tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15594460922629526142024-03-13T08:17:50.947-07:00PeterHogenkampWritesPeter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-76408601110495175602023-07-04T06:28:00.001-07:002023-07-04T06:28:34.664-07:00America on Independence Day 2023: Down but not Out!<p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAiVY1qq4NroT6rQmWJx_akuSo7D4SSlVE0dCJoUS4GHLHb7ABg5fxhP2lZcCdduHQETPiMR5CJmz2r3oeyTaV9uTZYPB_rHBuo_AMTdrQHLU5ZwhnbAiZnAA2Ly3tgsT17R5B8Ji5v-hvvo0wTiWXnzUhzDgz_sx23pdFQJSnzgNOSH6fIUrFXNfyis/s1024/Tattered-American-Flag-drawing.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAiVY1qq4NroT6rQmWJx_akuSo7D4SSlVE0dCJoUS4GHLHb7ABg5fxhP2lZcCdduHQETPiMR5CJmz2r3oeyTaV9uTZYPB_rHBuo_AMTdrQHLU5ZwhnbAiZnAA2Ly3tgsT17R5B8Ji5v-hvvo0wTiWXnzUhzDgz_sx23pdFQJSnzgNOSH6fIUrFXNfyis/w640-h480/Tattered-American-Flag-drawing.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It's Independence Day, and that has me thinking about the state of our nation. Almost
250 years into our nationhood, the United States of America is mired in a
morass of massive proportions. It would be nice to say that the morass is of a
strictly political nature, but it would be inaccurate. Our morass </span><i style="font-size: 13.5pt;">is </i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">political—let
there be no doubt—but it is also physical, ethical, academic, economic, social
and environmental. (Add just about any other adjective here.) As we approach
our sestercentenial, our roads, bridges and cities are in an appalling state of
disrepair; a significant number of our elected officials (on both sides of the aisle)</span><i style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">are
either under investigation for ethical breaches or have already been expelled;
our primary and secondary schools are failing at an unprecedented rate and our
colleges and universities—although still strong—are prohibitively expensive.
Worse still, the disparity between rich and poor grows daily, and our</span><i style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> leaders </i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">(word
used with great misgiving) are more focused on their own agendas than stagnant
wages, gender and race inequalities, and catastrophic climate change.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;">My father
used to say that if you want to get the mud out of the water, you need to get
the hog out of the spring. Of the many hogs in our spring, the biggest and
fattest hog—the one most responsible for the mud that flows thick and murky in
our water—is the lack of governing taking place at the federal level. How is it
possible, I ask you, for any of these problems to be fixed when our national
government, paralyzed as it is by partisanship, egoism, and the complete
absence of listening, does nothing but breathe hot air and vitriol?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;">The
answer is to turn on its head the usual paradigm of leadership; instead of
leading from the top down we need to lead from the bottom up. Our people remain
our strength and the only path forward. We live in a democracy, albeit one
gravely threatened by the influence of power and wealth, but still a democracy,
in which our elected congressmen, senators and executive officers are a mere
election away from irrelevancy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;">Leading
from the bottom up needs to involve more than just voting, however. We need to
listen to one another, especially to people with views that oppose are own; we
need to respect one another, and to treat every person with dignity; we need to
look out for another, especially for the people at the margins of our society;
and, above all, we need to shake off the complacency that has led to inaction.
Acknowledgement of the problem is the necessary first step to resolving it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you
are not ready to merely shrug your shoulders and accept the status quo, <i>you</i> can
lead us to becoming the country in which you want your children and your
children’s children to live. Open your mind to what someone else has to say
and, more importantly, to what they do, ignoring his or her gender, race,
creed, sexual orientation, and political persuasion. In this day and age of
sound bites and social media, it is the walk we walk that defines us. That
said, action begins with talk: words matter. Speak carefully and post with
caution; one hateful comment, retweeted and amplified by the incredible power
of social media, can be a potent and destructive force. Social media is a tool,
and, like any other tool, it can be used for a variety of purposes, good or
bad. You choose.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;">Leading
from the bottom up is not going to be an easy or quick task, but many hands
make light work, and the more hands we have the, the faster we'll be able to
get that hog out of the spring.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;">Thanks for listening. And on a differnet subject, take a look at my most recent book, <a href=" Cheers, Peter Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include The Intern (TouchPoint Press, April 2020); The Vatican Conspiracy book and audiobook (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October 2020), The Vatican Secret (Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021), The Vatican Secret audiobook (Saga Egmont, March 2022) and Conspirazione Vaticano (Newton Compton Editori 7/2021.) The Woman from Death Row, book one of the new Jade Stryker thriller series, (Tirgearr Publishing, June 2023.) He can be found on his Author Website, as well as his personal blog, Peter Hogenkamp Writes, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of Your Health Matters, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—on Twitter. He can be reached at his FaceBook Page and at peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com.">The Woman From Death Row</a>, available right now. If you have already read it, click on <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">MY WEBSITE</a> on which you can check out all my books. Thanks for your support.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p> Cheers, Peter</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/s3600/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/w426-h640/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p>Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <i>The Intern </i>(TouchPoint Press, April 2020); <i>The Vatican Conspiracy</i> book and audiobook (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October 2020), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> audiobook (Saga Egmont, March 2022) and <i>Conspirazione Vaticano</i> (Newton Compton Editori 7/2021.) <i>The Woman from Death Row</i>, book one of the new Jade Stryker thriller series, (Tirgearr Publishing, June 2023.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/" style="color: blue;">Author Website</a>, as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@yourhealthmatterswithdr.pe6712" style="color: blue;">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—on <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT" style="color: blue;">Twitter</a>. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/" style="color: blue;">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com" style="color: blue;">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a>.</p>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-61478033127692866902023-06-18T13:23:00.004-07:002023-06-18T13:25:07.327-07:00A Father's Day Tribute to my Father<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGh_usXrUe--ftFB0ZE3BQfJYsjupAKjXuvi-hyg_J_RoFr5s9jMPnvt9dg_Xdn1x9CCyM6LcLQuUYReNa5X6bP1p-dGJTKh-8aDzzXgOCTX4wgvyWiUNDpdspAR_31dfKLG1dqycMgnEFDvzfHkXRBv7DTRo3srEEKarGqcpC5JexUfMIuCDyMVO/s259/dadindex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGh_usXrUe--ftFB0ZE3BQfJYsjupAKjXuvi-hyg_J_RoFr5s9jMPnvt9dg_Xdn1x9CCyM6LcLQuUYReNa5X6bP1p-dGJTKh-8aDzzXgOCTX4wgvyWiUNDpdspAR_31dfKLG1dqycMgnEFDvzfHkXRBv7DTRo3srEEKarGqcpC5JexUfMIuCDyMVO/w479-h640/dadindex.jpg" width="479" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's Father's Day and, as usual, that means I think about my late father, and wish he was still with me. So, this year, I have decided to put my thoughts to words and publish them in my blog, if for no other reason than writing about him is the best way for me to spend some time with him, and I would give anything in the world to do that.</span></p><span style="font-size: large;">My father was a deliberate and methodical person; when he used a particular word in a certain circumstance, it was because he had thought about the context, mulled over the way the word sounded, and considered the possible interpretations of the word by his audience before uttering it. (No, he was not given over to quick responses.) And if he couldn't think of the exact word he wanted, he would ruminate about it until the perfect word became clear in his head. If rumination didn't work, he even stooped to research--his favorite book was Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (you know, that massive thing you see in libraries). And while this was especially true when he wrote letters (and he wrote many) it was even the case when he was having a conversation. The trouble with this was the converse: he also expected that you were selecting your words with the same care--I don't think he ever got used to the way I would blurt the first thing that came into my head.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I miss so many things about him, but the biggest things are the conversations we used to have. When there was something you really wanted to discuss, there was no one better to talk to about it than him, especially if it was something to do with academics or ethics (and he could always find something academic or ethical about any issue.) I used to love the way he cocked his head to his right, often with his long fingers supporting his jaw. And he looked at you with his glacier blue eyes, and he listened, only interjecting comments when he needed you to stay on course. He was often as enthusiastic about an idea as you were, and in many cases he took notes as he listened, so that he would have everything exactly right (did I mention he was an accountant?) He used the notes too, because he almost never gave you an immediate response. You could expect a minimum of three days time to hear back from him, and it was many times in writing, with his flowing, precise script. And if the subject matter was not all that familiar to him, his full response would be even longer, because research would be involved, and often a trip to the library or bookstore. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It was not uncommon to get a book or magazine or newspaper article from him weeks or even months after a discussion, always with a short forward alluding to the discussion which engendered the gift. He once gave me a USGA Rules of the Game book to keep with me in my golf bag, months after I had asked him a random question about a ruling during a non-competitive round with friends. It didn't matter to him that I wasn't even keeping score at the time; it did matter that I should know the proper ruling so as to be able to keep an accurate score when the time came.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My father was proper and accurate. He always used to say these things stemmed from his training as an accountant, but I think they were congenital. I can not ever remember the man breaking any rule whatsoever or even bending one a little--other than his penchant for rolling stops. He took no liberties with his tax return, insisting on paying his full share. When he had to drink a gallon of some horrible concoction in advance of a medical procedure, he set the timer on his watch and used a measuring cup to make sure he downed 8 oz every ten minutes as the instructions demanded. (I swear I am not making this up.) When he went hiking--which we did a lot--he used an altimeter so that I couldn't exaggerate the elevation gain, and a map was consulted at every intersection even if we had hiked the trail on numerous occasions.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have published three books now, and the fourth (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4PQ815L?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_2YS3J91T8KAT1J1E97FC">The Woman From Death Row</a>) comes out in less than forty-eight hours. The days leading up to a book launch are so exciting and full of promise, but there is one thing missing and I can't help but lament it. Every day I think about how much I would enjoy talking the whole process over with my father. I can just see the bright sparkle in his eyes listening to me drone on about some aspect of the book launch. He was just happy to be sharing in his child's excitement--and if that isn't good parenting, I don't know what is.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">If you haven't had a chance to look at my updated website, here is <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">The Link to my Website</a>, which, I am happy to say, my daughter designed for me. I think that would make my father happy.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><p> Cheers, Peter</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/s3600/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/w426-h640/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p>Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <i>The Intern </i>(TouchPoint Press, April 2020); <i>The Vatican Conspiracy</i> book and audiobook (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October 2020), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> audiobook (Saga Egmont, March 2022) and <i>Conspirazione Vaticano</i> (Newton Compton Editori 7/2021.) <i>The Woman from Death Row</i>, book one of the new Jade Stryker thriller series, (Tirgearr Publishing, June 2023.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/" style="color: blue;">Author Website</a>, as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@yourhealthmatterswithdr.pe6712" style="color: blue;">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—on <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT" style="color: blue;">Twitter</a>. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/" style="color: blue;">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com" style="color: blue;">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a>.</p><br /><div style="line-height: 32px;"><br /></div></div>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-46693786371819853152023-06-01T09:13:00.000-07:002023-06-01T09:13:08.645-07:00June is National Crime Reading Month<p>Hello All, </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37WnMNteRGSD_Iml3-UkcG2bCCjAw1vkSzKHCJbCW-O3AXr2ORtQpEdyHTe0XXdKg-Wt1ceRQaQ6zNpJrLyqIgpnmrm5XRvS6BExrKtzrwdxcLGNnpCzq8hmyImfHRMdqNyHqnE_SKfQokYmnFBobLu6wC_SSr6aX1xyWL6qZYzd69A4eXvID3LVi/s4032/IMG_3604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37WnMNteRGSD_Iml3-UkcG2bCCjAw1vkSzKHCJbCW-O3AXr2ORtQpEdyHTe0XXdKg-Wt1ceRQaQ6zNpJrLyqIgpnmrm5XRvS6BExrKtzrwdxcLGNnpCzq8hmyImfHRMdqNyHqnE_SKfQokYmnFBobLu6wC_SSr6aX1xyWL6qZYzd69A4eXvID3LVi/w480-h640/IMG_3604.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Sorry it's been a while, but I can explain... we have a puppy. Enzo Ferrari Hogenkamp has entered our lives, which are never to be the same again. But the show must go on, and June is National Crime Reading Month. So, I wrote a short piece about my new book, The Woman From Death Row (Tirgearr Publishing, June 2023.) And please don't forget to preorder the book, <a href="http://tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Hogenkamp_Peter/the-woman-from-death-row.htm">Link to Pre-Order the book</a>, which is only 1.49$ during the pre-order period, and sails to 5.99$ once the book is released. (It's also good for the book when pre-orders are strong, as it makes the book more visible on Amazon.) Anyway, can't wait for you to meet Jade and Mark, the main characters. Here's a little preview:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">People make mistakes. They fail, often epically. But they can also pick themselves by their bootstraps, get going again and redeem themselves, if they have the desire and the mettle to do so. By my way of thinking, there is nothing more dramatic than redemption, and no better way for the reader to connect emotionally with characters. I think this is why we are all so drawn to flawed characters, because we want to see them get the chance to redeem themselves for the mistakes of their past. And we want them to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">take</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that chance.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">It was with this main theme in mind that I started writing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Woman from Death Row</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">. Jade Collins is on death row for premeditated murder. Her life has been a maelstrom of violence, deceit and bloodshed, but she is a good woman despite this. Mark Brand’s life has been a roller coaster of success and failure. He graduated from medical school and practiced as a cardiologist before the tragic death of his wife sent him spiralling into the depths of depression, from which the CIA rescued him to use him as a pawn in a deadly game. He now finds himself in a job he doesn’t covet, with a boss he doesn’t trust, and in a life he doesn’t want to live.