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I am trying to understand the Ukraine War.

I've been meaning to write a review of Blaine Pardoe's Blue Dawn for quite some time.

This is one I don't recommend. Anthony Kiedis is a lifelong jackass. And a privileged one at that. Abusive of women, friends, his bandmates and, of course, drugs. I read all the way through hoping for a redeemable quality or epiphany.

I vividly remember the flag of the USSR coming down at midnight on Christmas night in Moscow, in 1991, and the tricolor flag of Russia rising in its place.

I am back-filling my new blog hosted by North Arrow Press with posts from markjamesauthor.com, which now directs here.

We are charting a new course. Welcome to my new blog. My old site, markjamesauthor.com, now directs here — to North Arrow Press, which will host updates, reviews, and the occasional reflection as I continue the journey as an author. I'll be sure to back-fill this new blog with salient posts like previous book reviews.