Liar’s Path, notes on truth, working truths, and deception

Spirit Falls by Robert Townsend now free on Kindle Select

Spirit Falls by Robert Townsend now free on Kindle Select

Free 15-20 July 2025 Robert Townsend has re-released the first novel, Spirit Falls, of his five-novel series, The Long War. Spirit Falls is free on KDP Select 15-20 July 2025. Click here for Free download. The Spirit Falls Audiobook will be priced at $4.99 (original...

False Friends

Fabienne, A neighbor and health food fanatic, had invited Patrice and I, and some three dozens of her (mostly) French friends to a soiree. Thus, the evening’s language was French. We have ben making progress in French. One flounders, then one day, you order your...

Friends

Friends

Friends, dear friends,  Berlin friends Friends visited Patrice and I in France last week (June 18-22, 2025). I had met Alexandra, Jill, and Garrit in 1972 (thereabout) when I was a callow young Air Force officer in Berlin, Germany, where they witnessed me growing...

Berlin Diary

Berlin Diary

Tempelhof Central Airport, October 1973 Luftbrucke, Berlin Tempelhof A cupola of fog enveloped the square before Tempelhof Central Airport. The Berlin Airlift Memorial disappeared into a translucent roof twenty feet in the air. The airport terminal facade of gray and...

Northwoods Wisconsin, 2025

Northwoods Wisconsin, 2025

MERRILL Wisconsin In April (16-25, 2025), I booked a trip 'home' to Gleason, Wisconsin, because my older sister, Arlene, a resident of Pine Crest, was seriously ill.  It is better to visit the near and dear before rather than after they pass away.The issue was a...

BERLIN DIARY, the last novel of the ‘Long War’

BERLIN DIARY, the last novel of the ‘Long War’

Long ago, I started the novel 'Berlin Diary', set it aside, and wrote four others. I have again taken it up. We'll see how it turns out. The story takes place in the Summer and Fall of 1973, its center point the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the US October DEFCON 3 alert....