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Jade and Mark come together in the death house at the infamous San Quentin State Penitentiary, the day before she is scheduled to be executed. Mark’s formerly smooth career with the CIA has hit some turbulence, and he is looking to get back on track as he meets with Jade to make her an offer he believes she can’t refuse. Jade wants no part of his offer but thinks it might be an opportunity of another sort, the sort she has been seeking for a long time. She accepts, thrusting the two of them together in a contest for their ambitions, their lives and their chances to make things right.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzwPaAvLC5lc9bDbQnIZesb-xr87tGXRVL4WjTNEGMAAexLx82vOj_xJjd6_fEVjmKfE3f9SL4cNh2L_3HgtZqb7omK_4SL1JKvKqkkHUQLycGIOGlz3OG6z5XwTKHUVpRDeDB08xC6LezR9DxyzoDn7fQjn_m8yIaVLvnZPsFHE-Rcg4trq9L9M4/s2700/TheWomanfromDeathRowbyPeterHogenkamp1800HR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzwPaAvLC5lc9bDbQnIZesb-xr87tGXRVL4WjTNEGMAAexLx82vOj_xJjd6_fEVjmKfE3f9SL4cNh2L_3HgtZqb7omK_4SL1JKvKqkkHUQLycGIOGlz3OG6z5XwTKHUVpRDeDB08xC6LezR9DxyzoDn7fQjn_m8yIaVLvnZPsFHE-Rcg4trq9L9M4/w426-h640/TheWomanfromDeathRowbyPeterHogenkamp1800HR.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> Cheers, Peter</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/s3600/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/w426-h640/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p>Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <i>The Intern </i>(TouchPoint Press, April 2020); <i>The Vatican Conspiracy</i> book and audiobook (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October 2020), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> audiobook (Saga Egmont, March 2022) and <i>Conspirazione Vaticano</i> (Newton Compton Editori 7/2021.) <i>The Woman from Death Row</i>, book one of the new Jade Stryker thriller series, (Tirgearr Publishing, June 2023.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/" style="color: blue;">Author Website</a>, as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@yourhealthmatterswithdr.pe6712" style="color: blue;">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—on <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT" style="color: blue;">Twitter</a>. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/" style="color: blue;">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com" style="color: blue;">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a>.</p>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-76603078783551376552023-01-22T14:37:00.003-08:002023-01-22T15:18:37.876-08:00Sunday Afternoons with my Mother: Episode 2, A Snowy Day in January<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVpBPOy33R-GOklYN9mUSA9DkAuZJdh_Aq_FBdQF5xw1kBaEYklwQsQsM2fZUmy9oexWEyXL16HTdFwGNI5jN9abOBev4m_CcT8fk41LQG3S8hMcu_-dJSd8TOutD6OvenYcWn22z16dWFL4VUsnP1DlQ-6qyZQqLNBFg77LPhgGKCUDj8Zn9zq7u/s4032/IMG-4850.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVpBPOy33R-GOklYN9mUSA9DkAuZJdh_Aq_FBdQF5xw1kBaEYklwQsQsM2fZUmy9oexWEyXL16HTdFwGNI5jN9abOBev4m_CcT8fk41LQG3S8hMcu_-dJSd8TOutD6OvenYcWn22z16dWFL4VUsnP1DlQ-6qyZQqLNBFg77LPhgGKCUDj8Zn9zq7u/w480-h640/IMG-4850.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Co-Pilot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's Sunday afternoon and my mother and I on the road again; in this case, a snow covered secondary road paralleling a small river that meanders it's way into the White River and then the might Connecticut. But there's nothing mighty about this stretch of water, which isn't to say it isn't pretty. Because it is pretty, my mom says so, and when you are 94 years of age, you know a pretty sight when you see one. We're stopped in the middle of the road--which isn't a problem because we haven't seen another car in a half-hour--searching the open water for the nose of a beaver breaking the surface. We don't see any live beavers, and though it would have been nice, it really doesn't matter. We're here to enjoy each other's company, not watch aquatic mammals, so the day is a success anyway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhl6GyJqt_Iz7YxiBPvPuXW9rh4t558MgEoV2sXXplZjx5cYnp4ImiYTaJ09RVktgO8FWiCaTJRI3kvAzBOS1pAkoY7xS1FU5GLQvi8wUJ6Ja94odvohWUjDkXx6DEgOOdbUynoDpqpFTYmLW2iyO_DMe0lhEuAtGzJJF-tjUW1y0iJZ1keFM1lYb/s4032/IMG-4849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhl6GyJqt_Iz7YxiBPvPuXW9rh4t558MgEoV2sXXplZjx5cYnp4ImiYTaJ09RVktgO8FWiCaTJRI3kvAzBOS1pAkoY7xS1FU5GLQvi8wUJ6Ja94odvohWUjDkXx6DEgOOdbUynoDpqpFTYmLW2iyO_DMe0lhEuAtGzJJF-tjUW1y0iJZ1keFM1lYb/w480-h640/IMG-4849.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;">We move on, winding our way back and forth up a steep road flanked by snow-covered pines, and then down a hill leading to a frozen lake dotted with ice fisherman jigging for yellow perch. Mom wants to join them, "Looks fun," she says. And that's what I love about my mother; she's always up for anything. As few as two years ago, I suspect we would have parked the car, ventured out on the ice, and seen for ourselves how the perch were biting. But the last two years haven't been good to her mind and body--even if they haven't tarnished her spirit--so we stay put and watch for a while, which is quite a bit more exciting than you think, before we drive off. </span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8cXcFBpYPMmssbxDhl-YE243ARAT8ihQsLW2dNR3kBpjDOhWyxTeti9hdo4bN7CdNKr9KhfCoaEZcupFdOAyLS1PDfae8jn6fzAJfGwQ_-r1qWkxQHRRGvOhpi1MAIt6jpafGdZ7TQRMeLGHYqlwd-Ff-cauqZh-_0T6T1dSuYYf62mJd6KBBuEv/s4032/IMG-4851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8cXcFBpYPMmssbxDhl-YE243ARAT8ihQsLW2dNR3kBpjDOhWyxTeti9hdo4bN7CdNKr9KhfCoaEZcupFdOAyLS1PDfae8jn6fzAJfGwQ_-r1qWkxQHRRGvOhpi1MAIt6jpafGdZ7TQRMeLGHYqlwd-Ff-cauqZh-_0T6T1dSuYYf62mJd6KBBuEv/w480-h640/IMG-4851.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The last stop is Pico, where we watch the parking lots fill up with cars, trucks and the occasional bus, out of which skiers and snowboarders pour to hit the slopes. "I used to love to ski," mom says, but without any wistfullness. We manuever closer to the slopes to get a glimpse of the fun; mom smiles broadly as she observes the skiers gracefully winding their way down the trails and the snowboarders riding the snow like a giant white wave. And then we head back to the Meadows, where my mother promptly falls asleep with a big smile on her face. </p><p>Make sure to visit my website and get on the mailing list, because new book news is on the horizon. Thanks again for your support.</p><p>Cheers, Peter</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/s3600/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/w426-h640/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p>Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <i>The Intern </i>(TouchPoint Press, April 2020); <i>The Vatican Conspiracy</i> book and audiobook (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October 2020), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> audiobook (Saga Egmont, March 2022) and <i>Conspirazione Vaticano</i> (Newton Compton Editori 7/2021.) <i>The Woman from Death Row</i>, book one of the new Jade Stryker thriller series, will be published Summer 2023 by Tirgearr Publishing. He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/" style="color: blue;">Author Website</a>, as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@yourhealthmatterswithdr.pe6712" style="color: blue;">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—on <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT" style="color: blue;">Twitter</a>. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/" style="color: blue;">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com" style="color: blue;">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a>.</p>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-63978181304474070102023-01-18T16:00:00.002-08:002023-01-18T16:00:19.206-08:00Five (realistic and easy) New Year's Resolutions for a Healthier You. <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X73CR4ye6yUpdOsHiNCdHITroeLfw9PMVe0vC4NGvAkT4TQ8fAfp33DR2PG0Em3g4_vr4HgWR3BW2ABj1eQLssPai-0LEX4DtrmSr5IQKaYbKCb6K4D-7Zl3ACPqttL-lJCPTG-kNQ1qx2gTtWG2xWRaQbBJ1dDmh-37hSj1pFe98SAOKhqiVLRV/s4032/IMG-4824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X73CR4ye6yUpdOsHiNCdHITroeLfw9PMVe0vC4NGvAkT4TQ8fAfp33DR2PG0Em3g4_vr4HgWR3BW2ABj1eQLssPai-0LEX4DtrmSr5IQKaYbKCb6K4D-7Zl3ACPqttL-lJCPTG-kNQ1qx2gTtWG2xWRaQbBJ1dDmh-37hSj1pFe98SAOKhqiVLRV/w384-h320/IMG-4824.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>You might wonder why I am posting this blog about New Year's Resolutions on January 18th. Perhaps you were thinking I have been meaning to do it, but ended up procrastinating until after more than half the month is over. Good thought, but no. (And I have resolved previously never to procrastinate.) The real reason is I heard on John Tesh's radio show (so it has to be true, right?) that this is about the date the average person gives up on their New Year's resolutions. </p><p>It's true; most New Year's Resoltutions have the shelf life of unrefrigerated fish. The reason for this is that they are either: 1) poorly thought out; 2) too invloved; 3) wholly unrealsitic; 4) completely out of character for the person making them. Don't follow? Here are some examples (all taken from my patients, who shall remains nameless.) Example one: a guy, who lives entirely on fast food, resolving to make all of his own meals. He lasted a few days. Example two; a woman, with no previous history of ever doing exercise, getting a gym membership. Lasted a week.</p><p>This isn't to say, though, that I don't encourage New Year's Resolutions, because I do. I am a big fan of anything that provides an opportunity for self-assessment, because self-assessment is the necessary first step for self-improvement. </p><p>Okay, then, since we have agreed that making New Year's Resolutions is a good idea, here are some ideas for resolutions that have a chance to survive more than eighteen days.</p><p>1) Resolve to be more creative. It turns out that being creative is one of the best ways to stave off dementia and cogntive decline--and who wants that? See the picture I took with my Iphone? (Okay, so I'm not Ansel Adams, but it isn't half bad.) Photography can be very creative, and almost all of us have reasonably good phone cameras with us at all times. Start journaling, also very creative, and there are free apps on your phone that can help. You don't need to spend a lot of money or make huge changes in your life (that aren't going to last.) Start sketching using the pencil and paper inside the drawer in your kitchen instead.</p><p>2) Resolve to be more active. Humans are meant to be in motion, not glued to the cough waching cable TV. But that doesn't mean you have to buy a membership to a fitness club or an expensive e-bike or a set of cross country skis (although all of those things are great--if you use them.) But why not start out by lacing the sneakers you already own and going for a walk. Walking is free, available 24/7 all the year round, and doesn't generally lead to a lot of injuries. If you can't walk, try doing Yoga, which can be modified so that even people with significant physical disabilities can do it. There are excellent instructional videos on You Tube to get you going.</p><p>3) Resolve to be watch less TV and spend fewer hours on screens. The data demonstrating the negative effects of screen time continues to add up. And although I am well aware how many great shows there are on Netflix, I am also well aware how much damage sitting around and binge watching <i>Yellowstone</i> is doing to our bodies and minds. (That said, Kevin Costner is truly fantastic and you <i>have</i> to see it.) Limit your screen time, because too much kills your imagination, increases your risk of dementia and thickens your middle. So, yes, watch <i>Yellowstone</i> for heaven's sake, but watch three episodes per week and do something creative with the time you saved. </p><p>4) Resolve to be more accepting. Practicing acceptance has more benefits than I have space here to list but I want to highlight a few. People who accept things are happier. Period. Nuff said. Who doesn't want to be happier? Practicing acceptance is also a great way to have healthier relationships, and we could all use that. Perhaps most important, acceptance leads to better emotional and physical health (such as improved blood pressure.) And it doesn't cost anything or require any special equipment, it just requires a change of mind and heart. </p><p>5) Resolve to be a more other centered person. Excessive individualism is not only the most dangerous <i>ism</i> on the plant, worsening climate change and threatening geopolitical stability among many other things, it is also bad for the <i>individual</i>, increasing rates of anxiety and depression. When we don't see ourselves as part of a greater group or collective, we feel isolated and anxious. The solution is to see ourselves as intergal parts of a multitude of various communities and act accordingly. Be a big brother or sister, a literacy volunteer, take your elderly neighbor to the grocery store, plant a tree. I promise both you and the world will be better for it.</p><p>Well, the soapbox I am standing on is teetering so I need to end here, but let me point out that all five of these resolutions require nothing more than your determination and a little time. No money. No equipment. No memberships. Just determination and time. Best of luck.</p><p>ps. One of my resolutions (suggested by my new editor) is to blog more, so please click on the link to suscribe to the blog so that I am not doing it in vane. And make sure to check out and suscribe to my website; exciting book news is coming out soon. </p><p>Cheers, Peter</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/s3600/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDW4xi2jYLYBhTU52Jm2ZK_T4NahjywqvezfTrA9tIOoc6DiEwbcHYLfgQDgT0BZNoj566dQQWVi6IJBTV1j5XnWodIVmjFEq78Q-iiEzzxWM2hKol5Mu9kyBRVS3BpaZAhWBlXv4HqKnlZ9UDIUV20zdQQ9kqGuqUtEQQQgPLYxvl1BG7VhLCXec/s320/HogenkampPeter_aa9605_cropped.jpg" width="213" /></a></p>Peter Hogenkamp is a
practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and
thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <i>The
Intern </i>(TouchPoint Press, April 2020); <i>The Vatican Conspiracy</i> book
and audiobook (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October 2020), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> (Bookouture/HachetteUK,
April 2021), <i>The Vatican Secret</i> audiobook
(Saga Egmont, March 2022) and <i>Conspirazione
Vaticano</i> (Newton Compton Editori 7/2021.) <i>The Woman from Death Row</i>, book one of the new Jade Stryker thriller
series, will be published Summer 2023 by Tirgearr Publishing. He can be found
on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/" style="color: blue;">Author Website</a>, as
well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">Peter
Hogenkamp Writes</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the
creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@yourhealthmatterswithdr.pe6712" style="color: blue;">Your Health
Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television,
streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the
prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont
Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and
feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—on <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT" style="color: blue;">Twitter</a>. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/" style="color: blue;">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com" style="color: blue;">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a>.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-77397468221417871422022-08-23T06:45:00.001-07:002022-08-23T16:02:50.928-07:00Sunday Afternoons with my Mother: Episode 1; Moose and Ice Cream<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">The road unfurls in front of us like a tightly wound string from a coil, waving back and forth, back and forth, as we drive slowly over the graded gravel surface, tires crunching lightly against the stones. We're--my mother and I, that is--somewhere north of Bridgewater, Vermont, on a back road, with no destination in mind other than wherever we end up. It's a Sunday afternoon in August, the blue skies are clotted with white clouds, and the smell of hay wafts in through the open windows. Life is good.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYKBTNak8jY-8094BjXOXEGN7nY9jXsFe5OmjtbwBVsGdjW_XCJML6Lg8ZF65t5o2FD-ISHzAzyhirNTxCbPuKltUGchMCrRPMtir6pPrC3h5J9svl7SgqmoiGCa3YMf808ujNFmxXUSNDJpwJ2v_Q1nJXoSCOZyse6pKIkYIai2NItxHXytb8QNW/s4032/IMG-4376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYKBTNak8jY-8094BjXOXEGN7nY9jXsFe5OmjtbwBVsGdjW_XCJML6Lg8ZF65t5o2FD-ISHzAzyhirNTxCbPuKltUGchMCrRPMtir6pPrC3h5J9svl7SgqmoiGCa3YMf808ujNFmxXUSNDJpwJ2v_Q1nJXoSCOZyse6pKIkYIai2NItxHXytb8QNW/w300-h400/IMG-4376.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I started taking these drives with my mother several years ago--after she gave up her driving license--and I think we have been on every back road in Central Vermont since. There is something about driving the back roads that we love; could be a lot of things, I suppose. Like today we ran into a moose (not literally, but it was close) eating leaves on the side of the brook paralleling the road. We saw a black bear last week, scurrying across the road just east of Killington. A few weeks ago we watched a Pileated woodpecker go ham on a dead tree, showering the earth with wood chips. And, in no particular order, we have seen: flocks of turkeys and geese, a belted Kingfisher flying over a river, an Indigo Bunting gleaming in the sunlight, a Cooper's Hawk almost take out a crow. It's amazing how many things you see when are not in a hurry.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qlqwRISjXOVULEhPwdJmekfdJiBQg8yTEnKakezQPO_Y5cR2yOp3gH-H9UOgAQaUuh3ZXkxxb9Kb3r3GglyyPYGbSyhd9ocsxpt1TYL9a1hMaTuLVRqHFQMWv1rlVww5V64bnn3lJH4qUYxejv0JCVby0SGlvyd2c_eFq6N-UDXszOvX9JO_HUE0/s4032/IMG_4403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qlqwRISjXOVULEhPwdJmekfdJiBQg8yTEnKakezQPO_Y5cR2yOp3gH-H9UOgAQaUuh3ZXkxxb9Kb3r3GglyyPYGbSyhd9ocsxpt1TYL9a1hMaTuLVRqHFQMWv1rlVww5V64bnn3lJH4qUYxejv0JCVby0SGlvyd2c_eFq6N-UDXszOvX9JO_HUE0/w300-h400/IMG_4403.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But it's not just the animals and birds we love to see. Did I mention the flowers? This time of year the hydrangeas are turning pink, the petals of the sunflowers are painting the sky gold, and the dahlias are as big as dinner plates. (Why grow them yourself when you can just hop in your car and gawk at everybody else's.) Nothing makes my mother happier than commenting on the coneflowers. I have to say she says the same things quite often, but she's 94 for crying out loud: The coneflowers don't mind the repetition, and neither do I. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We always stop for ice cream, regardless of the season, because... it's ice cream. I think we have stopped at every Creamy stand, snack shack, Stewart's shop, ice cream truck etc. in the state. This week, we visited this roadside stand that made their own blueberry ice cream, which did not disappoint. My favorite part is my mother telling me she won't be able to eat it all before eating it all and scraping the container to get every last drop to boot. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And then the ride is over and I return her to her apartment in assisted living with a big smile on her face and blueberry stains on her shirt. On the ride home, I notice myself driving faster and getting irritated by the bad drivers on the road; but none of that happens when I drive with my mother, because when you have no place to go, you don't mind the time it takes to get there, and you're just flat out more patient. I think that is one one of the reasons I like my Sunday Afternoons with my Mother so much: No agenda; No Destination; No Goals; No Nothin'. Just spending time together, moose and ice cream. I should do more it often. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want to stay caught up with my adventures with my mother, make sure to follow the blog, or click on this link, <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a>, to check out my website. Make sure to enter your e-mail when prompted to join my mailing list as well. If you would like to read one of my books (or gift one to a friend) click on the link to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Hogenkamp/e/B086DXG1HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1">Peter's Amazon Page</a> and you can order them right from there. And, as always, thanks for your support.</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cheers, peter</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/s3600/IMG_4257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/w266-h400/IMG_4257.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of fiction</span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">living in</span> Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp/dp/1946920665/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8Z8EZPWJ3RAC&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1661257444&sprefix=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1">The Intern</a> (TouchPoint Press, April, 2020);</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D6NVWB1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October, 2020), and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QMZZ5ZW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1">The Vatican Secret</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;">(Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a> where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtHi3E0SwbnLCtIcyPAY3Q?view_as=subscriber">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as a top finalist for the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—at @phogenkampvt. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">His e-mail</a></div></div></div></div><div></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span face="" style="font-size: medium;"></span><br style="font-size: medium;" /></span></p><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span face=""></span></span></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></blockquote><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div></div>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-68968414597720117102022-02-22T03:23:00.004-08:002022-08-30T07:27:05.771-07:00Book Review: The Magdalene Deception by Gary McAvoy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">\</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHamt5OEXIjRaHBDIrlfA6fUHxwC5p5Qn4fNKmrM_DQ32-uFLFIuBQ8v-Nrq3tM4uanoMb5lPhtwSumLVBlEJj_tvPjyxdH9rJUFa08HLCg4OL9-ghQ18D0FqyfV3bl0F_qRJt8KiOPM31KYnqScCgWSfHBD2vxlf_6Hhk7IA6M3ivlc0NHFFckuds=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="327" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHamt5OEXIjRaHBDIrlfA6fUHxwC5p5Qn4fNKmrM_DQ32-uFLFIuBQ8v-Nrq3tM4uanoMb5lPhtwSumLVBlEJj_tvPjyxdH9rJUFa08HLCg4OL9-ghQ18D0FqyfV3bl0F_qRJt8KiOPM31KYnqScCgWSfHBD2vxlf_6Hhk7IA6M3ivlc0NHFFckuds=w495-h444" width="495" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih0lynXIF0k0GEpjnDtrPN0TcAVoeW_FeO2HEq1kBjYOmhueWzWP0r9yqTYGY2eb6RgpHRZqZpYaA4M-NsLScH3scSOjJYcmojMkh9rH-Z4z-6FT7v0vksR1dagPClm2JPG_rlIvdMPSJRV4-x5IR2JEL0kjpEPmrzohvYoq00Lt12pww5FMWATueb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="936" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih0lynXIF0k0GEpjnDtrPN0TcAVoeW_FeO2HEq1kBjYOmhueWzWP0r9yqTYGY2eb6RgpHRZqZpYaA4M-NsLScH3scSOjJYcmojMkh9rH-Z4z-6FT7v0vksR1dagPClm2JPG_rlIvdMPSJRV4-x5IR2JEL0kjpEPmrzohvYoq00Lt12pww5FMWATueb=w665-h370" width="665" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Or just click on the Amazon link: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088JN41PH">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088JN41PH</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want to stay caught up with me, make sure to follow the blog, or click on this link, <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a>, to check out my website. Make sure to enter your e-mail when prompted to join my mailing list as well. If you would like to read one of my books (or gift one to a friend) click on the link to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Hogenkamp/e/B086DXG1HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1">Peter's Amazon Page</a> and you can order them right from there. And, as always, thanks for your support.</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cheers, peter</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/s3600/IMG_4257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/w266-h400/IMG_4257.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of fiction</span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">living in</span> Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp/dp/1946920665/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8Z8EZPWJ3RAC&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1661257444&sprefix=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1">The Intern</a> (TouchPoint Press, April, 2020);</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D6NVWB1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October, 2020), and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QMZZ5ZW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1">The Vatican Secret</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;">(Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a> where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtHi3E0SwbnLCtIcyPAY3Q?view_as=subscriber">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as a top finalist for the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—at @phogenkampvt. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">His e-mail</a></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-70966242981669599442021-02-17T11:46:00.004-08:002022-08-30T07:44:08.514-07:00Want the Pandemic to Be Over? (nod head) Good, then Get Your Covid-19 Vaccine! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4xkuYzrZp4I" width="320" youtube-src-id="4xkuYzrZp4I"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We all want the pandemic to be over, don't we? <nod head> Well, we have a way out of this god-forsaken mess--it's called the Covid-19 vaccine. Want to find out more? <nod head> Good, click on the arrow above. Wants the Reader's Digest version? <shake head> Good, click on the arrow above. But if you are in a tearing hurry (to go where? I ask you, as were in the middle of a pandemic) remember this. All the vaccines either currently approved or shortly to be approved offer near complete protection against serious disease, defined as either hospitalization and/or death. What does that mean? It means that, once vaccinated, the worst outcome for those few who might still catch Covid is a mild viral illness, which you have had many times previously in your lifetime. Don't get lost in the various numbers representing the different efficacy rates for the different vaccines to prevent all Covid disease. Frankly, I don't care if I get a cold, and likely neither do you. Being admitted to the hospital and/or dying is the part I don't like. If you don't like that prospect either, then do something about it. When your turn comes, get your Covid-vaccine. If you live in Vermont, then here is the link to the state website to sign up for your vaccine: <a href="https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/vaccine/getting-covid-19-vaccine">State Vaccine Website</a></span></p><p style="font-size: large;"><span>Make sure to follow the blog, or click on this link, <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a>, to check out my website. Please enter your e-mail when prompted to join my mailing list as well. If you would like to read one of my books (or gift one to a friend) click on the link to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Hogenkamp/e/B086DXG1HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1">Peter's Amazon Page</a> and you can order them right from there. And, as always, thanks for your support.</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span>Cheers, peter</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/s3600/IMG_4257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/w266-h400/IMG_4257.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of fiction</span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span>living in</span> Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp/dp/1946920665/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8Z8EZPWJ3RAC&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1661257444&sprefix=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1">The Intern</a> (TouchPoint Press, April, 2020); <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D6NVWB1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October, 2020), and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QMZZ5ZW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1">The Vatican Secret</a>(Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a> where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtHi3E0SwbnLCtIcyPAY3Q?view_as=subscriber">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as a top finalist for the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—at @phogenkampvt. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">His e-mail</a></div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-13565449798859349822021-01-22T04:56:00.002-08:002022-08-30T08:28:37.231-07:004 Things I Wished I Knew Before I Started Writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_7jOSNbbU8s/X7VQKmMYGGI/AAAAAAAAPGY/MXXgh7QX5pQ8tApnHa6gVu5X0-dFdfYbwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/The-Vatican-Conspiracy-Kindle%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1357" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_7jOSNbbU8s/X7VQKmMYGGI/AAAAAAAAPGY/MXXgh7QX5pQ8tApnHa6gVu5X0-dFdfYbwCPcBGAYYCw/w265-h400/The-Vatican-Conspiracy-Kindle%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I started my first novel when I was forty. My wife and I had three kids at the time (the fourth </span><span style="font-size: large;">came two years later) and we had just decided to start our own medical practice. I used to write </span><span style="font-size: large;">late at night on weekends and early in the morning before work, mostly because I had no other </span><span style="font-size: large;">time but also because I was trying to keep the whole thing a secret from my wife. She found out </span><span style="font-size: large;">a few months later, however, coming downstairs on a Saturday night catching me scribbling into </span><span style="font-size: large;">a green wire-bound notebook. She kissed me on the cheek and went back to bed, but I wished </span><span style="font-size: large;">she had told me the following four things, because it took me years to learn the hard way.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1) Writing is the biggest black hole of time ever created. Entire weekends can disappear at</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">the keyboard. Ask yourself a question before you start a book: Do I have this kind of</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">time? (And then do it anyway.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2) It takes a long, long time to break through. I thought I knew this, but I really didn’t. Sit</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">down, strap in and hang on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">3) The best way to get better at writing is to read and write. Yes, writing conferences and</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">writing groups help some, but I would classify them more as entertainment than anything</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">else. If you want to write better, spend the time reading and writing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">4) There is only one worthwhile motive to write: for your personal enjoyment and</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">fulfillment. If this is not your motive, take up Canasta or curling. I say this because</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">although you are not going to be the next Cormac McCarthy or JK Rowling, you might</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">have a lot of fun in the process and learn a lot about who you are.</span></p><p style="font-size: large;"><span>Make sure to follow the blog, or click on this link, <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a>, to check out my website. Please enter your e-mail when prompted to join my mailing list as well. If you would like to read one of my books (or gift one to a friend) click on the link to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Hogenkamp/e/B086DXG1HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1">Peter's Amazon Page</a> and you can order them right from there. And, as always, thanks for your support.</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span>Cheers, peter</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/s3600/IMG_4257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/w266-h400/IMG_4257.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of fiction</span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span>living in</span> Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp/dp/1946920665/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8Z8EZPWJ3RAC&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1661257444&sprefix=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1">The Intern</a> (TouchPoint Press, April, 2020); <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D6NVWB1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October, 2020), and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QMZZ5ZW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1">The Vatican Secret</a>(Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a> where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtHi3E0SwbnLCtIcyPAY3Q?view_as=subscriber">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as a top finalist for the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—at @phogenkampvt. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">His e-mail</a></div></div></div></div>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-36053395969528225572020-11-04T15:47:00.003-08:002022-08-30T09:51:54.503-07:00Vermont Bound: Interview with Storyteller Peter Hogenkamp<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T1FAE68XdoU" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>I started writing when I was ten (46 years ago!) and in that time I have spent a lot of time thinking about how cool it would be to be interviewed about my craft as a writer. Well, bucket list check time. </div><div><br /></div><div><p style="font-size: large;"><span>Make sure to follow the blog, or click on this link, <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a>, to check out my website. Please enter your e-mail when prompted to join my mailing list as well. If you would like to read one of my books (or gift one to a friend) click on the link to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Hogenkamp/e/B086DXG1HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1">Peter's Amazon Page</a> and you can order them right from there. And, as always, thanks for your support.