Category Archives: Books

Chuck Taylors, ukuleles, and my own sanity.

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I really wish I was a one-note samba.  I mean it.  I wish I had one ability, one passion, one benevolent, artistic master to which I paid supplication and deference. But that isn’t me.  One minute I’m a blogger.  The … Continue reading →

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Finally, the step out . . .

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I have this friend named Stu, who told me his conversations go like this: “I’m headed to work today. Can’t wait to get there.” “Why, what are you going to do?” “Play Ukulele all day, and you?” This doesn’t necessarily … Continue reading →

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This momentum thing can get addicting (Oh, and WHAT ABOUT posting one’s work to the blog?)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

All right.  Seems like trying to pinch the germ of an idea out of one’s cerebral petrie dish is the hard part.  I’m already a chapter in to my work.  For me–THIS is the comparative cakewalk. Those that have been … Continue reading →

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And . . . book . . . STARTED!

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

A couple of posts ago, I stated that I had the idea for a non-fiction book–to wit: An academic satire; a good-natured Manchurian bloodletting of a humorless subject–but one in which I repair most of the wounds at the end. … Continue reading →

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A mishmash of Ukuleles, Yosemite, and Strum Shops

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

My buddy Rob phoned me up earlier in the year to see if I wanted to go to Yosemite and climb Half Dome.  I said yes.  Then I realized that seventeen-mile cardiovascular death march was going to require me to … Continue reading →

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Four blurbs you’ll never read anywhere else

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I simply have to thank Lynette Noni for bringing the following legendary exercise in pith and summation back to the front of my mind. Little did Rick Polito know in 1998 that his witty rundown of classic movie lore would be … Continue reading →

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Step Number Five: Wait.

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I promise that this blog will eventually become something other than a syncopatedly pathetic drip of information concerning the journey of ONE measly little article.  Now comes the whole “naked in front of the doctor AND my wife” sort of … Continue reading →

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Step number three: magazine article idea accepted

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

In the next day or so, I’ll explain the completely serendipitous coincidence between me using the ’67 pyromaniacal Hendrix episode as the launchpad for my own life-changes and the fact that I spent the night sleeping on that very stage … Continue reading →

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Step Number two: Come up with an idea. Um, NOW might be helpful.

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I had no intention of posting a follow up to the “possibly getting published” post from the other day.  But then I realized.  I’ve been writing for different things for years.  I’ve been published in things that saw regionally-limited circulation. … Continue reading →

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A chance to be published. No, I mean by somebody else.

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

So my inbox contained a legitimate solicitation for my writing skills. Clearly, somebody needs to see a counselor. But since this potentially-lucrative opportunity requires me to go ahead an exploit their utterly profound lack of judgement, I need to get … Continue reading →

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