Abilene Texas
After Shreveport, LA, next stop Abilene Texas. Please keep in mind that Dad (that would be me) had root canal surgery done in Shreveport and was up most of the night freezing my jaw with ice and taking Tylenol. Jackie Read More …
Author: johnjjessopauthor
The Real Shreveport
Having read my father’s revisionist history of the offset of our trip around the country, I feel the need to set things straight. So, here’s what really happened, the real Shreveport. The summer after I graduated college, my father and Read More …
Shreveport, LA, Root Canal Central
Shreveport, LA comes to mind as the first truly memorable stop on our 7600 mile, 30-day road trip cross-country (the road trip on which we staged the plot for MURDER BY ROAD TRIP). As promised, Jackie and I will write Read More …
MURDER BY ROAD TRIP Book Launch
BOOK LAUNCH! It’s here! It’s here! The moment we’ve all (or is it just me? It can’t be just me) been waiting for: MURDER BY ROAD TRIP is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and through IngramSpark! I’ve dedicated Read More …
MURDER BY ROAD TRIP Pre-Launch
After a handful of delays (have you met 2020?), I’m launching my newest comedy murder mystery entitled MURDER BY ROAD TRIP on November 16, 2020 with my brilliant (she made me say that) co-author, my youngest daughter Jackie. How did I end up writing the Read More …
Let’s All Go to the Drive-In Movies
Ah, the drive-in movies. It appears that in this brave new world of Covid-19, self-isolation and social distancing, the drive-in movie is coming back. Apparently many Walmart stores have plans to convert their parking lots into drive-in theaters, so families Read More …
2020, The Year of the Suck
My wife has labelled 2020 the “Year of the Suck.” Hard to argue with her on that account. We’re in that delightful demographic so fondly known as the “elderly”, and this was supposed to be our time to kick back, Read More …
I Wrote a Book; You Gotta Be Nuts!
I retired from forty years working in the pharmaceutical industry and I wrote a book, to become a writer in retirement. I could have written scientific manuals for companies on how best to obtain a license for marketing their drug Read More …
We Need Term Limits; or Can the Walking Dead Really Govern?
The US Congress is in desperate need of TERM LIMITS. I’m trying very hard to avoid political subjects in my blog. Right now people who don’t agree with your opinion appear to want to kill you. I’m already over 65 Read More …
We Made Plans; God Laughed
We made plans, retirement plans. A friend once told me “we made plans, God laughed.” Another friend said “life is what happens while you’re making other plans.” My current response is more along the lines of “we made plans, and Read More …