</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span>Cheers, peter</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/s3600/IMG_4257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF0zavFSug7R9P0tnL-sLfu7G8Ver-0vDjM9KejoB0AVfriAmu5HozGO3YPySPZJjcT2p-t3ZvIHqn2b-gtQEJPVWw8FgD1NWxj30brEdVS068jBiqrzy7LJ8ZNrlfchwTYZkWYrZl3MN1pwGhRfZuiuB8M5LlecBmZjCiHUY7AxwriyDNIWFnrmS/w266-h400/IMG_4257.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of fiction</span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span>living in</span> Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp/dp/1946920665/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8Z8EZPWJ3RAC&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1661257444&sprefix=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1">The Intern</a> (TouchPoint Press, April, 2020); <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D6NVWB1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October, 2020), and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QMZZ5ZW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1">The Vatican Secret</a>(Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021.) He can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">Peter Hogenkamp Writes</a> where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtHi3E0SwbnLCtIcyPAY3Q?view_as=subscriber">Your Health Matters</a>, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as a top finalist for the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—at @phogenkampvt. He can be reached at his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks">FaceBook Page</a> and at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">His e-mail</a></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div id="sidebar-wrapper"><div class="sidebar section" id="sidebar"><div class="widget Profile" id="Profile1"><div class="widget HTML" id="HTML2"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-52926854131568877102020-07-15T05:41:00.004-07:002021-01-26T09:56:50.418-08:00The Truth about Vitamins, Minerals and Nutraceuticals<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o0aOmCb6oGE" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">If you enjoyed what I had to say, consider clicking on one of the following links to buy on one of my books and/or browse my website. Thanks for that; I truly appreciate the support:</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp-ebook/dp/B085X3PXYB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675311&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1">The Intern (TouchPoint Press, 4/2020)</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675419&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1-fkmr1">The Vatican Conspiracy (Bookouture/HachetteUK, 10/2020)</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a></span></div><div><br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cheers, peter</span><br style="font-family: "times new roman";" /><br style="font-family: "times new roman";" /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">:)</span><br style="font-family: "times new roman";" /><br style="font-family: "times new roman";" /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"></span><br style="font-family: "times new roman";" /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">, <img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" width="256" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author living in Rutland, Vermont. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Peter's writing credits include <a href="https://amzn.to/3a37dHv">The Intern</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">, TouchPoint Press, 4/2020; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OV0KR9YUYQOW&dchild=1&keywords=the+vatican+conspiracy+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1598368754&sprefix=the+vatican+consp%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1">The Vatican Conspiracy</a>, the first book in the Marco Venetti thriller series, October 2020, Bookouture/HachetteUK; Doubt, Marco Venetti #2, April 2021; </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller;</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://auniqueandportablemagic.blogspot.com/">The Book Stops Here</a>, <i>the </i>literary blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents, publishers and poets. <span face="" style="background-color: white;">Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4Mgzk6F8U&t=60s">Your Health Matters</a></span><i style="font-family: times;">,</i><span face="" style="background-color: white;"> a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. </span>Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. Peter can be reached at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a> or on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/">Facebook Page</a>.</div></div></div></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know what you're thinking. Why put up with all that rejection? Wouldn't I have been better off sometime after the first fifty rejections to just take up Canasta? After a hundred rejections try to fine tune my German pronunciation? Close to the two-hundred-and-fifty mark, shouldn't I have have attemtped to learn the didgeridoo, the King of Aboriginal instruments? (FYI, I haven't had 250 rejections, although I am getting close and it feels like a thousand.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The answer, of course, is <i>Nein</i>; I wouldn't have been better off. And there is a simple reason why. My gut instinct is to tell you that if I had, then (insert shameless plug here) my first published novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp-ebook/dp/B085X3PXYB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9EB3BMP07JQJ&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+book+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1586453755&sprefix=the+intern+peter%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1">The Intern</a>, would never have been made it to print, (Insert another shameless plug here) nor would <a href="https://rb.gy/tkmsrh">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> have either. And while that is very good incentive for a guy that has been writing for a long time, it's not what I am getting at.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started my first manuscript fifteen years ago, about a year after I turned 40. The manuscript was good, too, or, at least I thought so at the time. I attracted the attention of a few literary agents with it, and I wisely accepted their invitation to revise and re-submit. And although they both passed on the revision, something important happened. The manuscript got better, quite a bit better, actually.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The same thing happened for my second manuscript, The Vatican Conspiracy. The original manuscript netted more than thirty requests for full manuscripts from agents, and I ended up with a half-dozen R&R requests. Again, I wisely accepted the invitations, and this manuscript also got better, a lot better, good enough, in fact, to get offers from more than a handful of agents. If you're thinking that this was my big break--that is certainly what I was thinking--you'd be wrong as I was. Despite a lot of attention from Big 5 editors, including some of my favorite imprints such as Atria, Tor and Minotaur, it was all passes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But... along with the passes I got some great advice. And I revised again, and modified my writing style as well (which is way harder than revising the plot, btw.) And now you are thinking: He finally got his big break? And you are wrong again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nope, not yet. Because (point#1 about publishing) this is a tough business. But I was close, and I never stopped believing in the book, so, while I started on the next manuscript which would become (insert shameless plug #3 here) my first <i><u>published</u></i> novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp-ebook/dp/B085X3PXYB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9EB3BMP07JQJ&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+book+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1586453755&sprefix=the+intern+peter%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1">The Intern</a>, I submitted The Vatican Conspiracy to a few writing contests, and, lo and behold, it was named a finalist in a major, nationwide writing competition. And while it didn't win, the <u style="font-style: italic;">Finalist </u>title got the book the attention it needed, and I signed with an imprint of Hachette UK months later (point #2 about the publishing industry; it grinds like a snail-driven gear in desperate need of oil) which is when the real improvement began. When <a href="https://rb.gy/tkmsrh">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> came out earlier this year (Bookouture/HachetteUK 10/2020) it was a much better book.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have now had the good fortune of signing with two different publishers and working with two different editors, and I am here to tell ya that this is what every writer should be aspiring to do. The process of working with an commissioning editor--the one who has signed your book--is the best learning experience an author can get. Why? Because the point is anything but moot, that's why. The editor is investing a lot of time and money into you and the manuscript she signed. The gloves are coming off, my friend, and that's a good thing. Having done a bunch of editing myself, I can tell you that it's all fun and games until there is a signed contract on the table and the presses are warming up to print. </span><span style="font-size: large;">There's a lot of money riding on the success of the book; the time to worry about sparing someone's feelings is long gone. And that's when the learning takes place. That's when you become an even more accomplished writer. That's when you take your writing to the next level. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The point? Dust off that short story you slaved over and then shelved. Extract that manuscript from the depths of your computer, you know, the one you intended to be the next great American novel. Enter a contest. Submit to a publisher or a literary agent. The worst thing that can happen is a No, and that's also the best thing that can happen, because you are now on the road to become a better writer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And if you need a break from #quarantine and #corona (and we all do) give <a href="https://amzn.to/3a37dHv">The Intern </a> a try. #theintern is a</span><span style="font-size: large;"> compelling tale of a doctor’s love for a dying boy and </span><span style="font-size: large;">the effect it has on her life and happiness, set in the </span><span style="font-size: large;">dusty hallways of an inner-city charity hospital in </span><span style="font-size: large;">Spanish Harlem, surrounded by a cast of quirky but </span><span style="font-size: large;">memorable characters, and told with clear prose and </span><span style="font-size: large;">professional detail. If thrillers are more your style, <a href="https://rb.gy/tkmsrh">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> is getting great ratings and reviews, which, again, are due in large part to the wonderful collaboration between Ruth Tross and me.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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Cheers, peter<br /><br />:)<br /><br /><span face="" style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">, <img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" width="256" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter's writing credits include <a href="https://amzn.to/3a37dHv">The Intern</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">, TouchPoint Press, 4/2020; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OV0KR9YUYQOW&dchild=1&keywords=the+vatican+conspiracy+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1598368754&sprefix=the+vatican+consp%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1">The Vatican Conspiracy</a>, the first book in the Marco Venetti thriller series, October 2020, Bookouture/HachetteUK; Doubt, Marco Venetti #2, April 2021; </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller;</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://auniqueandportablemagic.blogspot.com/">The Book Stops Here</a>, <i>the </i>literary blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents, publishers and poets. <span face="" style="background-color: white;">Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4Mgzk6F8U&t=60s">Your Health Matters</a></span><i style="font-family: times;">,</i><span face="" style="background-color: white;"> a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. </span>Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. Peter can be reached at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a> or on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/">Facebook Page</a>.</div></div></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">It was
2015 by the time I sat down to write the book that would eventually become my
first published novel (<i>The Intern</i>, TouchPoint Press, April 13, 2020) a solid
twenty years after meeting the twelve-year-old boy who inspired me to write his
story. Maya Angelou said that “people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel,” and
she was dead on, because I can’t remember many of the things he said and did,
but I can remember, with complete and absolute clarity, the way he made me
feel, the punched-in-the-gut feeling that has stayed with me all these years.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">It was
the spring of my internship, April, 1994, and the skies in Syracuse, New York
were leaden and grey, doing nothing to improve my mood which had become dour
with the long hours, lack of sleep and the never-ending scutwork. I was on
Pediatric call for the weekend, meaning that the never-ending scutwork had now
been multiplied by four, and I’d just gotten over a stomach virus that had ransacked
my intestines like a horde of angry Vikings. One of the attendings—a private
physician who only called the interns on a case when it mostly involved
busywork—had asked me to admit a twelve-year-old boy dying of cancer. As I
trudged down to the Emergency Department to get the task done, my attitude was
at an all-time low.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">It was a
straightforward enough case, a patient with refractory Acute Lymphoblastic
Leukemia being admitted to the hospital so that his family didn’t have to watch
him die at home. No, there wouldn’t be much to do, IV fluids and comfort
medications, but that also meant there wouldn’t be much to learn, and learning
is the intern’s compensation for doing all the paperwork, all the scutwork, and
anything else the attending physicians don’t want to do. In this case, there
wouldn’t be any learning at all (or so I thought at the time) meaning there
would be no payoff for doing all the monotonous tasks. <i>Grrrrrr</i>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">I arrived
in the Emergency Department, a place the interns called “the asshole of the
hospital,” and located the patient’s room, which was not really a room but more
of a recess in the hall walled off by a pair of curtains on wheels. I narrowly
avoided an orderly carrying a freshly used bedpan, squeezed between the
curtains and introduced myself to the patient’s parents, who were kneeling on
the dilapidated tiles, holding their son’s hands. They nodded hello and went
back to watching their son, who was lying on the stretcher on his back, his
torso covered by a thin sheet. The chemotherapy, which had been unsuccessful in
killing the cancer cells in his body, had been successful in wiping out the
hair follicles on his head, leaving his scalp bare and his skin the color of a
dirty athletic sock. He looked up at me with big eyes and smiled as best he
could given the amount of pain he was in. </span>At a loss for anything
else to say, I asked him how he was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“I’m
good, thanks,” he said, despite the fact that he would die in less than
twenty-four hours.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“Do you
have any pain?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“No, I’m
okay.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">His body
language and facial expression said otherwise, so I asked again, rephrasing the
question as I’d learned to do in some forgotten class at some remote point in my
previous training, which felt a long time off and far away from kneeling next
to this dying boy in a hallway in the bowels of an old hospital with the
staccato chorus of alarm bells and bellowing drunks in the background and the
smell of burnt coffee and stale urine floating in the air.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“On a
scale from one to ten, with one being just a mild discomfort and ten being the
worst pain you’ve ever had, how would you rate your pain?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“One or
two, maybe. I’m not sure. I'm fine really.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">He
stopped talking to rest his breathing, and I flipped open the chart I’d brought
with me from the Nurses’ station. His labs were a mess. The leukemia had
completely overwhelmed his bone marrow, which had stopped producing red blood
cells, white blood cells, and the platelets his body used to control bleeding.
