I began writing this book on my 74th birthday. My objective at the time was to record a short account each day so as to have a collection of 365 stories one year later. Gradually, I fell behind and decided to write only 254 little vignettes instead. Finally, after falling even more behind, I decided to write five volumes of 200 stories each. This is Volume 1. In May of 2017 I launched a Patreon site where I could interact with a few people who wanted to support my writing on a monthly basis. These are my patrons, and without them I most likely would not have finished this first volume. However, their financial support and words of encouragement worked, and here we are today. As I released parts of this book for them to read, their comments began to change my concept of what it was to be. I first began writing these stories by hand, and so they were quite short for the most part. After switching to writing on my computer, coupled with comments from my patrons, my stories gradually became longer, not all of them, but for the most part I liked the ideas that I was hearing, and so my stories have been getting longer lately. As you will see, there is no plan or structure to the flow of these stories. Each day, as I sat down to write one, I simply wrote about whatever struck my fancy on that day. The result, however, opened my eyes to reveal what my subconscious daily thoughts were finding interesting or significant enough to spend the time writing about. Ultimately, our stories make up the fabric of our lives. I've got many more stories to tell, but here are the first 200 that came to my mind. I hope that you enjoy reading them as much as I have enjoyed living them.
About the Author: I have evolved into a podcaster and blogger through my previous work as a writer, keynote speaker, and Internet/e-Commerce consultant. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Houston. I've had an eclectic career including sailing instructor, Naval officer, hot air balloon pilot, electrical engineer, lawyer, and motivational speaker. My book, "The Spirit of the Internet: Speculations on the Evolution of Global Consciousness," won First Prize for non-fiction, eBook Awards, at the Virginia Festival of the Book. At this time I am primarily engaged as a writer and as a podcaster. In March of 2005 I began a podcast called The Psychedelic Salon. Since then, I have produced over 500 podcasts and gained a world wide audience of more than 500,000 listeners in over 100 countries.