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Gary Spetz

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Born

in Minneapolis, The United States

Website

http://www.morningguyblog.com/

Genre

Memoir, Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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April 2015

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As a “signature member” of the National Watercolor Society, author/artist Gary Spetz has hosted, scripted, filmed, and co-produced—with his wife, Marlene—three painting/travel series (111 episodes) for Public Television (distributed via American Public Television): Painting Wild Places, Watercolor Quest, and Color World.

His artwork has also been depicted in various art publications, including Watercolor, Artists, Watercolor Magic, Searching For The Artist Within, and Art From The Parks. And his paintings have been included in the “Top 100” of the National Park Academy of the Arts.

Gary and his wife live in Northwest Montana, where—when not trying to outsmart a trout—he continues to write and paint.

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Complaisant?

"Searching for Alpha Centauri" is billed as "A humorous and poignant tale of three complaisant kids, two stormy parents, one anxious French poodle, and too many U-haul trailers—told against the backdrop of the turbulent early 1960s.

Much editing discussion had gone into the use of the not-so-common word "complaisant," as it is so easily confused with (and sounds the same as) "complacent." Yet, they Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 05, 2015 05:53

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	Sometimes It Feels Like Far really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Searching for Alpha Centauri: A Boyhood Memoir 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gary Spetz's Painting Wild Places! With Watercolors (100 Series) 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“By the spring of 1963, Las Vegas was made up of an odd convergence of gamblers, gangsters, and government. All three forces, intentionally or unintentionally, catered to every kind of human weakness. Although the aboveground nuclear blasts were gone, the town was still full of glitzy, beckoning casinos; flamboyant, roguish celebrities; down-and-out and entrepreneurial prostitutes; and notorious, brutal criminals. By now it had gained its much deserved reputation as “Sin City”—universally considered a town where “just about anything goes.” And surrounding it were the infamous “holes in the desert.” Many of Las Vegas’s problems were known to be buried in those same holes.
So, naturally, as a woman who relished audacity, this would be the place to which my mother would move my sister and me. As it turned out, that was the other part of her telephone call’s “exciting news.”
― Gary Spetz, Searching for Alpha Centauri: A Boyhood Memoir

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