He'd been getting transfusions of all three blood products for several months,
but he’d recently decided enough was enough, and had refused any further
transfusions. His parents, however, were still not ready to let him die;
in a hand-written note at the front of the chart, his mother begged me to convince
him to resume the transfusions. My hands started to shake so badly that the
chart rattled; I set it down on the bed before I dropped the damn thing.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“I can
order some blood for you? It will make you feel better.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">He shook
his head. “No, thank you, let someone else have it.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">My pager
buzzed but I ignored it. All I could think about was this courageous
twelve-year-old boy who was looking death square in the eye and not flinching,
who was lying about his pain so that his parents didn’t have to bear the additional
burden of his suffering, as if his dying wasn’t enough.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“Are you
sure?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">He
nodded, wiping away the blood that trickled out of the corner of his eyes.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">A large
crater opened up inside of my stomach, spewing hot lava inside my abdomen. I tried
to speak, to say something to make the situation better, but no words issued
from the dry barrens of my mouth. He reached over with his right arm (his left had been amputated because his chemotherapy had withered it away) and grabbed my hand, staring
into my face, which must be wearing all the angst I was feeling. “It’s going to
be okay, doctor.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">What was
he talking about? Of course, it wasn’t going to be okay. He was twelve and he
was bleeding out of his eyeballs. There was nothing okay about any of this. It was
terribly, horribly wrong and there didn’t seem to be anything I could do about
it. And how was it that he was trying to comfort me? Shouldn’t it be the other
way around? I tried to pull my hand away to write orders (as if that was going
to accomplish something) but he hung on to it with a strength that belied his
cancer-pillaged body, so I let the orders alone for a while and held his hand,
which was cool and clammy from his poor circulation. And so there we were, the
four of us, the patient lying on the stretcher with his parents on one side,
and me on the other, all of us holding on to each other for dear life. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">There are
times in life when logic and reason take a back seat. (In what calculus, I ask
you, does a twelve-year-old boy suffer and die as his parents and his doctor look helplessly
on?) This was one of those times, one of those moments in which only
emotion exists. Sadness and grief swirled like a mist in front of me and anger
germinated from some dark abyss. And, strangely, hope blossomed, weakly at
first but gaining vigor and sharp color even as the color in his cheeks faded
and ultimately went out. Yes, cancer did ravage his body (he weighed less than
fifty pounds when he died) but it never blemished his spirit, which remained
resilient and courageous and strong to his last breath. That’s cause for hope.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">It’s a
hope I still feel, twenty-five years later. I like to regard it as his legacy,
for which I am forever thankful. I think of him from time to time, when life's twists and turns bring me to a low point, and I remember the twelve-year-old boy who tried to ease my burden as he lay dying. The juxtaposition of the problems he faced with those that I am facing always gives me perspective; the mopey look on my face is replaced by a smile, and I press on. It's happening again right now, as COVID-19 rips through our country, closing and cancelling almost everything--including at least one of my scheduled book signings--in its wake; I think about his courage and his resilience and some of it leaks into my veins. My shoulders don't sag, my chin lifts, my smile broadens. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which brings me back to <i>The Intern,</i> coming out April 13, 2020. I can only hope the tale I told about him, written more than twenty years after I met him, does him justice. I think it does, but I will let you be the judge. Keep in mind that his character has been influenced by dozens of other people--patients I have treated, people I have known, characters I have met in books and several editors who have worked on the book--but that original boy is still there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May he rest in peace.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">If you enjoyed what I had to say, consider clicking on one of the following links to buy on one of my books and/or browse my website. Thanks for that; I truly appreciate the support:</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp-ebook/dp/B085X3PXYB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675311&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1">The Intern (TouchPoint Press, 4/2020)</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675419&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1-fkmr1">The Vatican Conspiracy (Bookouture/HachetteUK, 10/2020)</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a></span></div><div><br /></div></div>
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<br />Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-59784889321295613122019-11-07T15:47:00.004-08:002021-01-26T10:00:02.410-08:00The 10 Most Important Things You Need to Know About Your Thyroid Gland<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DerSwn5RxVw" width="480"></iframe><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">If you enjoyed what I had to say, consider clicking on one of the following links to buy on one of my books and/or browse my website. Thanks for that; I truly appreciate the support:</span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp-ebook/dp/B085X3PXYB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675311&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1">The Intern (TouchPoint Press, 4/2020)</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675419&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1-fkmr1">The Vatican Conspiracy (Bookouture/HachetteUK, 10/2020)</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a></span></div><div><br /></div>Cheers, Peter<br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">:)</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"></span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">, <img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" width="256" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter's writing credits include <a href="https://amzn.to/3a37dHv">The Intern</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">, TouchPoint Press, 4/2020; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OV0KR9YUYQOW&dchild=1&keywords=the+vatican+conspiracy+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1598368754&sprefix=the+vatican+consp%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1">The Vatican Conspiracy</a>, the first book in the Marco Venetti thriller series, October 2020, Bookouture/HachetteUK; Doubt, Marco Venetti #2, April 2021; </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller;</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://auniqueandportablemagic.blogspot.com/">The Book Stops Here</a>, <i>the </i>literary blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents, publishers and poets. <span face="" style="background-color: white;">Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4Mgzk6F8U&t=60s">Your Health Matters</a></span><i style="font-family: times;">,</i><span face="" style="background-color: white;"> a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. </span>Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. Peter can be reached at <a href="mailto:peter@peterhogenkamp.com">peter@peterhogenkamp.com</a> or on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/">Facebook Page</a>.</div></div></div></div>
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Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-16103552443825577882019-09-12T13:14:00.004-07:002021-01-26T10:32:08.048-08:00THE Dietary Approach to weight loss Your Health Matters Episode1 Sept 1 ...<br />
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Just a quick post to let you know I have started my own YouTube channel, entitled <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTWeWXTAdac&t=3s">Your Health Matters with Dr. Peter Hogenkamp</a>. It's a health information channel for a time in our history which is over-loaded with health information, much of it contradictory and confusing at best, and, downright misleading and erroneous at worst. I am going to try and guide you through all the info, with a goal toward a healthier, happier you.<br />
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Let me know if you have a subject you'd like to learn more about. Just e-mail me at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">Peter's e-mail</a> <span>If you enjoyed what I had to say, consider clicking on one of the following links to buy on one of my books and/or browse my website. Thanks for that; I truly appreciate the support:</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp-ebook/dp/B085X3PXYB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675311&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1">The Intern (TouchPoint Press, 4/2020)</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?crid=33B31PPD3TKSF&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1611675419&sprefix=the+intern+pe%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1-fkmr1">The Vatican Conspiracy (Bookouture/HachetteUK, 10/2020)</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Peter's Author Website</a></span></div><div><br /></div>
<br /><div class="MsoNormal">Cheers, peter<br /><br />:)<br /><br /><span face="" style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">, <img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" width="256" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter's writing credits include <a href="https://amzn.to/3a37dHv">The Intern</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">, TouchPoint Press, 4/2020; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OV0KR9YUYQOW&dchild=1&keywords=the+vatican+conspiracy+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1598368754&sprefix=the+vatican+consp%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1">The Vatican Conspiracy</a>, the first book in the Marco Venetti thriller series, October 2020, Bookouture/HachetteUK; Doubt, Marco Venetti #2, April 2021; </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller;</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://auniqueandportablemagic.blogspot.com/">The Book Stops Here</a>, <i>the </i>literary blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents, publishers and poets. <span face="" style="background-color: white;">Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4Mgzk6F8U&t=60s">Your Health Matters</a></span><i style="font-family: times;">,</i><span face="" style="background-color: white;"> a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. </span>Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. Peter can be reached at <a href="mailto:peter@peterhogenkamp.com">peter@peterhogenkamp.com</a> or on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/">Facebook Page</a>.</div></div></div></div>
Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-91783133226436978382018-03-02T11:08:00.001-08:002020-08-25T12:51:12.632-07:00In the Wake of the Storm: Tortola after Hurricane Irma. <span face="">On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma--the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall--battered Tortola with 215 mile per winds. Six months later, my family and I flew down to see how Tortola and the other 'Nature's Little Secrets' of the British Virgin Islands had fared. </span><br />
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<span face="" style="font-size: medium;">Look in one direction (above) and it's hard to believe a catergory 5 hurricane devatastated Tortola less than six months ago. Look in the other direction (below) and it isn't.</span></div>
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220 mile an hour sustained winds were hard on this palm grove.</div>
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Neither motor boat nor monohull was spared from the tidal surge that stacked the boats at Soper's Hole up like plastic toys.</div>
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Since the mangroves were decimated, a school of minnows is using this inboard boat for protection. Nature is clever.</div>
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<span face="" style="font-size: medium;">If you are trying to calculate the cost of this storm, this 28 foot inboard boat goes for about three hundred thousand dollars; it's a total loss, and there are hundreds more like it. And that doesn't include the cost to replace: the countless roofs which blew away in the wind (most not repaired yet); tens of thousands of windows (plastic and duct tape in their stead) blown out; legions of crumpled cars (almost all still sitting in the same spot); and the list goes on.</span></div>
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This pelican doesn't seem to be perturbed by the loss of the magroves, but the water quality will suffer, as mangroves clarify the water by trapping sediment and filtering pollutants. Their strong root system is also a major buffer against erosion.</div>
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<span face="" style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;">The hurricane was hard on the island's feral goats. This one--a kid named Betty--followed me around for a few hundred yards until we found the man who raised her by feeding her bottles of cow's milk after her mother died. </span></span><br />
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<span face="">My wife and I walking down the mountain to Soper's Hole to get breakfast at D' Best Cup Coffee Shop. 1200 feet elevation and 2.5 miles--in both directions--but well worth it for a great breakfast and... you guessed it, the best cup of coffee in the BVI. </span></div>
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<span face="" style="text-align: center;">Want to help Tortola or the BVI? Go there on vacation and spend money. Rent a car, charter a sailboat, stay in a villa, go out to dinner at one of the fabulous resteraunts. Toursim accounts for approximately 95% of Tortola's economy. Tortola remains beautiful despite the destruction, and you can help get Tortola back on her feet. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Cheers, peter<br /><br />:)<br /><br /><span face="" style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">, <img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" width="256" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter's writing credits include <a href="https://amzn.to/3a37dHv">The Intern</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">, TouchPoint Press, 4/2020; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OV0KR9YUYQOW&dchild=1&keywords=the+vatican+conspiracy+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1598368754&sprefix=the+vatican+consp%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1">The Vatican Conspiracy</a>, the first book in the Marco Venetti thriller series, October 2020, Bookouture/HachetteUK; Doubt, Marco Venetti #2, April 2021; </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller;</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://auniqueandportablemagic.blogspot.com/">The Book Stops Here</a>, <i>the </i>literary blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents, publishers and poets. <span face="" style="background-color: white;">Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4Mgzk6F8U&t=60s">Your Health Matters</a></span><i style="font-family: times;">,</i><span face="" style="background-color: white;"> a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. </span>Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. Peter can be reached at <a href="mailto:peter@peterhogenkamp.com">peter@peterhogenkamp.com</a> or on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/">Facebook Page</a>.</div></div></div></div>Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-24617199860089316512016-10-02T05:54:00.002-07:002017-04-11T16:43:42.182-07:00This Vermont Life: A Hike up Pico Peak<br />
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I can't honestly tell you how many times I have hiked Pico Peak. A lot, let's leave it that. The number isn't important, and neither is the number of steps, stories and calories taken, ascended and burned along the way, but I kept track of them anyway. What is important, after a long, hot summer, is the crispness of the air that feels great on my skin and the soft crunch of the dessicated leaves underfoot.<br />
