Gregory Humphrey’s Second Book Rounding The Curve To Completion

It is one thing to write a series of sentences, paragraphs, and chapters, but quite another to fashion them all into a book.  Add into the mix the formatting, frontispiece, photo selections, font style, and the overall dimensions of the project, along with a few months’ hiatus for late fall and holiday enjoyment, and we wind up in January 2023.  Clearly, I do not have the dogged constitution of a writer who knocks out a few thousand words every morning prior to lunch.  

With the New Year underway, I asked the man who formatted my first published work, Walking Up The Ramp, if he might be interested in another project. His response was almost instantaneous and made for smiles at my desk.  “Unequivocally yes”.  While I podcast and record my own History Minutes for YouTube, aligning sentences so that at the end of each page it looks like an adult was in change is simply not my forte. I am most heartened that someone with skills in this type of programming will oversee this aspect of my project.

Final editing is now underway with small details being completed regarding how the book will look and ‘feel’.  My book will be published in time to usher in the new green leaves and colorful blooms of spring.  The book will be available on Amazon.

New Doty Land Podcast: Perspective Of Rylan Spates, A 9 Year-Old Boy

For about three hours Sunday night, until about 10:30, I could be found on the third floor of our home working on my first Doty Land podcast for 2023. After what was a tumultuous week of headlines from Washington, our home turned far calmer Saturday and most enjoyable when Rylan Spates came to our door and said “Hello!”

Here, in a 14-minute podcast are multiple reasons to smile. As noted on the recording every home needs a young person to add perspective to life. That is because the world can be much more enjoyable when viewed from the eyes of a 9-year-old boy.  Rylan Spates, known to many as PB & Bacon 6, shares his thoughts about everything from spiral stairsteps to rollercoasters.  He shows broadcasting savvy and makes for many enjoyable smiles and laughs along the way.  A wonderful podcast to start off a New Year!

Gregory Humphrey History Minute Video: Inauguration Day And Death 1853

My 60-second history video. Few know this story about President Franklin Pierce and former First Lady Abigail Fillmore. Read more history and never be bored again. But first, watch this fast story.

Gregory Humphrey’s Second Book Moving Along To Completion

When people say off-the-cuff at a barbeque or dinner party, and usually after a couple of beverages, ‘I should write a book’ it sounds as if the experience will be effortless and just smooth sailing with smiles the whole way through from start to finish.  After completing my first book Walking Up The Ramp I am more than able to dispel any fanciful idea that the process is easy or not taxing on the stress level.  Meaningful, yes. Introspective, certainly. Time-consuming, absolutely. Enriching…well, check the many meanings of the word in a dictionary and one will actually fit!

As I am in the final stretch of my second book, knowing full well the lure of the summer sun and warm nights having too easily pulled me from my desk I can say the journey of writing and packaging this effort is well worth my investment of time and resolve.   But the self-imposed deadline for the publication to meet the change of seasons from summer to fall will not be met.  But I do see land ahead! Like any good journey on water, it all gets better when seagulls fly overhead, and I can say that is the case here.

As I ponder this project that started last November, I am reminded of a cartoon that sums up the book-writing experience for folks like me who do not have a New York agent.

Stay tuned for updates, the project will be worth the wait. 

(Gregory)Humphrey History Minute: Jack Alcock And Arthur Brown

The wonderful adventurous stories from the pages of history that make for smiles, and the delight in retelling them, lead me to this latest history minute. From my home recording studio, I take you back to 1919.

To My Readers: Thanks For Spike In Numbers At Caffeinated Politics

This is all due to my Caffeinated Politics Facebook readers on my little place on the internet highway. Folks like you. Thanks. Sorry for the fuzzy screenshot.

New Doty Land Podcast: “Sure Does Feel Stormy Today”

Podcaster Gregory Humphrey goes back to childhood days in Hancock, Wisconsin to prove weather of all sorts should be viewed up close.  Nothing is better than grandma’s arm around a shoulder as the thunder crashes or as a boy walking into the bracing winds of a winter snowstorm.  Nostalgic warm memories for anyone wishing to trek back in time. (7 minutes)

PB & Bacon 6, A Future YouTuber – Doty Land

The world can be much more enjoyable when viewed from the perspective of a 9-year-old boy.  Rylan Spates, known to many as PB & Bacon 6,  shares his thoughts about everything from spiral stairsteps to rollercoasters.  He shows broadcasting savvy and makes for many enjoyable smiles and laughs along the way.  A wonderful podcast to start off a New Year!

1. PB & Bacon 6, A Future YouTuber 14:00
2. Memories Of Trans American School Of Broadcasting 37:29
3. Elvis, Thunderstorms, Dan Rather, And Local Radio 12:46
4. Sparking Moments Of Joy And Remembrance During The Long Goodbye 23:15
5. Acting With Humanity In Time Of War Makes For New Film 21:56

You can hear Doty Land and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartradio, Spotify, Castro, and many other sites.

Humphrey History Video: Bipartisanship!

It seems quaint to write of political opposites seeing their role on the national stage being about the higher requirements of the country. But history shows that was the case.