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Hi all!
I will post this chapter today, (Sunday). The reason being is that Monday is a public holiday in South Africa and the female contingent of this household will be at home. I was already warned well in advance that: “Monday we are sleeping LATE!” So that means, no getting up before 07:00. The time I usually post for the powers that be at SOL to get the posting out by midday, well in time for most of the western world’s breakfast time. LOL.
Here is chapter 002 of “Playing Solitaire.” Enjoy.
All the best and God bless!
Bye 4 now!
Jody.
(2026-08-09, 15:01 SAST) (13:01 ZULU)
Hi all!
First of all. Thank you for all the emails and comments. I know that I did not manage to answer them all as yet, but I am getting there.
After that sarcastic remark in the comments, I was sort of compelled to publish the last four chapters of “Let the River Run” in one go (without pictures) to clarify WHY the Mossad Agent was in possession of an ICC arrest warrant and tried to force her way to get Reznikov. So, sorry for those that wanted to see the pictures. The pictures that I do have compiled in advance, I will, as time permits, post them in my external blog.
But that also gave me time to get on with the new project and chapter 10 of the new story is currently being sent to the editors while chapter 11 is in the oven.
Something on the new story. The title is; “Playing Solitaire”. It is a story about an aircraft accident investigation. There will be some technical terms and procedures contained, and I hope I did explain it in plain English in the text. If not – please email me and I will try my best to express it in layman’s terms.
When I say “technical terms” I mean things in aviation that has become second nature to me and may not be understood by non-aviation readers. Details about weather fronts. High-pressure and low-pressure cells. Things like the inner workings of an aircraft’s altimeter and how it displays the altitude above sea level.
I could have just said: “It crashed into the mountain.” But WHY did it crash into the mountain? What caused the altimeter to miss interpret the altitude. Why did the autopilot respond to the incorrect altitude. And most of all; WHY did the pilots not realize the aircraft was flying lower than the set altitude.
But all this is just background noise for the real story. The story of why Dr. Megan Eleanor Forsyth plays solitaire? How did the brick wall she hides behind got dismantled? And how can Mandy trace an IP address that hides behind a firewall and a VPN. (Virtual Private Network.) How did Mandy get to “plant” a “snoop-ware bug” inside that computer 11000 kilometres away?
I do hope this one is not too “technical” for us elder minds. LOL!!!!
About the first picture in chapter one. The picture was taken inside the Wonderboom SAPS Airwing hangar, and part of the fleet can be seen.
Currently the SAPS Airwing have: 8 x Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porters, 1 x Beech King Air C90A, 1 x Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Jet, 1 x Pilatus PC-12/47, 16 x Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopters, 6 x Robinson R44 Helicopters, 2 x McDonnell-Douglas 500E helicopters, 1 x MBB/Kawasaki BK-117B1 helicopter, and 2 x Airbus H125 helicopters, with 15 more Airbus H125 helicopters on order. This is public domain information.
Here is chapter 001 of “Playing Solitaire.” Enjoy.
All the best and God bless!
Bye 4 now!
Jody.
(2026-08-03, 07:00 SAST)
Hi all!
I hope you are all good and well.
Thank you for the readers that voted for the story. It is appreciated. Especially the person that voted a “1”. I hope you are happy.
Here is the rest of the story. Chapters 27, 28, 29, and 30. (Whenever SOL want post it)
Bye.
Jody.
(2026-07-21, 09:44 SAST.)
Hi all!
I hope you are all good and well.
Thank you for the readers that voted for the story. It is appreciated.
Also, for those that read the blog and emailed me for information on using one mouse and one keyboard to control apps on three laptops, as well as moving files from one LT to the next. I hope you got it up and running.
The new project is well under way and chapter 5 is with the editors. There is still some way to go with “Let the River Run”, so fear not. Adrian and Kait will be around for a while still before the next one kick off.
Winter is sort of letting up these days as we approach the middle to end of July. The mornings and evenings are still cold, but the day warms up well enough to discard jackets.
Here is Chapter 26 of “Let the River Run.” Enjoy! And please, give me some feedback. Without interaction with you guys and girls I don’t know what you really want and then there are some that still vote 5, 6 and 7 value votes.
Although that only makes up 10% of the votes, it still draws the overall weighted score down. Like my editors said: “If you don’t like the story – move on... and don’t vote!”
Bye for now!
Jody.
(2026-07-20, 07:04 SAST.)
Hi all!
I hope you are all well, good, and healthy!
This week was nice and quiet, although I have been a little naughty. A little present from myself to myself. An extender screen for my home office laptop.
Now with the Mouse Without Borders app connecting one mouse, one keyboard to all three laptops and now the extender screen on the main laptop, my home office is starting to look like Ash’s JOC center. LOL!
But then again, in the absence of the ability to prioritize tasks, I can now multi-task to my heart's content without losing focus.
I better clean up my desk from all the clutter. LOL!
Here is Chapter 25 of “Let the River Run.” Enjoy!
Bye for now!
Jody.
(2026-07-13 07:17 SAST)
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