Smoke on GO! LATEST.

Smoke on GO is now into chapter 12. Here is a video of the main characters: Georginia Harper, Ally Little, and Alex Meyer.

Eye Colour confusion!

 Hi all! 

Well, the first chapter of the new story, "Cargo Drop," was published yesterday (2023-07-20). Feedback from my readers indicated that there seems to be confusion over the lead female character, Bobbie's, eye colour. 

Although most RED HEADs has green eyes, in a rare way you do get red heads that has blue eyes! Yes, very rare... But it is a fact, and our girl has BLUE eyes. Head over to the page with pictures of Bobbie and see for yourself.

As soon as chapter two publish on SOL, I will upload chapter one here on this blog.

Keep well, and stay safe!

Bye 4 Now!

Hello Again!

 Good morning to all you fine and wonderful people.

Winter has now settled in very well and although not as cold as in some parts of the world, it is still cold for us! The weather prophets say we will have some snow on Monday in Gauteng, but I suspect that my chances of building a snowman will be very remote.

In my last post I told you about a story I am working on. Sorry... like the scary story that one went on ice as well. My main critic, my wife, told me that the story is boring. Like all my stories it is by meets girl, boy and girl like each other, and they live happy ever after.

So, to not keep my fans waiting, I revisited my very first story I wrote, but never published. (It only came to chapter 3.) I revamped the plot and the main characters, changed some other stuff and now chapters 1 to 5 are going out to the editors. I suspect I will start posting it on storiesonline.net during the middle of July.

In the meantime, one of my readers mailed me to say he lost the links to my stories. I did mail him back with the links. He did contact me via my email: jodydaniel28@gmail.com. He did in fact found the stories not on this blog, but through the Facebook page: Jody Daniel Author.

For those of you that want to check out the FB page, you are welcome and here is a link to that page:

https://web.facebook.com/jody.daniel.1806/?paipv=0&eav=AfaekOECxpjV68OLftrb01Tnf8Q4JyADZsXt9CfcU_FFIYHezkV5TwhAftwQqvsxKhw&_rdc=1&_rdr

Or just search "Jody Daniel Author" (without the quotes of course!)

I will put up a link to the page on the links page here, and also on the FB page to cross reference with this blog.

The New Story?

Well, I must first wait for the editors to finish up with the editing and then I will tell you more.

Okay! Some of you that read Morningside Meadows might want to see what the Boeing 747-8F looks like in the Angels Express Logistics colours. Here is some of the pics as well as some pics of the Cessna Citation Ten and the Eurocopter AS332LS that will feature in the new story.

Keep well, and stay safe and healthy.

Regards.

Bye 4 now!

Copy of my SOL blog Post:

I know that in my last blog entry I have sort of given you guys a little taste of a scary story that I am working on! Alas, Ash and the Angels has intervened, and put a stop to the scary story. (For now. LOL.)

This time around there’s something happening in the little village of Kleinzee on the west coast of South Africa. Deep in the heartland of Namaqualand, on the edge of the Great Karoo.

This story was prompted by someone asking me to write something about the Karoo region of South Africa as an intro to an upcoming article he wants to publish about a Battle Of Britain air ACE.

Well, the story has nothing to do with the Battle of Britain or the air ace. Nope! But as I was writing the intro, some gears clicked into place in my twisted mind, and, Ta-Daa! A new story was born!

This will be a story in the Angels Universe, and maybe one of the unattached Angels will find a man of her dreams. Maybe, I said. Don’t count on it as the story do seems to take a life of its own. BUT, anything is possible.

Oh, yes! An old friend will be back as well. (Sorry to dash someone’s retirement dreams. LOL!)

Chapter one of the story is done and dusted, (Depending on the editors??), but I will delay in posting it until about the middle of June, as one of my editors is taking a well deserved break and gone on a world travel excursion. Also, I would like to get ahead with a few chapters, thus not keeping you rooted to your seats in waiting for the outcome of a cliff-hanger. (Jody’s favourite plot device! The evil laugh…)

So, just to keep you in the loop that JD has not gone into hiding and is working behind the scenes to bring you a new story.

