Letters to the Moon....

Hello everyone, I have a new writing to share with you today. The topic of this blog entry is gun control. Last week a news reporter and cameraman were murdered on live television by an insane gunman. The murder has again brought the issue of gun control to the forefront. The following is a letter that I will be sending to all members of the U.S. Congress. It is called, "To Serve and Protect." Dear Sir or Madam,                I am writing in regards to the countless string of gun violence that prevails in this country. Thankfully, I am an observer to this phenomenon. I am lucky in that I have not lost a friend or family member to gun violence. However, sometimes I feel as if I am in the minority on this issue.               Let me state now that I believe in the second amendment. I believe it should be legal for someone to own a gun if...

There are many wonderful things that come with being a published author, one of which is having your book added to a library collection. It was a pleasant surprise to learn my book had been added to the collection in my local library. It was an honor to later learn that my book had been added into an archive of books written by Indiana authors, located in the Nina Mason Pulliam Indianapolis Special Collections room, in the Indianapolis Central Library.  http://tomtorluemke.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Torluemke02.jpg The selector ordered two copies of my book, one for the library collection, which library patrons can borrow from the library, and one to go into the archive. The selector then remarked that the copy to go into the Indiana Special Collections archive should be autographed, since it will be in the permanent collection. I was all too happy to oblige. When I saw that my book had been added to the special collection, I made my way to the Central Library to a...