Jody Daniel: Blog

Hi there!

First off! Thanks for all your emails. It’s always a pleasure to hear from you guys.

And thank you for the good wishes. "Desert Rose" got a place (# 5) for; Best Romantic Story 2021. And "Jody Daniel" came in at # 8 in Author of the Year 2021. I am happy about that. I never thought that it could happen. Thanks to all you guys and girls that voted.

Slowly but surely, The Sound of Thunder is drawing to a close. Yes, I know, but there’s a saying that goes: There’s a time to COME, and a time to GO. TSOT’s time to GO, has now COME…”

Just getting you ready that the crew of Angels, Ash and Grumpy will exit stage left, shortly.

Question: Is there something else coming?
Answer: Maybe… Time will tell…

And those few of you that do have come to know something: KEEP QUIET! OR else: The Angels might visit you, and I can assure you, it won’t be nice! They are masters at breaking bones, extracting fingernails and … LOL.

Enjoy!

Keep well and stay healthy!

Bye 4 now!

Hi there!

And together with the cold fronts rolling in, chapter 15 of The Sound of Thunder is rolling on to a PC screen near you. It was a busy week and a half so far. It looks like the rain has let up, and the old man Winter has got the memo that it is now supposed to drop temperatures and close the tap on the rain. Well, besides breaking out the woollies, it means — water the garden, and cut out the old dry branches. Rake up the dry and crumbling leaves, and see to that there’s time to write!

So, until next time: If I don’t see you through the week… I’ll catch you on SOL email! (Or you could drop me a line at you-know-where. LOL.

***IMPORTANT*** Remember, if you don’t email me, I can’t answer you. Thanks for the comments, but sometimes I need to convey important stuff to you that I don’t want to go public. (No! I will never curse, scream or shout at anyone. That’s not my nature.) So, thanks for the comments, but do like one very dear reader does: He comments, then send me the same comment by email. This then gives me the opportunity to communicate with him.

Keep well and stay healthy!

Bye 4 now!

Hi there! Okay, okay, I know it has been awhile, but life do happen. Broken tumble dryer, broken lawn mower, Sister-in-law’s patio roof-beam broke… (Due to age and water seepage that she did not see.) No, not my couple of weeks.

And then the memo that say it is winter, and they must switch off the rain, did not get to where it should be. Thunder and lightning with rain just to smother your mood. At least, I don’t need to water the garden. Garden, what garden? It's a pool, and I am afraid some ducks will take up residency there!

BUT, good news! Chapter 14 will be up later today. Enjoy!

So, until next time: If I don’t see you through the week… I’ll catch you on SOL email! (Or you could drop me a line at you-know-where. LOL.

Keep well and stay healthy!

Bye 4 now!

Hello there to all you wonderful people. I do hope you are all in good health and full of life. If not, do some reading on SOL and feel the goodness flow.

Here it is getting cold now. Going out in the mornings, I need to put on a jacket. Just to keep the polar bear, and he’s black wet snout at bay. Later it does warm up, and the jacket goes over the jacket rack at the front entrance.

Chapter 13 of “The Sound of Thunder” will publish in a sort while. I do hope you will enjoy this one. Maybe it will be a little gross to the end, but hey, come on, life ain’t laughs and giggles all the time. Although I tried my best to describe the scene and filter out most of the really gory stuff I have witnessed in my life in and around Cape Town, my editors think that it is okay, and you will enjoy it.

So, until next time: If I don’t see you through the week... I’ll catch you on SOL!

Keep well and stay healthy!

Bye 4 now!

P.S. SOL just mailed me to say the chapter is posted!

Hi there!

Between all the load-shedding and unexpected power outages, I did get to finish chapter 12. Well, Eskom decided that either the coal is wet, or some other lame excuse for shutting down the power for 2 hours at a time. If they stop selling electricity to Zimbabwe, it will help our economy a great deal. And then again coal produce 8 kilowatt hour of electricity for every 1 kilogram coal burned. One kilogram of Uranium 235 deliver 24000 kilowatt hour, so why are we still burning coal? Okay, I understand, politicians can’t do sums. (Maybe count votes. Who knows?)

So, before the anti-nuclear activists start killing me, let’s skip the subject. All I can say is that I DID work at a nuclear facility, and you get more radiation from the sun each day, then standing next to a nuclear reactor! And it is not necessary to put on all that lead lined overalls. Only if you work with the fuel rods, else, all is safe, even walking across the catwalk over the top of reactor.

Then there’s GREEN RENEWABLE ENERGY, but the cost to us little mortals. Oh, boy! (And girls.)

Chapter 12 of “The Sound of Thunder” will be available later today. And by the way; the pictures that did not make the cut to chapter 12 will be available later at my other blog. (You know where to look. Sorry SOL.)

Have fun and enjoy!

Keep well, stay safe and out of mischief!

(Okay, for you boating fans: Keep the pointy side towards clear water! Stand on the blunt end and wave at us not so fortunate to have a boat. Even a little one.)

Bye 4 now!