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My constant companion Hermione, a feisty Cairn Terrier, sprints after a chipmunk and disappears into a covey of ferns. Further up the trail, Herm resurfaces from the forest and stops on the trail to lift a tiny leg in the direction of a stand of birches. A minute later a brace of grouse explodes into the air and disappears into a spruce thicket. <br />
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Two-thirds of the way up we break out of the green tunnel and merge with a ski trail (see pic above.) Herm and I sit on a rock and sort through the various sundries I have stored in my backpack. There's an apple I forgot to eat the last time, a package of neon gummy worms and the stump of pepperoni left over from the last month's poker game. I wasn't that hungry anyway.<br />
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The trail goes straight up the pitch of the mountain from here, and Pico is a true peak, which means that it's damn steep and that it's time to put my head down and just get to the top. The view from the summit is spectacular. Mount Washington--the highest mountain in the Northeast--is discernible off to the east; Killington Peak dominates the skyline to the south. But to be honest, most times I don't even look around, stop to snap a picture or take a swig from my water bottle. <br />
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Why not? Usually because I didn't take the time to fill the bottle in the first place, but it's more than that. Sometimes I think we're so focused on getting to the top we forget to enjoy the ascent, and also that we're so busy recording the process to "share' with others that we miss something--that we miss alot of things actually--like the obese porcupine gnawing on a pine branch or the murder of crows floating on a thermal above my head.<br />
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The trip down is my favorite part, and only partly because I have gravity on my side. There's a rhythm to the descent, a pattern that repeats itself again and again. I have hiked this trail so often I know where to put my feet without paying any attention at all, and my mind wanders all over the place. I think about the plot twists I need to create in the book I am editing, the main character that will make everyone forget about <i>Gone Girl</i> or <i>The Girl on the Train</i> or <i>Razor Girl</i>. (I make a note to write my next book about a girl of some kind.) I think about the beef short ribs simmering away in the crockpot, and what to do with the basket of plums a friend gave me (plum torte? or something a little more exotic like Plums Alexander?) and if I my daughter's soccer game is at the polo grounds by my house or the field by the school.<br />
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The trail runs out and the hike is over. I get into the car not having made a decision about the plums, but I have decided to saute some of my neighbor's Swiss Chard to go with the ribs. And I took 12,467 steps, ascended 157 floor and burned 826 calories, so it look like I will go with the Plum Torte...<br />
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blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents,
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The wind stops blowing about halfway up the ridge, and even the palm fronds have the good sense to stop moving. But not me; I am going to get to the top of that hill no matter what, because that's what I do--I walk. (How are you supposed to see anything if you just sit?)<br />
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I clear the crest of the hill and Soper's Hole reveals itself, a dazzle of blue in the bright sun. My water is gone by now, so I just pant and sweat and start down the other side of the hill, making sure to avoid the loose gravel slicking the dirt track someone had the audacity to call a road. A dozen driveways break off from the road on the way down, a dozen dirt tracks cutting across the pitch to homes obscured by the lush vegetation. A dilapidated truck comes by, kicking up dust that hangs like a cloud in the air, and I wait in the shade of a massive bread fruit tree until the light breeze disperses it. The driver stops and asks me if I want a ride, but I let him know I'm out for a walk. He acknowledges this with a crinkle of his dark brow and a moment's hesitation. "You're sure?"<br />
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I nod.<br />
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He squints at me and starts off, staring at me in the rear view mirror to make sure I don't drop on the spot. He negotiates a switchback and is lost to view, but I can hear the throaty purr of his motor complaining about the steepness of the pitch.<br />
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At the bottom the winds kicks up, blowing in from the Caribbean Sea. A smattering of catamarans are anchored in the bay, bobbing up and down in the gentle swell. Pelicans circle overhead, riding the currents of warm air swirling up to the heavens. A rooster crows, and another responds, voicing his displeasure at the others arrogance and propinquity to his turf. I turn off the main road onto the spur that runs over the isthmus of land between Tortola and Frenchman's Cay, disturbing a covey of Common Ground Doves, which explodes into the air with squeaking wings.<br />
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Soper's Hole is nestled on the only the crack of flat land on Frenchman's Cay, overlooking a shallow bay of turquoise water, upon which floats an armada of small boats in various stages of disrepair. In contrast is the marina another couple of hundred meters down the road, filled with yachts, fishing boats, and sailing vessels of every size and shape imaginable, all glistening white in the bright sunshine. The fetid odor of low tide floats on the wind, and salt coats my lips. Good thing D' Best Cup is only another couple of hundred yards away.<br />
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My shirt, hat and shorts are all dark with sweat as I walk through the pink French Doors to the cafe. There's a line, so I find a small table under a banana tree outside in the veranda, and wait for it to clear. A pair of hens passes the time with me, pecking at the dirt. When the counter has emptied I shuffle over and order the same thing I order every time, a large latte, a glass of water, and two bananas.<br />
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I nod again, and return to my table. A pack of Australians just off a sailing charter has claimed the table next to me, and I eavesdrop on their misadventures as I wait for my beverages. It seems that they ran out of beer somewhere between Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda, and had to make an emergency stop to refuel. (#AustralianProblems) My latte arrives amid a chorus of 'No worries' and 'Come on Mate.' It's ten o'clock in the morning and I haven't had a cup of coffee since yesterday, so nothing gets in the way of me enjoying the hell out of that latte--not the temperature, not the humidity, not even the sound of Donald Trump's voice blaring over the television set in the lobby.<br />
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In nothing flat I've finished it, drained the glass of water, and consumed the bananas. I don my hat, slip my pack over my shoulders, and head out the door, ready for the trip back and another day of...<i> This Caribbean Life.</i><br />
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blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents,
publishers and poets; the founder and moderator of groups on Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeterHogenkamo/">The Library</a>), Google+ (<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fiction%20writers%20anonymous&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEcQFjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2Fcommunities%2F115263800234937683912&ei=Dbd0U92oGfO1sATxxoC4Cw&usg=AFQjCNG8cU2j0SI6bC-qI-HNuWhWjmHYmQ&sig2=v7LrUl3HMVRGS-htgWiMcQ&bvm=bv.66917471,d.cWc">Fiction Writers Anonymous</a>); and </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the chief of t<span style="font-size: medium;">hree</span> tribes on Triberr, <a href="http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-details.php?tribe=44077">The Big Thrill</a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, <a href="http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-details.php?tribe=62830">Fiction Writers</a> </span>and <a href="http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-details.php?tribe=72948">The Book Shelf</a></span></span></span>. Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and fou<span style="font-size: medium;">r </span>children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. Peter can be reached at <a href="mailto:peter@peterhogenkamp.com">peter@peterhogenkamp.com</a> or through his literary agent (Liz Kracht of Kimberely Cameron & Associates) at <a href="mailto:liz@kimberleycameron.com">liz@kimberleycameron.com</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like a lot of other things, The Summer of Chicken and Biscuits started innocently enough, on a whim. It was a Wednesday night in June, and, with the sun still high in a cloudless sky, it was a nice night for a drive. We hadn't been to the Wheel Inn in Benson, VT for a spell--where they cook up the best chicken and biscuits in Vermont on Wednesday nights--and so we hopped in the car and set off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those of you who have taken an evening drive in these parts about this time of year will know that the peonies are blooming, the tree canopies are swaying with the light spring breeze, and the smell of lilacs perfumes the air. (Those of you w<span style="font-size: large;">ho </span>haven't should get around to it pretty darn quick.) What with all the sights and sounds and smells the ride sugared off nice and pleasant--even with my kids in the back seat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yessiree, things were good when we pulled into the driveway of the Wheel Inn there on the four-corners of Benson--God's Country. There was even a spot in the parking lot and a table in the dining area. (No waiting for chicken and biscuits? Can you imagine such a thing?) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our good fortunes continued: No, they hadn't run out of biscuits (according to Kim, the waitress) and, at least for the time being, the Victory Circle Pie was still in good supply--but no promises, of course. It is, naturally, unthinkable to go to the Wheel Inn and not have pie, not when they bake over a dozen different varieties right there in the kitchen. (I like all of them best.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nice thing about chicken and biscuits is the service, of course. It's about all I can do to take a few sips of my Switchback lager (think heaven in a sixteen-oz glass) before the plates slap down on the table, brimming over with baking powder biscuits, chunks of chicken in gravy, and enough mashed potatoes to fortify a barn full of square-dancers. It's the peas I come for, though, a mess of them wedged in between the biscuit and the mound of mashed, soaking in chicken gravy--just the way my doctor recommends them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I mentioned this before, but I'm old enough to repeat myself, so I'll say it again: No trip to the Wheel Inn is complete without pie. It's just downright unnatural, like electric cars and left-handed people, not to have pie when you are in Benson. The problem is--in complete contrast to the race for the 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination--there are just too damn many good choices. Unofficially and off the top of the my head, we have Apple, Raspberry, Coconut creme, Chocolate cream, Victory Circle (think Toll House), Peanut Butter, Blueberry, Banana Cream, Blackberry, Walnut, Pecan, Strawberry Rhubarb, and Almond Joy. For those of you <gasp> who don't like pie, there is Grapenut mouse, Three-berry crisp, and their famous Cheesecake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are few things I can compare to the feeling of leaving The Wheel Inn after chicken and biscuits, but walking up a steep hill with a refrigerator tied to your back is one of them. Best to bring a leather awl with you to make another notch in your belt, or just wear elastic pants. (No sweatpants please: This isn't Fair Haven!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so began the Summer of Chicken and Biscuits. It's been a great run--no doubt--but I suspect that once the school year begins we'll get busy with soccer, piano lessons, Jazz band, scouts, Key Club and whatever else we fill our time with. It's one of the things I like best about Chicken and Biscuits at the Wheel Inn (besides the pie), it's a throwback to a simpler and less over-scheduled time, when families actually ate meals together. </span><br />
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The view from the top of the ridge, looking over Soper's Hole. (Not bad, eh?)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter's writing credits include ABSOLU<span style="font-size: large;">TION, <span style="font-size: large;">the first book of </span></span>The Jesuit thriller series; <span style="font-size: large;">and </span>THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller<span style="font-size: large;">. Peter <span style="font-size: large;">is currently writ<span style="font-size: large;">ing THE INTERN, a novel loosely based on h<span style="font-size: large;">is medical internship<span style="font-size: large;">, exc<span style="font-size: large;">erpts of whi<span style="font-size: large;">ch</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> can be <span style="font-size: large;">seen</span> on <a href="https://www.wattpad.com/story/10247854-the-intern">Wattpad</a><span style="font-size: large;">.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://www.auniqueandportablemagic.blogsot.com/">Prose&Cons</a>, <i>the </i>literary
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It was thirty-four years ago when I walked into his classroom, and although I have only a scattered recollection of the works we studied, I will never forget Dr. Edward F Callahan, Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross for over thirty years. He was a short, stocky man with a squarish head and thick-rimmed glasses, with a predilection for button-down shirts and cardigan sweaters. Nothing memorable there. But his lack of being memorable ended there, as soon as the door closed and he began consulting the list of students who had signed up for his class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He looked at me askance. "You're a Chemistry major?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I nodded again, realizing it was dangerous to open my mouth in this place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He looked around the room, and then back at me: "Well, folks, looks like we're in a for a treat this semester. Not only will Herr Hogenkamp be voicing his Teutonic opinions, but giving us his chemical analyses as well. I can hardly wait."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The class laughed nervously and my friend Kathy gave me a sympathetic smile, the kind of smile you give someone when his dog dies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Callahan went on to go over the syllabus, and announce that our first work would be a poem by Yeats, which we would be discussing next class. When the bell rang, I eased out of my seat, trying not to appear too anxious to leave, but not wanting to be left alone on the room with him either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kathy joined me in the hall as we filed out of the building. "He likes you," she said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tried to figure out how she could tell this, when the opposite appeared to be true, but nothing came to mind, and I headed off to the Science Building where I could sit and listen to a lecture in peace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That night I cracked open the poem, looking for the hidden meaning in the words like a good English major. But I was a Chem major, and I couldn't help but see the letters as numbers and the words as equations. It never occurred to me that there was a library full of texts which could have aided me in my analysis, but, truth be told, the only time I ever went to the library was to look for a date. (<span face=""helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif">I found out after the semester was over that there was an entire section devoted to the criticism of Irish literature, much of which had been written by Ed himself.