Well, in the meantime, I’ve taken on a real involved task. One of the stray cats around here has got herself run over by a car. She died on impact leaving behind three kittens of three weeks old. Thus, the Great Legendary Wildlife Conservationist has managed to snare the three kittens and are feeding them baby kitten formula ever 5 hours! So, sleep for me is a little interrupted lately.

Until next time! Keep well, stay safe!

Bye 4 now!

Back in business

 Hi All!

Yes, I'm back in business! Some issues with the latest economic environment here in South Africa. Being without power for hours at a time do impede on my ability to update this blog. But fear not. I did find away around the electric load shedding schedule. LOL.

Due to a change in the RULES of the Storiesonline.net website, I can now bring you little sneak previews of my stories. I started with the latest one on SOL; "Morningside Meadows." I have uploaded the full chapter one of the story, and you can find it on the page here.

In time I will drop previews of all my stories. I would really like your feedback, so please drop me a email at jodydaniel28@gmail.com (You can even find the mail link on the homepage of this blog.)

Well, until next time: Stay good! Keep well and healthy.

Bye 4 now!

LASD Super Puma “Rescue 5” accident.

 

A while back I showed you pictures of a beautiful Super Puma Helicopter of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. It is sad for me to report that he fine helicopter is no more, as it crashed on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at around 16:58. Here is the text of Associated Press, released on Sunday 20 March 2022.

Pictures of the crashed helicopter is here. Scroll to the bottom of the page to view the pictures.

Here is the Associated Press news article:

By The Associated Press

Published: Mar. 20, 2022 at 3:28 AM GMT+2|Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 6:22 AM GMT+2

AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — Six people were injured Saturday afternoon after a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department helicopter crashed in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa, the LA County Fire Department said.

All six passengers were airlifted to Pomona Valley Medical Center, Sheriff Alex Villanueva told The Los Angeles Times. One of the passengers is in critical condition, two are in moderate condition and two others have minor injuries, he said.

The Times reported that five of the passengers on the Air Rescue 5 helicopter were deputies with the Sheriff’s Department, and the sixth was a doctor from UCLA.

The passengers suffered a variety of injuries, including fractures and broken ribs.

“They are in stable condition, some more banged up than others, but thankful to be alive,” Villanueva told the Times. The fact that there were no fatalities “is nothing short of a miracle.”

The crash occurred at 4:58 p.m. near the San Gabriel Reservoir, which is near Highway 39 and East Fork Road near Azusa.

The Times reported that the green Air Rescue 5 helicopter was responding to a call for service in the area at the time of the crash. The San Dimas station received a call that a helicopter went down at 4:58 p.m., the sheriff’s department said.

The damaged aircraft is now lying on its side in Azusa Canyon near the San Gabriel Dam. Multiple emergency vehicles are at the scene.

The rescue helicopter makes hundreds of flights annually into some of the toughest terrain, often flying into narrow canyons and dealing with difficult topography.

The helicopter crew has “saved thousands of lives over the years,” Villanueva told the Times.

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the crash, spokesman Eric Weiss said.

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Thursday September 01, 2022

Hello everyone.

Hope you are all good. Welcome to people from Nigeria and Italy that came over to look at this blog. I hope you enjoy it as well as my stories at  Storiesonline.net.

As promised in a previous post: head over to the new story page for all the pictures that did not made it into the final publication of Chapters 1 & 2.

Yes! Chapter two will post later today at Storiesonline.net.

Have fun! Stay safe and keep out of mischief.

Bye 4 Now! 

To Cheat the Devil

 Hi all!

Hope you are well and keeping up in this troubled times. Well let us not dwell on the negative. The good news is that after some persuasion from my one editor, I posted the first chapter of "To Cheat the Devil" just now on SOL. 

Later this week I will upload some pics that did not make the cut into the story, here on this blog. For a link to SOL and links to to all my stories, please visit my LINKS PAGE on this blog.

Keep well!

Bye 4 now!

Copy of Blog entry at SOL

Hi all!

Now that the spring is in the air and old man winter is slowly finding its way NORTH, things are just peachy here in sunny South Africa.

The good news, (for some of you — (Critics included.)) is that the follow-up on “The Sound of Thunder” is doing well. Chapters one to three has been received back from the editors and chapter 4 is nearly on its way to them.

