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Continue reading →: On Almost AdultsOn Almost Adults – by Chris Chiller On Wednesday, we dropped our daughter off for an overnight freshman orientation. She was one of several hundred incoming 17 and 18-year-olds. They were housed in a dormitory with a circular drive near the entrance. We stopped behind three other cars, and all…
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Continue reading →: Facts of Fiction: Rum Runners of MaineBy Chris Chiller Part 3 of Pirates, Smugglers, and Rum-Runners. In previous installments of Fact of Fiction we reviewed pirates and smugglers in Maine from Colonial times up to early US restrictions on trade with Great Britain which led to coastal Maine becoming a center of illicit trade for all…
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Continue reading →: Fact of Fiction: Smugglers of MainePart 2 of Pirates, Smugglers, and Rum-Runners Written by Chris Chiller Without offering too much of a spoiler, a historic smuggling operation is central to a subplot that twines through several books in the Admiral Inn Mysteries series. This is only as interesting as it is plausible. If there were…
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Continue reading →: Facts of Fiction: Those Dastardly PiratesPart 1 of Pirates, Smugglers, and Rum-Runners Written by Chris Chiller It must be admitted at the outset that Maine, with its snowy winters and no history of Spanish gold and silver transport, was not nearly so attractive to pirates as the Caribbean. There was no Jamaica’s Port Royal, “The…
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Continue reading →: W. R. I. T. E. R.By AJ Alanson Author of The Admiral Inn Mysteries ajalanson.com Humans across cultures and time often name themselves by what they “do.” Jerry Herder, Oliver Miller, Joe Carpenter, well, loosely saying, but you get the point. And not only in the European traditions but this naming convention is found around…
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Continue reading →: Facts of Fiction: Life and Times of the $1,000 BillWritten by Chris Chiller In the first book of The Admiral Inn Mystery series, A Devil in the Donations, an inanimate character is introduced that will appear in the subsequent books in the series. A $1,000 bill is anonymously dropped in a donation box for the annual community Thanksgiving Day…
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Continue reading →: Fact of Fiction: Secret DoorsWritten by Chris Chiller The second book in the Admiral Inn series introduces the discovery of a false wall in the basement directly below the house’s library, now used by June Faust as her study. Ramone gets curious and has June help him empty the bookcase directly above the false…
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Continue reading →: Must We Have Social Hierarchies?Written by Chris Chiller In the last blog post I explored the subtle caste system in America that sorts us into higher and lower strata creating a social hierarchy. What purpose does this separation serve, and what positives and negatives does it produce? These questions have been pondered by humans…
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Continue reading →: Facts of Fiction: The Energy Plot Inside Book #1 of the Admiral SeriesResearched and written by Chris Chiller For our first Facts Behind Fiction column, I want to say a few words about a plot point which raises a bit of suspense towards the end of book #1, A Devil in the Donations where Marvin reveals that the mill is selling excess…
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Continue reading →: Clamoring for Caste“Why does anyone ever need to know where I went to school at age 53?” In December 2025, I came across this question posed by Dr. Theresa McPhail while scrolling through Threads. It gave me a chuckle—but I read on: “And yet, it comes up all the time, in exactly…
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I’m Chris Chiller
I’m retired and pursuing understanding in all manner of puzzling things. My first posts will examine the structure of Society in the US. I propose to look for the non-political reasons for the divisions and behaviors by citing research in psychology, neurology and genetics. I will always attribute ideas to the authors and cite the published sources. Inevitably I will salt in some of my own thoughts on things. This is, after all, A Well Seasoned Story.
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