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next class started well, meaning that Ed lectured without asking any questions, and I began to see why the classroom was chock full. It was the 80's and the audio-visual revolution was just getting underway, and as a consequence, all the professors were being encouraged to bulk up their classes with A/V aides--all the professors except for Ed, that is, who didn't need movies or overheads or computer screens to hold the students' attention. Why would you need <b>any </b>of those things when you had intelligence, charm, wit and, most of all, command--and Ed had all of those things in abundance, especially command. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so Ed held court, and I fell under his spell. As I listened, the numbers turned back into letters and the equations became words again, and Yeats became comprehensible and--dare I say it--enjoyable instead of dense and dull. But like all good things, his lecturing ended and he began looking around the room, trying to solicit opinions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knew I was in trouble when they came, first one opinion and then the next, all brilliantly formulated and eloquently articulated. I couldn't help but watch Callahan react to them, listening politely and interjecting a thought or two here or there. The third opinion finished--saying pretty much what the first two had already said--and he turned his gaze to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I am sure," he announced to the class, "that you all are most interested in hearing what our German Scholar has to say."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The class all looked in my direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Herr Hogenkaeze, what do you think?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so I told him what I thought, straight off the top of my head. The truth of it is that even had I done the research--a scenario which is the very definition of the word hypothetical--I would have given him my own opinion anyway, because we had all heard the real thing three times already, and nobody--least of all Ed-- was in the mood for a fourth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I have been teaching this poem for over thirty years, Herr Hogenkamp, and that is the first time I have ever heard that opinion."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For a moment I wasn't sure if I had lucked into saying something profound: I hadn't. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Unfortunately, Herr Hogenkrieg, originality doesn't always imply genius," he commented, and then went on to torpedo every last one of my ideas. I listed in my seat like the <i>Lusitania. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that's a microcosm of the entire semester: Ed assigned a work of Irish literature, which Peter read. Ed lectured about said work, rendering the words into an easily-digestible emulsion that actually made sense. Ed called on 2 or 3 students he could count on to articulate a well-researched opinion, and then called on Peter, who gave his totally unresearched, wholly original and barely formulated opinion. Ed explained to the class why Peter is wrong, entertaining and edifying the class in the process. </span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Now, I can hear the question forming in your mind: "Just exactly why was this your favorite class?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The answer is that I never once, not even for a minute, felt belittled or put down. There is something about Ed that robbed his barbs of all offense, that took the smart out of his jabs. Thirty years have gone by since the end of that semester, and I can only vaguely recall the subject material, but what I still remember is how to think for myself, how to read something and not only comprehend the deeper meaning, but to apply it to the problems that plague our world, because if you can sort your way through the congestion of Irish literature, you can sort your way though any congestion, be it intellectual or spiritual or or whatever kind of congestion that confounds you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Survey of Irish Literature remains my favorite course because I learned to think for myself, and to defend my opinions under heavy duress. As you have found out, we live in a chaotic and conflicted world, in which you will find yourself, at various times: the object of derision; the butt of the joke; the scapegoat; on the outs; under fire; pressured. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know I have, but Ed Callahan trained me for those circumstances. I can thank Ed who taught me to think for myself and to stick to my guns when others around me didn't share my vision. I can thank Ed for teaching me that an original idea has merit. I can thank Ed who taught me to believe in my ideas and not let others dissuade you from your beliefs. I can thank Ed who taught me to hold on to your dreams, even when everyone else--people close to you, no less, and people whose opinions you trust--tell you to abandon them. As I continue to pursue my dream of being a published author, I rely on these things Ed taught me. When the rejections came, when the whole process took way longer than I wanted it to, when my support wavered, I didn't waver. Thanks, Ed.</span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I should tell you that my relationship with Ed did not end with the one class I took with him. In many ways, it just began. I am happy to say he remained a cherished friend of mine until his death a few years ago. I would add that my family and I took Ed out to dinner a year prior to his death, and after I exchanged the usual three kisses with him, he said: "OK good, now go away and let me spend some time with your wife."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It seems some things never change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On another note, check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intern-Peter-Hogenkamp-ebook/dp/B085X3PXYB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NBC36HRYB075&dchild=1&keywords=the+intern+book+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1589976279&sprefix=the+intern%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1">The Intern (TouchPoint Press, 4/2020)</a> on Amazon (and write a review if you want.) For those of you who want more of a thrilling reading experience, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OV0KR9YUYQOW&dchild=1&keywords=the+vatican+conspiracy+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1598368754&sprefix=the+vatican+consp%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1">The Vatican Conspiracy</a> has been getting rave reviews and excellent ratings. Give them a try.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Cheers, peter</span><br /><br /><span>:)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span face="" style="font-size: medium;"></span><br style="font-size: medium;" /></span><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">, <img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZ3LlfSLIqU/U3SjRlPefVI/AAAAAAAAHyI/lT0aPas8EVI/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" width="256" /></a></span></div></span></span><div style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author living in Rutland, Vermont. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Peter's writing credits include <a href="https://amzn.to/3a37dHv">The Intern</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">, TouchPoint Press, 4/2020; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Conspiracy-completely-gripping-thriller-ebook/dp/B08D6NVWB1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OV0KR9YUYQOW&dchild=1&keywords=the+vatican+conspiracy+peter+hogenkamp&qid=1598368754&sprefix=the+vatican+consp%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1">The Vatican Conspiracy</a>, the first book in the Marco Venetti thriller series, October 2020, Bookouture/HachetteUK; The Vatican Secret, Marco Venetti #2, April 2021; </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller;</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Peter can be found on his <a href="https://www.peterhogenkampbooks.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://auniqueandportablemagic.blogspot.com/">The Book Stops Here</a>, <i>the </i>literary blog for readers and writers written by authors, editors, agents, publishers and poets. <span face="" style="background-color: white;">Peter is the creator, producer and host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4Mgzk6F8U&t=60s">Your Health Matters</a></span><i style="font-family: times;">,</i><span face="" style="background-color: white;"> a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. </span>Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. Peter can be reached at <a href="mailto:peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com">peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com</a> or on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterhogenkampbooks/">Facebook Page</a>.</div></div></div><div id="sidebar-wrapper"><div class="sidebar section" id="sidebar"><div class="widget Profile" id="Profile1"><div class="widget HTML" id="HTML2"><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-63833498157489110112015-01-22T06:18:00.001-08:002015-01-22T06:18:39.945-08:00A Spinal Needle in the Heart: Chapter 7 of #TheIntern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cheers all. I haven't posted a chapter of #theintern in a while, but good things have been happening on that front and I wanted to catch you all up. First, check out the new cover, which an inspired reader created for me. The more I see it, the more I like it--hope you like it as well. Secondly, the editorial board at #Wattpad selected #theintern for the Featured titles list. Now, I realize that this honor and 5.95$ will get me a grande latte at Starbucks, but it was nice all the same. I posted the first few pages of Chapter 7 below, and here's the link to the whole thing. Thanks again for your support: <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/46338168-the-intern-chapter-7-a-spinal-needle-in-the-heart#">A Spinal Needle in the Heart</a><br />
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April died a cold and dreary death, and May bloomed warm and sunny,
filling the streets of Manhattan with life. Maggie dodged a gaggle of
German tourists (Who else who would be wearing Birkenstocks with powder
blue socks?) and mounted the steps to the library. Howard was on
time--he was always on time--sitting on the top step reading his IPad.
She hoped for his sake he was streaming a movie or flipping through a
magazine, but she would have bet her modest paycheck he was reading the
newly released edition of <i>The New England Journal of Medicine.</i><br />
<br />
She
sat down next to him, confirming her suspicions, and kicked him with
one of her sandals. He looked up and smiled, and stowed the tablet into
the satchel which never strayed far from his side.<br />
"Good morning Howard."<br />
<br />
Howard nodded his greeting, and looked her over like a chest x-ray, examining every square inch for a clue to the diagnosis.<br />
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"Hello Maggie."<br />
<br />
"How are you?"<br />
Howard considered this like he considered everything, slowly and with ample deliberation. "Not so good."<br />
<br />
"Not
so good? You're one rotation and four weeks of vacation away from
starting your plastics residency, something you have trained your whole
life for. I would have thought you would be ecstatic."<br />
<br />
"Ecstatic?
Really? When you don't return my calls? When you act like a perfect
stranger when we sit next to each other at a lecture? Ecstatic?"<br />
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Molly said nothing.<br />
<br />
"Every time you ignore me it's like a spinal needle in the heart, Maggie."<br />
<br />
"Don't be so dramatic, Howard. And don't forget you're moving in a month."<br />
<br />
"To Boston, Maggie, not LA. It's a two-hour train ride."<br />
<br />
"We barely see each other now, Howard. It wouldn't work."<br />
<br />
"It would work if you want it to work."<br />
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"You do remember me telling you not to get too attached?"<br />
<br />
Howard didn't say, but Maggie knew he had an eidetic memory and never forgot anything.<br />
"Let's take a walk."<br />
<br />
Howard
nodded morosely and followed her around the steps and down to the green
space on the other side. The pleasant weather had brought out a
battalion of vendors, and Maggie strolled about, surveying the wares.
She picked up a pair of earrings made from green sea glass.<br />
<br />
"What do you think of these?"<br />
<br />
"Since when do you ask me my opinion on jewelry?"<br />
<br />
"I'll take that as a no."<br />
<br />
She
out them back and stopped in front of a kiosk selling hand-knit
sweaters, and held a white one in front of Howard. "This would look nice
on you."<br />
<br />
"I don't need a sweater, Maggie."<br />
<br />
She shrugged and
continued her way down the row, examining sculptures made from refuse,
ceramic dog bowls and vintage neck ties. Howard followed at a distance.<br />
<br />
At
the end of the line Maggie bought a pair of Carmel apples and sat down
on a bench in the sunshine. Howard joined her but refused the snack,
citing dental concerns.<br />
<br />
"Maggie, we need to talk."<br />
<br />
She didn't feel the least bit like talking but Howard didn't want to go quietly--it wasn't in his DNA.<br />
"Ok, what do you want to talk about?"<br />
<br />
"Us."<br />
<br />
Maggie
had always hated the us talk, and she avoided it whenever possible. Two
people moving in sync never needed to talk about us, because they
intuitively understood what was happening. But two people moving at
loggerheads... This was a different thing altogether. She wanted to
blurt out 'There is no us' and just be done with it, but she nodded
instead.<br />
<br />
"What's going on with us?"<br />
<br />
"We're friends, Howard."<br />
<br />
"No, we're not."<br />
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Hooked, aren't you? Fortunately, here's the link again so you don't have to scroll up. <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/46338168-the-intern-chapter-7-a-spinal-needle-in-the-heart#">A Spinal Needle in the Heart</a> <br />
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And some <b>Good News </b>to end: Absolution, the first book of The Jesuit thriller series, is just about to be shopped to editors and publishers. With luck, I should have a publication date for you before the snow melts (for those of you who don't live in Vermont, that's usually sometime in March.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peter Hogenkamp is a physician and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter's writing credits include ABSOLU<span style="font-size: large;">TION, <span style="font-size: large;">the first book of </span></span>The Jesuit thriller series; THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller; and <i>The Intern</i>, a serialized novel based loosely on Peter's internship, published bi-weekly on <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/10247854-the-intern#">#Wattpad</a>. Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://www.auniqueandportablemagic.blogsot.com/">Prose&Cons</a>; a frequent contributor and reviewer at <a href="http://www.readwave.com/one-night-in-boston_s16397">ReadWave</a>; the founder and moderator of groups on Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeterHogenkamo/">The Library</a>), Google+ (<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fiction%20writers%20anonymous&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEcQFjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2Fcommunities%2F115263800234937683912&ei=Dbd0U92oGfO1sATxxoC4Cw&usg=AFQjCNG8cU2j0SI6bC-qI-HNuWhWjmHYmQ&sig2=v7LrUl3HMVRGS-htgWiMcQ&bvm=bv.66917471,d.cWc">Fiction Writers Anonymous</a>); and a Beta-reader at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peter.hogenkamp.3?ref=tn_tnmn">StoryShelter</a>. Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. He can be reached at <a href="mailto:peter@peterhogenkamp.com">peter@peterhogenkamp.com</a> or through his literary agent (Liz Kracht of Kimberely Cameron & Associates) at <a href="mailto:liz@kimberleycameron.com">liz@kimberleycameron.com</a>.</span></div>
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cheers <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Happy
New Year peeps; I haven't been around in a while but I swear there is a
good reason. (One of the members in my mother's Canasta group came down
with podagra and I was forced to sub in--cuz the Canasta must go on.)
