by JHowatt | Sep 5, 2025 | Crime Writing
Riding and Writing with Jigsaw September 1, 2025. Looking back at the photo I took of Detective John “Jigsaw” St. John driving his sky-blue undercover car through LA traffic, my thoughts forty-two years later were the same as I had then – what is he thinking? What... 
by JHowatt | Jul 30, 2025 | Crime Writing
Two Killers. Two Different Crime Scenes. Why? July 25, 2025. I sit at my desk, forty-one years after I wrote about the Bill Bradford and Bill Bonin serial murder cases, and remember the day he told me the critical importance of the crime scene, “The crime scene is the... 
by JHowatt | Jul 11, 2025 | Crime Writing
Looking Back on Florence: How a Knock on the Door Can Change Everything September 2023. My good friend and travel companion and I had a two-week trip to Florence planned for months. We researched the Santa Spirito area where we planned to stay, the Pitti Palace for... 
by JHowatt | May 30, 2025 | Life Style
Home Sweet Home: Four of my favorite Bird Nests For as long as I remember, I’ve been intrigued with bird nests. Just the thought of what it would take for a bird to construct a nest from twigs, straw, whatever he/she found on the ground and construct a home amazed me.... 
by JHowatt | May 15, 2025 | Life Style
Italy! People I Photographed. Faces I Remember. Who Were They? April 15. For the first time in five years, I wouldn’t be going to Florence either in the summer or Fall. There’s an old saying, “Life got in the Way.” Does it matter how it got in the way? No. It just...