Detour on the Eternal Road Tour – Stop Fourteen with Thomas Wikman.

Thomas Wikman is a person with many interests. He and I got to conversing after I found out one of his interests is beer. He knows a lot about beer and it was fun. Since those days, I have followed Thomas on his blog and have realized that he writes about physics, science, book reviews, life, Leonberger dogs, and any number of other subjects. He has another blog named Superfactful where he explores finite subjects. Here is the link. https://superfactful.com

I am glad Thomas volunteered to host me on the tour today. Here is a link to his post.

 

A little more about Thomas

” I am a retired software / robotics engineer with a background in physics—but this blog is primarily about Leonbergers, an unusual and fascinating dog breed that is known for its size, affectionate nature, and intelligence.

I know a lot about Leonbergers because my family was lucky enough to live with one for thirteen years. His name was Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle—but we called him “Bronco” for short.

Bronco wasn’t our only dog, but our world wouldn’t have been the same without him. For instance, he once saved the life of our pug by fending off an attack from another dog. He probably saved our Labrador’s life, too, by sniffing out an impending insulin shock before it happened. Then there was the time he scared off a trespasser who’d been terrorizing my wife and other women in the neighborhood.

Bronco is no longer with us, but even in his passing he was distinctive. Leonbergers tend to live less than nine years—but Bronco came very close to reaching his thirteenth birthday. In fact, he received an award for longevity called the “Grey Muzzle Award.”  We already knew he was a special dog, but we sent his DNA to two labs for research anyway.

As for me: in addition to being a dog lover, I am a craft beer enthusiast and brewer, an amateur astronomer, a student of French, and an avid reader. From time to time, I may write about these or other subjects here, in addition to writing about dogs. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children: Jacob, David, and Rachel.”

His Book (click cover for Amazon)

I have turned off comments so you can leave them with Thomas.

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  1. Unknown's avatar

    […] Detour on the Eternal Road Tour – Stop Fourteen with Thomas Wikman. […]

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks for the share, Charles

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    2. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks for sharing, Charles.

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  2. GP's avatar

    WP kept deleting my comment!!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Try clicking in the gravitas box to the left. The put your curser on the work “type ” in the comment box. Hit return to get a new line and then type your comment. See if that works. Thanks GP .

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        1. John W. Howell's avatar

          Gravatas should be gravatar

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        2. GP's avatar

          Thanks, John.

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    2. circadianreflections's avatar

      I’ve been having issues with comments for weeks. I have discovered if I comment and view posts through the WP reader it works sans problemes.

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      1. John W. Howell's avatar

        Yes. If you go to the comment section from the email 9 times out of ten it won’t go through. You better your chances by opening the post by clicking on the headline. I personally think we shouldn’t have to do gyrations just to leave a comment.

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        1. circadianreflections's avatar

          Opening the blog post in the reader or from my email doesn’t work for me, so I go to the reader read the post then go back to the main reader page and leave a comment. It’s convoluted and a pain!

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        2. John W. Howell's avatar

          Wow. What a pain

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  3. T. W. Dittmer's avatar

    Fantastic tour, John! Your book sure deserves it.

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  4. Cindy Georgakas's avatar

    How nice to see Thomas here sharing your book, John. He is a wonderful support with so much knowledge! 💕

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      So true, Cindy. Thank you

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      1. Cindy Georgakas's avatar

        You’re always welcome, John! 💓❤️💓

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  5. Esther Chilton's avatar

    I shall miss it when the tour is over. It’s been great to stop off along the way 😊

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      I’m glad you have enjoyed it Esther.

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  6. thomasstigwikman's avatar

    Thank you so much John for letting me participate in the book tour. It was fun and reading your very entertaining book was a great pleasure. Thank you so much for spotlighting me here on your blog. As a side note I cannot reply to any of the comments above but thank you all and thank you Charles for sharing. Hopefully, this comment will work.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you, Thomas for allowing me to visit. My spotlight was to thank you for having me. hopefully a few of my readers will come back and become yours as well. All the best. 😀

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      1. thomasstigwikman's avatar

        Thank you so much John. I really appreciate you doing that.

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  7. Resa's avatar

    Hello John! Just thought I’d comment while they are turned off! 🐂 🐖

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      I still wonder how people do that? 🐂 🐖

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      1. Resa's avatar

        The comments were not closed. OX OX
        Did you save?

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        1. Resa's avatar

          Eenie Meenie Chili Beenie, the spirits are about to speak! 😂X

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        2. John W. Howell's avatar

          I hope they say something worthwhile. 😂X

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        3. John W. Howell's avatar

          I knew Moose and Squirrel were involved.

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        4. Resa's avatar

          Yes, of course you did! OX

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        5. Resa's avatar

          🐿️X🐿️X🐿️X

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        6. John W. Howell's avatar

          🐿️X🐿️X🐿️X Had to paste this. My emojis aren’t working

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        7. Resa's avatar

          Cool, glue is transparent!
          🏆🏆

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        8. John W. Howell's avatar

          Yes, it is. 😀X My emojis are working again.

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