In line with my new policy of writing the story completely before posting is doing well. I have more time to check and recheck facts, and SPELLING that the editors miss… (Sorry big guys…), and a few other things as well. Maybe sometimes add some clarity to a previous chapter, so the story reads correctly, and you are not caught by surprise on something.

A story has a life of its own, and sometimes the STORY dictates what is happening or going to happen, and not my pen hand, writing it to my carefully devised plan. Nooo… The story has the final say! Therefore, it is sometimes called for, to go and add, or change something in a previous chapter. If that chapter was posted, oh boy, what is done was done, and very hard to change.

So, I hope you guys are good with the way I’ll be posting in the future. I tried it with “Amelia,” and it worked out well.

Now, this was just to say “HI” to all, and assure you I am still around, working hard behind the scenes to get “To Cheat the Devil,” out to you as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Keep well and stay safe!

Bye 4 now.

P.S. I still don't know what the offensive content is that the post of 12 August contain, that caused it to be placed behind an ADULT Screen. I asked for a review and Google has not come to light with it. Just click on the "I'm OKAY WITH IT" button and go read it. I assure you there is nothing "OFFENSIVE" about it! If you do however find something, PLEASE report it to me at jodydaniel28@gmail.com. I thank you.

And the time moves on...

 

I hope and trust that everyone is in good health and are being safe.

I was overwhelmed by the response that “Amelia got from my readers across the world. I don’t go about score or downloads, but by the email responses and comments posted.

This time around I endeavour to go beyond the knowing and explore the mystic world of make believe. We all sometimes need some make believe to spice up the day. Thus, I tried to write a ghost story with a happy ending.

Some want a follow up on “Amelia,” but I think that all was said and done. To do a sequel would not be the same as the first story. I might try to do another. My editors are grumbling about a forest sprite story, but I think that my good friend in the UK has done that with a lot of success. So, I will let him go with his story lines and refrain from doing it also. He is the expert, and you should read his stories. Look for Tedbiker at Storiesonline.net He is a veteran of 129 written and published stories.

So, the winter is drawing to a close here. The days are getting longer and hotter. Still the flu persists and both my red head wife and her sister are currently down and out. Both of them are barking better than the neighbourhood dogs.

Speaking of dogs, we, the Red Head and I are now mom and dad to a new baby in the house. I do believe that I did mention the stray cats outside our house. Well, it seems like mama-cat had a kitten, and the poor thing just had it bad from day one. All sorts of things happened to it, and the last thing was when he hurt his right eye somewhere. Either by climbing onto something or as we think, in a fight with the big black bad cat that comes around from time to time to scavenge food from the strays in our garden.

I caught the little one, about five months old, and took it to the vet. Option one: euthanasia, Option two: Expensive! Remove the eye. Softy me went for the second option to give the little rascal a second chance. Life is life, and it would have been cruel to cut his life short after just five months.

Some would say that to let him live with only one eye is cruel. Well, you should see him now. Flying through the house, climbing onto stuff, playing with kitty toys and just being a loveable, adorable, bundle of fur.

Okay, World War III did not last long with our other cat, and the two seems to hit it off good. So, now we have two cats in the house. He is now house-trained and know where the litter box is. The two cats also share the food bowl, although each has its own food bowl and water bowl.

On the writing front: I am working on a follow up of “The Sound of Thunder.” Yeah, yeah, I know, I know I said that I don’t like follow-ups, but due to public demand, “Desert Rose” followed up into “The Sound of Thunder,” now going into “To Cheat the Devil.” Public demand is a cruel thing… Not that I mind. My readers are king! If they want it, they get it. LOL!!!!

As per my new philosophy, I will write the story complete, before posting it. That way I do get full control and if I need to change something in a previous chapter, I can do it without anyone noticing it. Although it is a follow up, with all the old characters in it, the story revolves around a new hero. 

So, for those of you that did follow the previous two stories; The original five Angels will be there. Mai-Loan the Vietnamese girl, also Nadia, the Polish girl, Darya, the Tajikistan girl, Leah the German Pilot, Olivia, the American pilot, and some new/old Angels like Dr. Angelique Rothman, Roxy, Lorie and the men. TC and his gang of ex-marines, Don and Dave (From the "Return to Sender" and "Stray Cats Hunt in Darkness" fame), as well as Ashwin Windsor (Desert Rose.). Of course the story would not be complete without the mystical, elusive "Grumpy Charley."

