I was so absorbed in this week’s unplanned trilogy (“To be heard,” “To hear,” and “Peace over a coffee cup”) that I forgot I have designated Thursday for promoting my modest selection of books. My hope is to convince you to purchase one or more of my little offerings for the book lover in your family at Christmastime. They make quite nice gifts if I say so myself.
I have published five books in the last three years. I was talking with my daughter-in-law, Wife of Son of Red, this week, and we agreed we tend to measure time as Before We Lost Red and After We Lost Red. These are the five books I’ve published since Carol Jean passed, and while I can’t put my finger on the difference, I am more inclined to emphasize/promote/recommend these five works first among my 17 literary efforts, although I certainly am proud to point you towards all of them.
I’m listing the ISBNs with each because I am a horrendous marketer, and so it’s unlikely you’ll find these tomes at your local bookstore — but I’m confident they will gladly order them for you.
Ebenezer: A sequel of sorts to “A Christmas Carol” (979-8-9863331-6-8) (or hardcover 979-8-9863331-5-1) is a novelette about an encounter between a morose young man and Mr. Scrooge, envisioning how that fine gentleman may have spent his time after pledging to hold Christmas in his heart always.
Dejah & Summer in the Time of Magic (979-8-9863331-8-2) tells the story of when my two golden retrievers began to talk shortly before Halloween and how we fought off an attack by the Evil One, with the help of a motley crew of magical beings.
The Man Who Crossed Whimsy Avenue (978-0-9910107-0-7) is a collection of 96 very short stories (“flash fiction”) in various genres.
And then there are the last two collections of posts from this blog.
A Declaration of Peace (979-8-9863331-9-9) collects my thoughts in the wake of Red’s passing, generally focused on the value of human life after the worst loss of my experience. Originally published as War IS the Crime, I repackaged it to better emphasize the underlying theme, which is, of course, “Love God and love your neighbor.”
See the World! (978-0-9910107-1-4) contains 70 reflections about staying aware in the moment as we walk through this most amazing life, and about what we see when we look up from our screens and embrace the world around us.
I still aim to release my next collection, titled What I Came to Say, in time for Christmas 2026, in case your book lover wants to find the very latest Bluhm tome under the tree. Of course, they can always find the very latest right here, and for free, but we all know there’s something extra special about holding the words in your hands.
