq. We worked 12 hour shifts (sometimes more) 6 days a week, so midday chow was the thing to look forward to. It was the event. We’d pile into our squadron’s white pick-up trucks or bread trucks—yes, you read that correctly. Bread trucks. I don’t know if a bread truck vendor donated a bunch of them or what, but we had them, and they had been painted white to match the pick-up trucks. Hey, it was a truck that could haul stuff! Anyway, we’d pile into them. On this particular day, it was a pick-up truck. We climbed in the bed of it; flack vests, helmets, and all, and prepared for the excitement of lunch. As it went down the dusty roads, a spring-like breeze drifted over us. We couldn’t believe how nice and cool it was. We kept asking ourselves, how hot was it? It couldn't be more than 80! * Read footnote for more info! We had a thermostat in one of our buildings that recorded inside and outside temps (see above pic). Temperatures wo...

Sisters I finished the first wave of revisions! I will get through this, gosh darn it. Now it’s time to go back and look at the story as a whole. There were some things I missed in the beginning—The early chapters had everyone sporting their universe’s version of the iPhone 6. The year is 2002, and that is a big nope! They should be struggling with flip phones. I mean, back in the day, if you wanted to text an s, you had to hit that button four times! I’m hoping that my zeal for editing the early chapters over and over again when I started the project will make this a lot easier. And no, I couldn’t hold onto that editing obsession as the story progressed. It was a great idea, but I grew too impatient and just wanted to write. As I’ve stated before, when it comes to editing, I have the attention span of a gnat…even that is being too generous because there is my eternal battle with insomnia. If I didn’t get any sleep the night before, you can forget it. I have way too many insta...