This time the gang is off to Somalia to get even with a gang of rebels. The readers wanted to know what happened in Somalia, so I had to write the sequel.

So, until next time: Be good, stay out of mischief, be safe and blessed.

Bye 4 now!

Well, me again!

Due to a enquiry from one of my readers, I post a few pictures of Lichtenstein Castle replica in the scenic town of Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. 

This replica of Lichtenstein Castle, in the south of Germany, was build in 1998, near the harbour of the fishing town of Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. The pics can be seen on this page HERE.

There is also a link on the page to the website of the Castle.

I hope this help those that wanted to know about the castle.

Bye 4 now!

Amelia hits SOL

 Hi there!

BOO! It seems like this “Ghost story” has gone down pretty well. Okay, today I will post Chapter 2. I am finished up to chapter 6, but chapter 7 is still in the hands of the editors.

Well at least one reader spotted an “Easter egg.” The inclusion of the line from “Flower of Scotland.” There are many more, so enjoy it, and happy hunting!

Okay, sometimes, some of the dialogue, and text may push the boundaries of reality a little, but that is what the story is about. Just to play around with “what if?”

What if, this or that can happen, will happen, or can be true. Who knows?

Thank you for all your comments and emails. Thank you for all the votes. (Even the 0 to 6 votes! LOL!! I know I can’t please everyone…)

I also noticed that my followers has drastically increased. Wow! Thank you and welcome to my twisted mind.

Keep well and stay healthy!

Bye 4 now!

Back again!

 Sorry to have been keeping you waiting, but life happens. Collapsing ceilings, alarm systems malfunctioning, and a few other things.

"The Sound of thunder" has ended. BUT, due to pressure from certain sources, there will be a follow up to the story. But that is still in the future, as a lot of research has to be done. Especially around the political interference that the story needs to portray. Also, learning to fly a Mirage 2000 C, where all the knobs and switches are in FRENCH! Grrrr.

In the meantime, a little interlude will be posted on SOL. (Storiesonline.net) The first chapter will be available later today on the website. (Around 15:00 South African Standard Time.) Please be on the lookout for "Amelia," a little ghost story of about 7 chapters, and will be posted about 4 to 5 days apart. (I'm still waiting on the editors to finish with the last chapter.)

No new photos are currently posted.

THEN: If there is any subject you guys and girls would like me to publish on this BLOG, please drop me a line at the email on this page. (jodydaniel28@gmail.com)

I hope to hear from you soon. 

Bye 4 Now!!

PS: I do notice that there are readers in Ukraine and Russia that access this blog. PLEASE, I need to hear from you, and thus please drop me a email. I can understand both Ukrainian and Russian, so, don't be shy and drop me a mail. I would like to hear from you. BOTH countries.

AND the same goes for other countries as well. 

The Sound of Thunder Chapter 12.

 

Hi there!

Between all the load-shedding and unexpected power outages, I did get to finish chapter 12. 

Well, Eskom decided that either the coal is wet, or some other lame excuse for shutting down the power for 2 hours at a time. If they stop selling electricity to Zimbabwe, it will help our economy a great deal. And then again coal produce 8 kilowatt hour of electricity for every 1 kilogram coal burned. One kilogram of Uranium 235 deliver 24000 kilowatt hour, so why are we still burning coal? Okay, I understand, politicians can’t do sums. (Maybe count votes. Who knows?)

So, before the anti-nuclear activists start killing me, let’s skip the subject. All I can say is that I DID work at a nuclear facility, and you get more radiation from the sun each day, then standing next to a nuclear reactor! And it is not necessary to put on all that lead lined overalls. Only if you work with the fuel rods, else, all is safe, even walking across the catwalk over the reactor.

Then there’s GREEN RENEWABLE ENERGY, but the cost to us little mortals. Oh, boy! (And girls.)

Chapter 12 of “The Sound of Thunder” will be available later today at Storiesonline.net. And by the way; the pictures that did not make the cut to chapter 12 will be available on the page here.

Have fun and enjoy!

Keep well, stay safe and out of mischief!

