Ever wondered about street photography? Why all the hype? Although street photography seems to be enjoying a lot of popularity in recent times, it really isn’t anything new. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Vivian Maier or even Joel Meyerowitz were not born yesterday. One might confidently assert that street photography, as a genre proper, has been [...]

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In Dallas, if not the state, the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek sets the standard of taste and class. So much so that when authors such as Richardson’s Dee Stuart use the location in her books it needs no explanation. A must see and be seen place for any dignitary or celebrity the restaurant is [...]

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It has been a few months since the events The Case of the Haunted House and now as this fourth book in the well done series opens, it is Christmas time.  This means it is time for his Dad to come to Quinn under the divorce visitation agreement between his parents. This year, Quinn and [...]

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Author Douglas Quinn introduces a new series aimed primarily at girls ages 8-12 with The Adventures of Summer McPhee of Ocracoke Island: The Midnight Skulker.  This is a series spun off from the book The Adventures of Quinn Higgins Boy Detective: The Cave of Blackbeard’s Treasure where Summer McPhee was introduced.  Summer lives on Ocracoke [...]

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Without doubt one of the more entertaining ‘Punkish’ bands to come out of the late 70’s was The Monks. The Strawbs had exploded in a red mess all over the walls, and so John Ford and Richard Hudson decided to head off into uncharted waters. To this day I still do not quite understand what [...]

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