by JHowatt | Jan 29, 2022 | Crime Writing, Life Style
San Diego to St. Petersburg with Grandma Kay January 24, 2021. I read the headline in Yahoo News: “Ukrainians to Grapple with Warnings That Russian Invasion is Imminent.” Russia! Russia! Russia! Headlines getting worse. Will Putin invade Ukraine? What does this... 
by JHowatt | Jan 21, 2022 | Crime Writing, Life Style
Jigsaw and Jane: How Fishing Got Us Hooked on Each Other This blog isn’t about fishing, really. It isn’t about who caught the largest fish, or the fish that weighed the most, or the fish that put up the biggest fight, or the fish that won the “Fish of the Day”... 
by JHowatt | Dec 21, 2021 | Life Style
The Winnebago Vacation, Wine by the River, and a Magic Moment October 1985. I’d never ridden in a Class A Winnebago. While our thirteen-hour drive on the never-ending stretch of the I-5 reinforced my preference for airplanes, Ryan and Jeff thought riding in a... 
by JHowatt | Nov 19, 2021 | Crime Writing
Vacation of a lifetime–Chapter 2 Camarillo, California. I stepped into our vacation house on wheels and marveled at how the interior of this motorhome resembled a small apartment unit: compact kitchen, two sofas that doubled as beds, another single bed overhead,... 
by JHowatt | Oct 22, 2021 | Crime Writing
Vacation of a Lifetime! Jane’s Family Visits Jigsaw’s Retreat Los Angeles, California. St. John and I sat at our usual booth at Denny’s with our usual combo of iced tea for him, black coffee for me trying to create a rough draft for a chapter outline. But the going...