(Okay, for you boating fans: Keep the pointy side towards clear water! Stand on the blunt end and wave to us not so fortunate to have a boat. Even a little one.)

Bye 4 now!

Good day to you all! (That’s all I will say.)

 

Yes, it will be impossible to name just the countries where my esteemed readers find themselves. (All 31 countries.) I had to consult a world map the other day. This website had a hit from a country I did know about. WOW!

Also, thank you to the guy (or girl) that found out VPN. To have hits on my website from both Russia and Ukraine, was just unbelievable. And that was in the last seven days!

Just imagine if you all sent me email! I will take forever to answer them all. LOL. But I am not complaining! No, on the contrary, I would love mail from you all! (There’s a spot on the website where you can send your email, without too much hassle. Just look on the right side of the main page.)

NOW, the real reason for this communiqué to you. (Nice word, hey! It’s not pay-as-you-go, nope, for me it is learn-English-as-I-go! LOL.) Okay, the good news is that “The Sound of Thunder,” chapter 11 is now with the editors, and will post in about 2 days time. So hang in there! I know your pain. (Okay, some of your pain.)

Here all is A-Okay, with no adverse problems or things like aircraft making dead-stick landings on a road and causing my wife to be one hour late for work… Snakes hibernating in her office for winter… Female crocodile that builds a nest at my wife’s work, and laid some eggs… Nah, nothing out of the ordinary. Life is just rosy. Fun to live in Africa

So, watch out for chapter 11, to be posted soon.

Keep well, stay safe and out of mischief. Keep the blue stuff overhead, and the rubber-side down.

Bye 4 Now.

The Sound of Thunder Story on SOL

 Hi everyone! Hope you are doing good!

Well as I post this, Chapter 10 of The Sound of Thunder is being moderated and posted at Stories online.

I posted a page with some of the screenshots that did not make the final cut for publishing in chapter 10. Please head over to the page and have a look.

I hope you like it. Do drop me an email to say what you think. It will be appreciated.

Until next time, stay good and stay safe.

Bye 4 now.

Spot the ISS

Hi all!

Something new. A page has been added for those of you that like to see the International Space Station flying over your city. ISS, as it is known, is roughly 400 kilometers above the earth and travels at roughly 7.2 kilometers per second or 25920 kilometers per hour. 

When you do see it, and it is in your vision for about 3 minutes, then it would have traveled about 1296 kilometers.

ISS will be the brightest object in the sky, appearing like a star that moves across the sky. Not as fast as a shooting star, that travels at 7000 kilometers per second, and just streaks across leaving a trail of fiery dust.

Happy sighting of ISS!

Bye 4 now!

My 5 cents worth!

 

The social media is a strong tool, that can sway public opinion in any direction. Be it good or be it bad. Yin Yang, the two faces of reality. Evil versus Good. Yet, they are interconnected. The one without the other can’t survive.

I have never imagined that my published work on SOL could be read so far and wide. This blog gave me a channel to promote my work, yet it gave me also an opportunity to communicate to others in the world how I feel and experience things. This is an enormous responsibility. It is like making my ideas about everyday events be either kept to myself, or when I do speak out about it, be diplomatic about it. Very diplomatic. Yet, I can't keep quiet if there is something big wrong.

On a previous occasion I told you that I can see the countries where this blog is being read. Well, yesterday I posted a post where I referenced the “Putin War.” I did know that this blog was read in the Ukraine, but last night, someone in Russia accessed this blog. Thank you for your interest in the blog, I hope you read my stories as well. LOL.

To be frank about it, and not to tread on any toes; I stand by my conviction that Putin controls a large coastline to put his ports anywhere he would fancy to place them, and that he do not need the Ukrainian ports. That his criminal invasion of Ukrainian sovereignty is uncalled, and a crime against the world and humanity. War crimes are being committed by his troops in the Ukraine, and as per usual, it will go unpunished. Outrages!

I also acknowledge the fact that there are many Russian citizens that do not agree with the situation and injustice that the Ukrainians are being subjected too. For you I have admiration. For standing up against these outrages atrocities and crimes against humanity, I salute you. Many of your sons and daughters have died in the Ukraine, for what?

