Author: J.J. Probasco

We spent a great evening yesterday at the Fly Cultural Arts Center with the Bedford County Arts Council, having a buncha-scrumptiousness potluck dinner and getting to hang out with a lot of wonderful folks, who then, very politely and patiently, listened to me bloviate about my book and the publishing process. And to top it off, they even let me do my very first book signing and lined up without throwing elbows to purchase a double handful. Awesome. We really appreciated it!

Attempting to act author-like, with a modicum of success.  Prepping for Oprah…or maybe Arlo At Large.

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.

— Ogden Nash

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! For anyone waiting to order a signed copy of my book until it got really cheap…FREE SHIPPING! 📖🛸📬👌

Don’t think of it as just another merchandising gimmick…think of it as a Public Service Announcement that saves you some hard-earned money you really need to extend your New Year’s Eve party just a few minutes more. 🥳

Of course, you can still find it in paperback or ebook form on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart[dot]com, or many other places, and all of them can be found through links on the Books page. Signed copies come direct from me by media mail, which could take a week with the big mail congestion season coming up, so don’t delay! Check it out today! 😀

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A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.

— Carl Sagan

Time for Christmas shopping! 😵 Got somebody hard to buy for? 🤔 It’s hard to beat a good book! 📖 Ooh…look! I just found one! And it has something for everyone…adventure, mystery, suspense, military working dogs, wounded warriors, good guys, bad guys, strong female characters, and humor along with gobs of cliffhanging action. And it fits perfectly in a stocking on the mantel! Hard to imagine so much wonderfulness, but here it is, just waiting for you! 😲

The reason there’s so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.

— Frank A. Clark

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us; and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips and shows itself in deeds.

— Theodore Roosevelt, Thanksgiving Proclamation 1901

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.

— John F. Kennedy

One hundred years ago today, the echoes of the artillery faded away at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, and World War I was over.  It was called the War To End All Wars, and that turned out to be overly optimistic.  We’ve come to understand there will always be a need for patriotic men and women to come forward and stand between our country and all the threats that face it.  And someone has always come forward.  Some of them were drafted, some joined because of a desire to give something back, and some really just wanted a way to pay for college.  But each of them – every single one – has sacrificed something for their country.  Some in small ways…some in huge ways.  Some in ways that you cannot imagine if you haven’t been in their boots.  A lot of those sacrifices didn’t happen because someone decided to be brave or went out looking for a chance to be a hero…they happened because someone decided to put the needs of their families and friends and countrymen ahead of their own, and did whatever they needed to do so that our nation would remain the land of the free.  To have known these people, work beside them, and wear the same uniform has been an honor and privilege.  To our brothers and sisters in arms…we salute you.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

— Plato