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Last Saturday

By Peter Colt / June 16, 2025 /

There was a lot going on last Saturday. There was a Big, Beautiful, Parade in our Nations Capitol. There were No King rallies all over America. There were riots/protests in L.A. but that seems like a daily occurrence. There was a lot of controversy on the internet about the poor Marching skills on display in…

Memorial Day

By Peter Colt / May 24, 2025 /

Over on my Substack I wrote about people whom I served with in the Army who are now gone. I am at an age where I have lost friends and family and seem to go to more funerals than weddings. I also went into two professions where there seem to be more opportunities to shuffle…

Phone Call

By Peter Colt / May 13, 2025 /

I complain about my house a lot. It was and still remains a fixer upper. When we found it my Long Suffering Wife and I had been looking for two years. We were living in a two bedroom condo, which had been great when we bought it. But two kids later we wanted more space.…

Joan

By Peter Colt / May 3, 2025 /

We bought our house in September of 2013. It was kind of a fixer upper and mostly still is. Every year or two we spring for one of the big projects. Sometimes like the Ductless Air Conditioning they are planned and sometimes like the very expensive plumbing fix a few years ago they aren’t. The…

Just like the Writer.

By Peter Colt / April 28, 2025 /

Last Saturday night I got all dressed up. I might have been singing along with Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself” while my fingers fumbled with the shirt studs on my Tuxedo shirt. Not being James Bond, or the leader of Brass Band I don’t wear a tuxedo often. When I do they are usually rented.…

Before he was Quint

By Peter Colt / April 20, 2025 /

This morning we woke up. The boys were given their Easter candy and my Long Suffering Wife put the finishing touches on the strawberry tart she made. The tart was fantastic. While we were in our post-breakfast state, before I sat down to write my Substack my Long Suffering Wife said. “Who’s the actor in…

Easter Candy

By Peter Colt / April 15, 2025 /

I was in the local supermarket chain yesterday. I might have been humming “Lost in a Supermarket” by the Clash. I tend to think of that song or “Common People” by Pulp. I don’t know how many supermarket themed songs there are but those have to be the two best. I was doing the weekly…

Writers

By Peter Colt / April 6, 2025 /

I have published six books, my seventh will be out in September. It is funny to think that to be considered a success in this profession you have to sell about a thousand copies per book. Yep, that’s it. It doesn’t seem like a lot especially when you consider the really successful names in the…

Spring in New England

By Peter Colt / March 29, 2025 /

It’s been spring for a little over a week now. Spring is a magical time in Southern New England. For example, we’ve had a lot of rain, which is standard for early spring. We’ve had a few cold days and nights. A few sunny days that were almost t-shirt weather worthy. Even just today, it…

Left Coast Crime

By Peter Colt / March 19, 2025 /

I was in Denver for a convention last week. Not just any convention but Left Coast Crime, a crime fiction convention. In 2002 I had flown into Denver on my way to Fort Carson Colorado. I was on my way there not as a soldier but as a technical writer. I spent a few months…