To my friends in the Ukraine, I pray for a speedy end to this situation and cry with you. May the forces of good be with you, guide you, and elevate you hearts. Tomorrow the sun will shine again.

That was my 5 cents worth. I hope it is accepted in the way I presented it.

Goodbye for now.

До побачення.

До свидания.

It's been a long time...

 Hi there all you good and wonderful people!

Yes, it was a long time since I posted in January, but I could not find out why the January post was put behind an ADULT SCREEN. Okay, I have rewritten that post and can you believe, it went through. Yeh...! 

Anyway things are up and running here in South Africa. Not as bad as some make it out to be. Even the economy is okay. Less Putin's War causing ???? (Okay, I won't write it! Just now it get censored again. But you know what I mean.) The Reserve Bank has upped interest rates for the third time since January. They maintain it is to curb inflation, but they are just causing more inflation. Fuel and food prices going through the ceiling, and not only because of "Putin's War," but if you increase the interest rate, those guys that sell stuff to us, just put their prices up to keep profits up. Cycle of life, ain't it.

Talking about Putin's War; Just know that I feel for the Ukrainian people, as well as those unfortunate Russian souls that don't agree with their Crazy Leader. (He has 23 396 miles, (or 37 653 kilometers) of coastline to put his little ships, why does he need the Ukrainian Ports? Or is he … Never mind. Lets skip it.

Politics? Something very different than we souls out here in the cold. We stick together and let the politicians go there way. I read this morning on a website that sells scenery products for Flight Simulator, that due to a restriction on the word length of a file, they now refer to "OR Tambo International airport," simply as "Johannesburg International." Why? Well only a selected few locals call it "OR Tambo," the rest of the world call it "Johannesburg International." Same as with "Rome International," who nobody call it by its real name. LOL. It shows you - We, the people, have power! (They said let the politicians go and do whatever they feel happy about, they'll just call the airport by the name the people call it. LOL.)

So, "The Sound of Thunder" is in its ninth chapter, and doing good. The voting is a little slow, but the ratings is very good.

I also dropped a short story called "Caldo Largo," on the Storiesonline.net site. This was also received very well and even attracted a official review from a critic. WOW!

"Stray Cats Hunt in Darkness," attracted again the attention of Chris from "Covered Stories" blog. He created a nice cover for Stray Cats, and I will post it here, for those of you that want to download it and stick it with your copy of "Stray Cats Hunt in Darkness."

So, until next time (Soon!), keep well and stay safe!

Bye 4 now!

Hi again!

 Hi all!

You are wondering what happened to me? Yes? Well here is the story:

During December I got caught in a severe Thunderstorm and then got so drenched in ice rain, I had to be hospitalized with pneumonia. What an ordeal! First, with all the hype going on about Covid, they thought I had Covid and tried 5 times unsuccessful to test for covid. I could have told them that I DON'T have covid, but pneumonia. 

Well, that took care of about 3 days before the esteemed medical staff finally came up with treating me for pneumonia and not Covid. The result was that I had to spend more time in hospital which frustrated the living daylights out of me.

Writing? Nope. I could not even think of it, so the posting of the final chapter of Desert Rose was delayed to just before the end of December.

So, Desert Rose concluded, and the sequel, "The Sound of Thunder" was released at the beginning of January 20222.

The story synopsis is: 

Angie is missing, or is she? Ash needs to find answers to her whereabouts but keeps running into walls all the time. What has the street gangs of the Cape Flats got to do with it, and why must Ash get up to speed flying a 4th generation multi-role fighter jet? All five of the "Angels" get to participate in getting to grips with the Mirage aircraft. Leah and Olivia get to fly the Mirage 2000 D while Darya and Nadia alternate in flying backseat or RIO for Ash in the Mirage 2000 N. Mai-Loan direct operations from the ground. But Angie went missing and Ash's attention is diverted to try and find Angie. "Grumpy Charley" and the Angels seem to know something, but do not say anything about where Angie could be. 

So, there you have it in a nutshell. Head on over to: https://storiesonline.net/home.php and look for the link to the "Jody Daniel" page. You will find the story there. If you are already a member of Storiesonline.net, the direct link to the page is: https://storiesonline.net/a/jody-daniel 

Mirage 2000 N

Stay good and stay safe!

Bye 4 now.