Rog Smith
My First Book Signing Event That Wasn't
On October 15, 2022, the Skaneateles Historical Society hosted my first-ever Book Signing Event, although it became much more than that....
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Rog Smith
Jul 11, 20221 min read
At Long Last, We Have a Launch
Print and electronic copies of The Conductor - Book 1 of Rian Krieger's Journey are now available on Amazon and printer versions may be...
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Rog Smith
Apr 16, 20223 min read
"I'm a Warrior by name and a warrior by nature."
I heard my grandmother Helen Warrior Betts say those words a hundred times and they were spot on. She was feisty, opinionated, and...
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Rog Smith
Mar 20, 20221 min read
The Excitement is Building
I think back on the arc of my life, and the writing I have done as a child, a teenager, a college student, and in my adult life. I...
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Rog Smith
May 16, 20211 min read
Announcement
I am pleased to announce that Sunbury Press of Boiling Springs, PA has agreed to publish Book 1 of Rian Krieger's Journey: The Conductor.
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Rog Smith
Dec 31, 20203 min read
The Letter S that Changed History
I once fired a secretary because of an apostrophe. Honest. Now in fairness, at the time I was the director of a new science museum. It...
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Rog Smith
Sep 27, 20202 min read
Semaphore Towers
Ask most people when the era of rapid long-distance communication began, and they’ll tell you with the invention of the electric ...
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Rog Smith
Sep 18, 20202 min read
Things I Do If My Writing Gets Stuck
There’s a wonderful movie called The Wife in which [alleged author] Jonathan Price locks [the real author] Glenn Close in the study ...
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Rog Smith
Dec 12, 20193 min read
Why History Pendulum?
[Author note: this blog was originally called "History Pendulum."] Why History Pendulum? The answer goes back fifty years. I had been a ...
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Rog Smith
Dec 7, 20192 min read
The U.S.S Pennsylvania
Today is December 7, 2019, 78 years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. I take this occasion for a bit of nautical history… There...
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Rog Smith
Dec 5, 20191 min read
Buffalo Bill Cody
One of the coolest museums I have visited recently is the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, WY. Cody was a Pony Express rider, a...
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Rog Smith
Aug 11, 20191 min read
Cranfest in the Courtyard
Last Thursday, I attended a delightful concert at the Harwich Community Center. Cranfest in the Courtyard presented folk singer Zoe...
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Rog Smith
Aug 7, 20191 min read
I Introduce Myself
I’ve enjoyed every profession I’ve had. Only my first job (teaching high school history in the 1970s) and my present one (writing a...
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