01Getting Terms & Conditions Ready to Publish
As I prepare the second Knox Ramsey novel for publication, I am learning how editing, peer review, and trusting my own voice make the work better.
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Notes, essays,
and whatever comes next.
Engineering, writing, books, history, and other things I am working through. There is no publishing schedule.
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02A Visit from Auntie Fran
My aunt Fran came home from Arizona for a week—a chance to spend time with someone who has supported my cousins and me our entire lives.
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03My First Senior Discount
A joking question at a youth football game led to my first senior discount—and a reminder of what makes getting older worthwhile.
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04Why I Wrote Dark Recipe: Food, Code, and the Fragility We Don’t Want to See
A biotech thriller about an indoor farming system turned weapon, exposing hidden vulnerabilities in our food supply and the danger of trusting software.
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05The Transferable You
A reflection on identity, reinvention, and the myth of the single career lane. Drawing on a path from industrial automation to entrepreneurship and fiction, this piece explores how the skills that define us aren’t tied to job titles—they’re transferable ways of thinking that carry forward into whatever comes next.
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06What's on Bob's Bookshelf
Authors that I read and that have influenced me and my writing.
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07Three years ago today
Three years ago I couldn't get out of a recliner. Today I'm launching a blog. Somewhere in between, I learned to pay attention differently. Welcome to my digital diary.
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