Besides that, I am--as the title of this post indicates--lost in the
last revision of ABSOLUTION, the first book of the Jesuit Thriller
series. Seeing as that this is the ultimate revision before Liz
(ueberagent Liz Kracht) shops it sometime this winter, I am giving it my
all, sparing nothing--including attention to personal hygiene. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So,
to keep you folks from getting restless, I am re-posting a blog I wrote
last year. If you already read it, why not give Canasta a try--my
mother is still looking for a few good players. If you somehow missed
it, clear your schedule for the next ten minutes and settle in to your
armchair. Happy New Year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It
was about ten years ago and we were in the middle of arctic front that
lasted about eight days. From what I can remember, there were three days
when the temperature never got <i>above</i> -10 degrees. Now, you smart
people out there will realize this would be a good time to hunker down
by the wood stove and settle in to a good book. But I was young (still
less than 40) and foolish (those of you who know me well will have no
trouble believing that.) And so I snowshoed up the second highest
mountain in Vermont that day, Killington Peak, when the temperature at
the base was -12 degrees Fahrenheit, and the summit was -20 and whipped
by a COLD wind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In
the following years I have thought much about that day, and when the
quintessential Vermont artist Peter Huntoon asked me to write a short
story for his website, that day under the cold January sun came right to
mind. I have always loved paradoxes, and the idea that the sun (which
is 27 million degrees F at its core--although only a cool 10 million F
at the surface) could be cold appealed to me greatly. But I can assure
you it was a very cold sun staring at me on that day 10 years ago. </span></div>
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here's the story on which Peter based his painting. I have
fictionalized it slightly--I don't own a truck and my snowshoes were
made of plastic and aircraft-grade aluminum--but, for the most part,
it's entirely accurate. Hope you enjoy it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Under the Cold January Sun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
sun lifted over Killington Peak to the east, marking the start of another cold
January day. The man loaded up the wood stove with the last of the apple wood
he had stashed on the porch, and waded through the snow in the backyard to
fetch the wheelbarrow. It was a quiet morning in the valley; all he could hear
was the crunch of his boots underneath him and the rattle of the beech leaves
in the hedgerow behind his house. Apple smoke wafted in the gathering breeze,
mixing with the sweet odor of rotting hay from the farm next door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When
the porch was filled again—this time with the maple he had removed from his neighbor’s
roof—he passed back inside to the intoxicating warmth of his kitchen and
readied his backpack, as Gracie looked on from her usual spot on the throw rug
halfway between the stove and the slider that overlooked her territory. He tucked
the last of the supplies into the sack, tightened the cord and headed for the
door with his yellow Lab at his heels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>His
old truck complained bitterly about the cold, but turned over in the end, and
forced its way through the snow that had fallen before the arrival of the
arctic front. He turned onto the highway and headed up the pass, the lone
vehicle foolish enough to brave the cold. The Wheelerville Road loomed ahead on
his right, a single lane running next to the brook that gave it its name, and
he turned on to it and stopped to lock the hubs into four-wheel before resuming
his way. At the sharp turn marking the beginning of the Notch road he swung
into the parking lot for the Bucklin trailhead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It
took him two minutes to lace on his shoes—a pair of Tubbs fashioned from ash
and catgut—but his fingers were frozen stiff by the end and he was happy to
shove them into the welcoming warmth of his mittens. He collected Gracie and
his rucksack from the cab and started off, shoeing steadily up the flat section
of the trail that skirted the North Branch of the Cold River, which gurgled
noisily under the ice. A mile up the trail he crossed the river on a
thick floe of ice that resembled the Champlain Bridge and started up the steep shoulder
that led to the mountain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Halfway
up the ascent he stopped to pull off his wool sweater and swap his mittens for
a light pair of gloves. Gracie sat in the snow as he changed, calmly surveying
the nearby pines for something to chase. But the squirrels were all tucked
away, the grouse were huddled together out of sight, and even the hares weren’t
foolish enough to venture out on such a day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
reached the top of the shoulder around mid-day, arriving at Cooper’s Cabin as
the cold sun arrived at its zenith in the sky. Gracie padded inside, and he
followed her in and deposited his rucksack on the old picnic table. Lunch was
simple—a PBJ for him and two pieces of dried venison for Gracie—and quick; not
even five minutes had elapsed before they went back out, leaving his shoes and
pack in the cabin to be retrieved later. But it was all he could afford;
already the cold—his thermometer registered a chilly fifteen below, without the
wind chill—had penetrated beneath his clothing and hooked the flesh beneath
with its icy claws. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
last half-mile of the climb was all that remained, a steep chimney of rock hewn
out of the back side of Killington Peak. He had climbed it a hundred times before,
and knew every stony step. It amazed him that a dog as big as Gracie could
negotiate the narrow pitch, but she made easy work of it, stopping often to
gaze back at him with her watchful eyes. Half-way up the birches petered out,
giving way to the scrub pines that lined the
trail. The problem was that he was six-feet and then some, well above the protection
the shrubs provided from the bitter wind, which increased with every foot he
ascended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
reached the top and celebrated in his normal fashion, with a piece of dark
chocolate and a biscuit for Gracie. It was his wont to linger up top and
appreciate the view, but the thermometer registered 20 degrees below zero, and
the wind whipped the exposed peak with a hatred centuries in the making. He
could feel the heat draining from his body, and knew he had to get off the peak
in short order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A
bit of panic set in and he started off too fast, loosing his footing on an
ice-covered root. He slid ten feet or so, and came to an abrupt stop, bruised
but not broken, inside a dense thicket of pine branches. Gracie came back right
away, looking him over with her chocolate eyes to make sure he was okay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It
was a full hour before he returned to the cabin, and he was chilled to the bone.
The cost of a safe passage had been time and exposure, and the price had been
as steep as the rocky chute itself. He collected his gear, donned everything he
had stowed in the pack—wool sweater, Caribou-hide hat, and Gore-Tex mittens—and
tied on his shoes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It
was an easy descent down the long shoulder and that was the problem—it was too
easy. He hadn’t realized he had built up a sweat on the way up, but he realized
it now as the thin layer of water froze on his skin, chilling him further and
stiffening his gait. Worse still, the wind had changed to the west, whistling up
the slope with a ferocity that discharged the snow from the trees and warmth
from his body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
was only one thing to do; he needed to go back up. And up he went, slowly at
first, and then a little faster as the burning calories defrosted his skin and
made movement a bit easier. After several hundred yards he could feel the
stinging in his fingertips and his toes burned like an oil-soaked log. In another
few minutes the pain resolved with the return of his circulation, and he turned
around again to face the wind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It
was dark when he arrived back at the trail head, a consequence of his pop-goes-the-weasel
descent. The truck turned over first time, and he sat in the cab and warmed up before
braving the road. He parked in the rickety old barn behind the house and
grabbed a few sticks of firewood as he went in, dumping them onto the dying
embers lining the floor of the wood stove. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
smell of venison stew permeated the kitchen, bubbling up from the Crockpot next
to the old sink. He divided it into two equal parts, put Gracie’s on the pine board
floor, and sank into armchair next to the stove. His brother had given him a
bottle of porter for Christmas, and he drank this in accompaniment to the stew,
the warm comfort of the kitchen, and the crackling of the fire.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Gracie
finished her meal and plopped down on her rug, and they drifted off to sleep,
putting a fitting end to a good day under the cold January sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
hope you enjoyed the story and I am sure you enjoyed the painting. For
those visiting my blog, please check out <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">My Website</a> and sign up for my blog. I can also be found on #wattpad, where
I am writing a serialized novel about the life of a medical intern
(called, imaginatively, The Intern). Please click on the link and check
it out. (My mother has given it a good review!) <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/83488679-the-intern-chapter-9-the-girl-in-room-12#">The Intern</a><a href="http://www.wattpad.com/31178995-the-intern-chaper-1-the-boy-in-room-12#"> </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks again
to Peter Huntoon. I appreciate the opportunity and I love the painting.
If you want the chance to bid on the painting, or check out some of
Peter's other original artwork, here is his <a href="http://www.adayinvermont.com/">WEBSITE.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks for your support, peter</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peter Hogenkamp is a physician and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter's writing credits include ABSOLU<span style="font-size: large;">TION, <span style="font-size: large;">the first book of </span></span>The Jesuit thriller series; THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller; and <i>The Intern</i>, a serialized novel based loosely on Peter's internship, published bi-weekly on <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/10247854-the-intern#">#Wattpad</a>. Peter can be found on his <a href="http://www.peterhogenkamp.com/">Author Website</a> as well as his personal blog, <a href="http://www.phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/">PeterHogenkampWrites</a>, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the founder and editor of <a href="http://www.auniqueandportablemagic.blogsot.com/">Prose&Cons</a>; a frequent contributor and reviewer at <a href="http://www.readwave.com/one-night-in-boston_s16397">ReadWave</a>; the founder and moderator of groups on Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeterHogenkamo/">The Library</a>), Google+ (<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fiction%20writers%20anonymous&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEcQFjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2Fcommunities%2F115263800234937683912&ei=Dbd0U92oGfO1sATxxoC4Cw&usg=AFQjCNG8cU2j0SI6bC-qI-HNuWhWjmHYmQ&sig2=v7LrUl3HMVRGS-htgWiMcQ&bvm=bv.66917471,d.cWc">Fiction Writers Anonymous</a>); and a Beta-reader at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peter.hogenkamp.3?ref=tn_tnmn">StoryShelter</a>. Peter also created and judges a #bestfirstparagraph contest for #NaNoWriMo<span style="font-size: large;">; entries<span style="font-size: large;"> may be submitte<span style="font-size: large;">d 12/1/14 - 12/31/14 on the </span></span></span><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/115263800234937683912">Fiction Writers Anonymous<span style="font-size: large;"> feed. </span></a>Peter tweets--against the wishes of his wife and four children--at <a href="https://twitter.com/phogenkampVT">@phogenkampvt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theprosecons">@theprosecons</a>. He can be reached at <a href="mailto:peter@peterhogenkamp.com">peter@peterhogenkamp.com</a> or through his literary agent (Liz Kracht of Kimberely Cameron & Associates) at <a href="mailto:liz@kimberleycameron.com">liz@kimberleycameron.com</a>.</span></div>
Peter Hogenkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277849942178361707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-64569037224788337632014-05-01T15:09:00.001-07:002014-05-01T15:09:12.326-07:00A Brief Guest BlogDad, the guest blog tool works. I will now return to studying, for fear of invoking mother's wrath. <div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559446092262952614.post-4870101506682242622014-03-25T06:43:00.003-07:002014-03-27T04:36:00.151-07:00The Tuesday Morning Book Review: The Riviera Contract by Arthur Kerns.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been reading thrillers for years, ever since my mom's friend Betty Gralton gave me an old copy of Alistair Mac Lean's <i>Fear is the Key.</i> In the subsequent 40 years I have read hundreds and hundreds, in every sub-genre from historical to Eco, political to medical, religious to international. In the process, one picks up a few things about the genre: the plots, the settings, the dialogue, and, especially, the main characters. Fleming's Bond and LeCarre's Smiley have been oft referenced--guilty--and so I will leave then out, but the usual MC is often very predictable, a talented (plug-in ex-Navy Seal, NSA agent, Federal Marshal etc.) forced out of service because of a (plug-in alcohol problem, bad relationship, horrific experience) is forced back into service to save the life of his (plug-in red-headed, blonde, brunette) ex-wife, who he (wait for it) still loves. You've read that one too?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">But it's a formula that works: the previous career gives the MC a plausible reason to be involved in the plot, without being just yet another faceless agent in a clandestine service. The flaw provides a reason why the MC left his career in the first place, as well as a source of internal conflict he must overcome. And the saving of the red-headed ex-wife allows the reader to develop the all-important visceral empathy that keeps the reader and MC connected for a long time. (Consider <i>A Time to Kill</i>, by--the real--John Grisham: I read that book twenty years ago and I still remember Carl Lee Hailey, the father of the 10-year-old black girl raped by two white boys who takes justice into his own hands. That's the kind of visceral empathy I am talking about.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The problem is that formulas which work get used a lot--especially in the crowded thriller market--and many of them start blending together like so many westerns and romances. Enter Hayden Stone, Art Kern's former FBI agent scooped out of retirement by the CIA to fill a vacancy in the glamorous French Riviera. Stone is divorced from his wife not because of his infidelity, but rather his wife's boredom, and your first clue about Kerns' twist on the tried and true is apparent: the entire book is heavily steeped in reality. No suspension of disbelief here. Which is not say that Hayden Stone is boring or mundane: Stone is anything but boring, but the point remains valid--<i>The Riviera Contract</i> is the genuine article, written by a industry insider. Kerns' long tenure in the FBI not only flavors Stone as am MC, but the dialogue between characters and the pacing as well. The reader gets a real sense of how operatives actually speak to one another, as opposed to the sexier but less realistic witty repartees that Bond was famous for. And the pacing is realistic as well, moving at the logic of an actual investigation, as opposed to from one violent scene to the--somewhat connected--next. The winner here is authenticity--and I think you will find it a refreshing change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kerns' experience sinks into the writing as well; the prose is direct and not over-written, and the plot might well have been--and probably was--taken from Kerns' long career in counter-terrorism. Add to this the perfect setting for a spy thriller, a French Riviera that is painted by Kerns with subtle and reserved brush strokes, and you have a debut thriller leaving you wanting a sequel in short order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Speaking of that, Kerns' next book, <i>The African Contract</i>, is due out soon, also on Diversion Books. Diversion Books is mainly an e-publisher, but does have a
print-on-demand option for those of you who still like the feel of a book in your hand. I bought my copy of <i>The Riviera Contract</i> through Kindle, but it is
available with any e-reader. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">And don't worry--the brunette ex is in there, and she's just as shapely and exotic as any Bond girl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks again for tuning in to the inaugural post of The Tuesday Morning Book Review on PeterHogenkampWrites. I will end by posting a direct link to DiversionBooks for those of you whose interest I piqued. <a href="https://ganxy.com/i/76041/diversion-easter-basket-thrillers/the-riviera-contract?style=embed&skin=light&transparent=true&width=600&noAuthor=true&noTitle=true#direct-payment-options">The Riviera Contract</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are in a mood for book reviews (and since I am in a mood for shameless self-promotion) here are links to several other books I have reviewed:<a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/2013/11/book-review-olen-steinhauers-american.html"> Saving Laura, by Jim Satterfield </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://phogenkampvt.blogspot.com/2013/11/book-review-olen-steinhauers-american.html">An American Spy, by Olen Steinhauer</a></span><br />
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