Lomo Saltado, Author Chow

Author Chow: Lomo Saltado

April 18, 2022 davidkeener 0

It’s been a while since I posted one of my Author Chow entries, dedicated to the premise that authors, like armies, require sustenance or they don’t do what they’re supposed to be doing.

Leaving Earth

Inspiration: Leaving Earth

March 22, 2021 dkeener 0

This is a photo of Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way to rendezvous with the International Space Station, taken May 16, 2011 by a shuttle training aircraft. Endeavour is seen emerging from the clouds, although it is still well short of achieving orbit and below the height of the space station.

Dune, art by John Schoenherr

Classic Cover: Dune Messiah

March 19, 2021 dkeener 0

This is a classic magazine cover from Analog SF magazine in 1965. It features art by the late Hugo-award-winning artist John Schoenherr, whose covers helped […]

Mastodon on the Loose

Ashburn Wildlife Sighting

February 19, 2021 dkeener 0

Long thought extinct, residents of Ashburn, VA, a suburb of Washington D.C., were stunned to find a lone mastodon roaming the streets during a recent […]

Robert Hjort, Age 13

Family Heirloom

February 2, 2021 dkeener 0

My maternal grandfather, Robert Hjort, was a Danish immigrant born in 1908. He came to the United States with his family when he was two […]