K.D. Brogdon's Blog, page 4

I miss "My Maria" and her "Blue Spanish Eyes" so I went searching to see if I could find her.  I started at the beach, but sand was kicked in my face then someone yelled out there's a "Shark in the Water" so I left and got "On the Road Again" and went down to the "Dock by the Bay" but I could not find a parking place so I decided that "I'm Heading Home" to see if she was there, but she was "Already Gone" so I went out to the pool and fell asleep.  I dreamed that I was "Waking up in Vegas"...

Sadness creeps into the hearts of the Heavenly Angels as their eyes fill with tears that shower down upon this earth, washing away the smiles that the sun has sent this day.

TEARS OF AN ANGEL

A Texas Ranger – A Rough Rider

An American Hero

San Antonio, Summer 1870

The only thing worse than the hot Texas sun beating down on you is; well it is the hot Texas sun beating down on you in the middle of July.  You can see the heat waves chasing each other across the open plains as if playing a game on your eyes and in your mind.  In the distance you hear the whistle of a steam locomotive screaming for water as it nears the depot.

The train depot is usually located on the...

My name is Charles Santana, Charlie to my friends.  I am the bookkeeper for Mascotte Mercantile which is located on the northwest corner  of Lafayette and Florida Streets here in Tampa.  I have been asked by the Tampa Times to write about my experiences in the Spanish – American War, specifically my tenure with the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment; The Rough Riders as we were nick named.

Pach's is a small diner located on Franklin Street just a short distance away from my office.  ...

I have had the honor and privilege of walking in  the shadows of heroes for the past twenty-five plus years.  I have seen a fifty-two year old police corporal scale a chain link fence and disarm a twenty something year old woman of a nine millimeter pistol before she could commit suicide.   I witnessed a police officer kick in the front door of a burning house and carry a ninety year old lady safely from her smoke-filled home.  I saw a young police officer run up the exterior stairs of a...

I'm really not the type of person who likes media attention, or any attention as far as that goes so you can imagine my reaction to having to appear at the LA Festival of Books for a book signing event.  Well I get up early on Friday the 23rd and head over to my usual early morning spot.  I walk through the door and there are five of my friends there, they were there before the hired help!!  Well Mary is there and she greets me with the all familiar, "Hi Buddy."  I have known Mary for twenty ...

Golfing with friends is always a treat especially when you have the opportunity to visit a country like Costa Rica and partake in the beauty that nature has laid before you.  We hire two caddies to assist in our adventure, however this day these two adventurers will be guides in our quest to explore the entire countryside.  We mount our range rovers and move out into rolling plains guarded on each side by the Central American jungles.  The elevation is some 5,000 feet above sea level so we...

My publisher sent me this today, I hope that you like it…

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7280344/18994924

Good news of the Day:  I have passed two steps in my attempts to travel to Santiago, Cuba to complete some research for my next book, El Diablo Blanco (Tampa Heights to San Juan Heights).  INS told me to have fun.  Cuba says please come, we would love to show you the dedications that we have made to the Rough Riders.  US State Department says "Is this a commerical endeavor?" 

LOL… EDB is part two of my novel that tells the story of our hero,  A Texas Ranger who answers a call for glory with...

I am working hard on my next book, Texas Orphan Train.  I'm about ninety percent complete.   El Diablo Blanco and   Destiny will soon follow.  I hope to have all three out by next November, 2010…  I really enjoy writing historical fiction, it is the business of writing that I am not fond of.  My idea is to have three short stories about one-hundred pages each, The Panamanian Princess, Texas Orphan Train, and El Diablo Blanco.  A paper back that you can read over a weekend and not over four...