Author Archives: Ron Giesecke

On the tracks

Many years ago, I used to perform card tricks on the now-defunct Sunset Dinner Train. It was based out of McCloud, and would head through the mountainous areas, and give people the “fine dining” experience. Yesterday, sitting in the cafe … Continue reading

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VLOG: Loitering Around McCloud

At the outset, I’d like to apologize for the over modulated music at the beginning. I’m too lazy to fix it.

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Maslow KNEW I needed you readers!

Call it what you want. the pinnacle altitude on Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, or the Coach seat in Dante’s Inferno. After I read C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce yesterday, I’m half convinced that Larry Flynt has a greater chance of … Continue reading

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Blogging from the Mountain Star Cafe

Later today, I’ll be hopefully making a Vlog from this amazing place. A place buried in the center of a mercantile building from the gold rush days of a building seated at the foot of Mount Shasta. I thought I … Continue reading

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Vlog: Riverside caterwauling

Quoth the raven:    

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Weird. I finished the introductory chapter

Not sure how I’m supposed to feel about this.  Last night, under what felt like a complete lack of motivation, I finished the introductory chapter that defines the protagonist . . . which is really an antagonist if you want … Continue reading

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Headed up the mountain.

  With the  exception of a guest post, I am liable to not be blogging much this week.  Headed out in the morning to McCloud. See you around.

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Overview: The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom

I have to admit.  I’ll never be a film maker with the chops that allowed Spielberg to channel Lincoln, but if I was, this book would be the first adaptation I would make.  And with fear and trembling I would … Continue reading

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Written: the first sentence of my first novel 

Unbelievable. After EIGHT LONG YEARS of having the idea for my first fictional offering in my head, I managed to grab my Iphone, open the “notes” app, and scrawl the first thirteen words. And suddenly, I feel this immense sense … Continue reading

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VLOG: My weekly harangue of Cal’s Books is complete!

Somehow, making this trip commensurate with what I’m actually reading at the moment gives me a certain . . . um . . . continuity.

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