Showing posts with label Biographical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biographical. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

50 years of Savage Sword of Conan, and beyond

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Ahh, no. 29, I love you. Love them all... Savage Sword of Conan debuted August 1974.  I was just one year old. Probably a little young to be...
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Monday, February 12, 2024

A few updates and a space Viking

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My friend Tom Barber bought a machine that transfers 35mm slides onto his computer, allowing him to convert his artwork to a digital format....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Authenticity, Inward and Outward

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The third in a series about my personal values . Part 1 here , Part 2 here . I lived a big chunk of my life like a chameleon, changing who I...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Organizing my bookshelves: How I do it (YMMV—no hate)

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Tor Conan, ERB, CAS, Moorcock... and more. It’s time to weigh in on a topic so contentious, so divided, so fraught with the potential for in...
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Saturday, December 23, 2023

The Silver Key: 2023 in review

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It’s the tail end of 2023. Another trip round the sun, another year of blogging on The Silver Key. Many things of import happened this year....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Integrity

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The second in a series about my personal values . Part 1 here . The best definition of integrity is, doing the right thing even when no one ...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

One million views, and counting

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I passed a quiet milestone a couple weeks ago, of which I was unaware until a recent look at Google analytics data confirmed it. One million...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Still learning from my Dad

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Me and the old man! At The Barking Dog, Amesbury MA. I’m 50 years old and still learning. Still learning from my Dad. Dad is 79 and dealing ...
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Sunday, July 2, 2023

A very metal 50th birthday

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50. I celebrated a milestone birthday this past week at the Outer Banks, Corolla NC. This was not conceived as a "Murph's 50th"...
Sunday, June 4, 2023

Blog slowdown/cryptic book announcement/life news

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It’s happening again. I’m afraid the blog is going to slow down quite a bit in the coming months. But for good reason. I’ve not only started...
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Friday, May 26, 2023

A week of endings

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Libby with her coach, Todd Ruland. This is a week of endings. My daughter Libby ran her last race yesterday. She finished her high school tr...
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Monday, May 1, 2023

There and back again from Massachusetts to Cross Plains: A recap of 2023 Robert E. Howard Days

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Ken Lizzi, me, and Deuce, on sacred ground. That Saturday morning long ago remains fresh in my mind. The day I stumbled across a hoard of Sa...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Howard Days are upon me

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Two days from now I shall be standing upon the soil of Cross Plains attending my first Robert E. Howard Days. This shit is real. Some news s...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Howard Days looming larger...

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That red dot? I'll be there. Just over one week until Robert E. Howard Days. Next Thursday, April 27 I’ll be flying out of Logan Interna...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023

One month until Howard Days

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This one escaped the pyre... One month until Howard days…anticipation is building. A couple recent items of note as the clock counts down to...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Eternity in a loon tattoo

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Earlier this month my older daughter Hannah turned 21; today my younger daughter Libby turned 18. I don't have kids anymore, I've go...
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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Cross Plains Chronicle: Less than six weeks to go

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Hither Came Conan... and thither I go, to Cross Plains The Cross Plains countdown continues … less than six weeks until events kick off at R...
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