House Mountain Views
Books, blog posts, and podcasts by Jim Hartsell
Pushing Back: Book One in the Boone Series
The Boone Series is the story of a teenager on the fringes of society. He doesn’t have looks, or money, or education going for him, but he’s a decent human being trying to grow up with the odds stacked against him. He is often…
Matching Scars: Book Two in the Boone Series
On his own and struggling with the possibility of losing his friend Gamaliel, Boone is taking more responsibility for maintaining the old man’s home while he recuperates. His conflicts with Gamaliel’s son-in-law Jerry are increasing in frequency and intensity, and his relationship with his…
Keeping Secrets: Book Three in the Boone Series
Boone is building a marginal but relatively comfortable life for himself and Frankie when two figures from his past reappear and life becomes irritating and complicated all over again. His old enemy Jerry and his aunt Claire are both making demands on him that…
About Those Police . . .
A former colleague of mine received a phone call late one afternoon from a police officer. At the time she was the principal of a school for special needs children, and the officer had just taken a young teen, one of her students, into…
Frankie
We have a new dog in the family now. Frankie joined us two days ago; she’s part shepherd and part something (or several somethings), eight weeks old and doing the standard cycle of full speed ahead, crash for a few hours, repeat. Razor teeth,…
Respect
In my professional career I both practiced and taught crisis intervention. The particular system used included physical restraint, and the primary rule for the team was safety: if the person being controlled indicated that they were being hurt or were having trouble breathing, resolving…
