BACK FROM THE DEAD

Wow, it’s been more than four years since I posted my last post to this blog.  If you ever followed it, you've likely wondered where I’ve been … soooooooooo, here’s an update.  And if not … well then, you can surely read the archives and figure out if it’s worthy of your attention.

In the past four years, I started taking a more serious stance regarding my writing.  For a while I had a column in The Dog Press.  Called “Show Me the Bite”, I covered various aspects of the pure bred dog sport.  It was fun to write, and was on a subject in which I had a good background.  (Yes, I do know something more than politics.)

Along with the column, which I produced on a bi-weekly basis for about a year, I then found myself inspired to complete one of my manuscripts and self-published my first book.  It was quite the endeavor, and I found that in writing such a work, I really didn’t have much time for anything else.  There’s so much organization and other grunt work in just getting things formatted in a reasonable manner that you spend about half of your time just making sure the words you write are readable.  Oh, and let’s not forget actually writing each chapter.  I never let a piece go without at least two or three drafts, and in a publication of that length, just the editing took longer than I could have imagined.  But in the end, it was done and on Amazon.com, and I could add the moniker, “Published Author” to my repertoire.  (Here's the link to “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window”, by David J. Arthur.)

After spending about six months getting things completed and into print, I felt as if I was due a good break.  So I sat around for a few months before the itch returned and the next manuscript started to come forward.

Books are a bit like Lay’s Potato Chips, and you certainly can’t have just one.  And so, I wrote another.  The first work was all about choosing the right puppy.  The second was a work on Christian faith.  Another year or so went by, and in the end, “Anatomy of a MustardSeed” also wound its way onto Amazon.com.  With a second book completed, I’m starting to itch again, and I’m not sure whether to return to either religion or the dog sport, or to delve into the political arena for the next one … but I’m sure I’ll let you know when I decide.

And so, with all of this writing going on, I really didn’t want to spend time … well … writing.  I also had another little glitch that gave me reason to back away from my political rants.  You see, I have been working for the government for the past few years.  As a GS-11 in the bowels of the military, I’m actually prohibited from criticizing the government.  I guess they don’t want us spilling the beans on how things really work there … but I digress …

Anyway, I was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable in speaking out about the administration because of that requirement, and chose to pack-up the blog until I was safely retired.  Which I am in the process of doing!

After 34 years of military and 22 of civil service, I will step out the door sometime around May, a free man and able to share my deepest conservative opinions.  And so, it’s time to resurrect the blog.  It’s good practice for my writing skills, and even more so, a good way to voice the conservative point of view … something MSNBC is completely incapable of doing.

Therefore, if you’re interested in politics, religion, modern culture, or anything canine, this is the place.  I won’t promise to give you copy every week, but I’ll try.  And if you like what you read, by all means, subscribe.  And if not … you’re probably a liberal!

As they used to say in the 1940’s … “See ya’ in the funny papers!”