07 May 2020 - Plague Journal Day 56

We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Welcome to Thursday, one of my two favorite days of each week.

I'm not sure I could have imagined a less appropriate celebration in these times of quarantine and craziness than today's National Day of Reason. We're told we need to be in the grip of unreasoning fear at all times, lest we die of Schrödinger's Virus. (Act as if you have it to protect everyone else, act as if you don't have it to protect yourself - we all have it and don't have it, so we're all dead and we're all alive. You're welcome.

Now, how about a full-on shameless self-promotion of my books? That seems like a great idea. (At least it does to me.) After all, today is Make A Book Day, and, furthermore, I have made a book - actually more than one!

You may be looking for reading materials during your in-place sheltering, and have I got some suggestions for you!

• For some light, science-fiction-y humor I can heartily recommend Bytes Akimbo - Cybersleuth: Being a Zany, Madcap Romp from Here to There, and Beyond!
  This is a rollicking romp around the world and out of it! Join our intrepid heroes as they attempt to save the world from a threatened invasion. Perhaps the finest book ever written on this theme using these characters - yes, quite likely the finest. It's available in both paperback and Kindle editions.
• For some spiritual alternate history reading (but still set in the present), I also heartily recommend A Rune With A View. This is the best Grail quest I've ever written.
  
  Jerry Lombard enjoys his life in the Michigan resort town of Charleroi: singing in his church choir, cooking gourmet meals, and selling unusual items at Lombard's Miscellanery.
  That quiet life changes when Charleroi is invaded by Vikings … or rather by biker Viking wannabes intent on enjoying the Summer season on the shores of Lake Michigan.
  Jerry finds a new friend among all those new folks in town, and once he’s met Karl, he begins finding other things – notes, poems, books – and having and remembering dreams that feel more real than life. It's available in both paperback and Kindle editions.
•  For some US Civil War adventure reading, let me urge you to consider An Adventure with Guerrillas, by Ethelbirt Crouse (my great-great-grandfather)
  
  This little book is a memoir of an encounter with Confederate Guerrillas during the Civil War. The author was captured by a band of Confederate Guerrillas, and taken to be executed along with 12 other Union soldiers. He actually survived two execution attempts, escaping with the only other survivor. This is the story of their journey from behind enemy lines - exciting, insightful, and sobering all at once. Really, a must-read for any student of history, war, the United States, and mankind. It's available in both paperback and Kindle editions.
• Finally (for now) for some actual Bible study, how about The 3:16 Journal - Exploring Sixty-Six Books of the Bible
  This is a Bible Study based on examining all the 3:16 passages in the Bible, book by book. A set of questions is posed for each passage to lead the Bible student through the scriptures by looking at verse 3:16 (or the nearest verses to it) in each of the 66 books of the Bible. It's only available in paperback.

That's all for now, but you can always check my stuff on Amazon at my Amazon Author Page.

Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.