Archive for September 2024
Author Ray Bradbury and a Hodel Quartet of Synchronicities- 1948-1953-1982-2004
September 20, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington (Reposting from December 6, 2019) Mike Hodel and Ray Bradbury on “Hour 25 SFTV” (1982) photo by Steve Moore Synchronicity (German: Synchronizität) is a concept, first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl Jung, which holds that events are “meaningful coincidences” if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be…
Read MoreReaders Ask “Why Did You Move to Washington State from your Hometown of Los Angeles?
September 15, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Birch Bay Sunsets over the San Juan Islands Several readers have asked me, “Why did you move to Washington State from your hometown of Los Angeles?” A number of reasons, actually, the first being FAMILY. I have a son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren living in Seattle, a ninety-minute drive…
Read MoreJames Ellroy’s Beautifully Poetic Foreword to Black Dahlia Avenger Removed In 2010 at Author Steve Hodel’s Request – The How and Why of It
September 7, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Over the years, I have received numerous queries as to why I removed author James Ellroy’s Foreword from current and future printings of my true crime book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder. Firstly, I suggest you read James Ellroy’s beautifully poetic three-page Foreword as he wrote it…
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