C.L. Decker

Author of the S.A.L.T. Novels – Seekers After Lost Treasure

blogpage

OUR BLOG
 

An Extraordinary Journey

An Extraordinary Journey
Aug 12, 2021

By C.L.Decker and C.A.Scribner

AUGUST NEWS. With this very special edition, we invite you to join us on our extraordinary journey as we share the tale of the SALT trilogy’s inception, birth, and development. You’ll discover how our real-life adventures and experiences in exotic places around the globe influenced the visceral content of our books. Discover our journey of inspiration and process that led to this spellbinding series of three thrilling adventure novels!

An 81st Birthday for CLD!

An 81st Birthday for CLD!
Jun 10, 2021

By C.L.Decker and C.A.Scribner


JUNE NEWS. How time has flown since COVID descended on our globe. Along with so many other lost moments and memories, we swept right by Larry’s 80th birthday last year. So, we reached out to our International Family to try and add special moments to this celebration. Come join us in the very special blog as we share birthday wishes and love through videos, words and pictures from around the world.

Remembering Irma Turtle!

Remembering Irma Turtle!
Apr 15, 2021

By C.L.Decker and C.A.Scribner

APRIL/MAY NEWS. This month, we would like to introduce you Irma Turtle, a very extraordinary woman. A woman we lost...the world lost...the people of Ethiopia, Mali and Niger lost, just a few years ago. We wanted to share her with you because this woman changed our lives forever in 1995.

 

Looking Back - Looking Forward!

Looking Back - Looking Forward!
Jan 28, 2021

By C.L.Decker and C.A.Scribner

JANUARY/FEBRUARY NEWS. As we look toward 2021, it's always good to look back at what we've shared over the last year through our blogs. Lives have changed and folks have uprooted and replanted in new places in the world. We've celebrated family events and remembered special moments that changed our lives forever. And we have all looked a monstrous disease in the eye and are beginning to win against all odds.

A Barge Journey on the Saroche

A Barge Journey on the Saroche
Dec 02, 2020

By C.L.Decker and C.A.Scribner

DECEMBER NEWS – A SPECIAL BLOG THIS MONTH - INTRODUCING OUR FIRST GUEST BLOGGER. Jason Ashcroft and Dawn Coles, owners of the luxury barge, the Saroche, will share their story about life on the canals and rivers of France. We had the pleasure of sharing a week with them three years ago. It was a joy. A great memory! We hope it will take you away for a few moments of sublime escape!

 

A Family Journey

A Family Journey
Oct 27, 2020

By C.L.Decker and C.A. Scribner

OCT/NOV NEWS – A FAMILY JOURNEY. OUR FIRST 'CELEBRATION OF LIFE' REUNION: TURKEY 2010. Ten years -ago we invited the core of our International Family on a journey to Turkey. It was a small group, but they represented the heart of that family. This month we’d like to share a bit of that journey with you.

Journey to India

Journey to India
Sep 18, 2020

By C.L.Decker and C.A.Scribner

SEPTEMBER NEWS - JOURNEY TO INDIA. Larry journeyed to India over 40 years ago, before we even met. Though we've traveled much of the world together, we never made it back to India. I had never been there, so in 2016 we finally made it happen. Come take this journey with us...

Finding Small Escapes

Finding Small Escapes
Jul 27, 2020

By C.L.Decker and C.A.Scribner

JULY/AUGUST NEWS - FINDING SMALL MOMENTS. We’re all living through stressful times worried that tomorrow may bring the virus to our door. Finding ways to escape for just a few moments, minutes, hours…to take a breath…to remember life before this calamity. Let’s escape for a bit… together!

Celebrating Summer's Arrival!

Celebrating Summer's Arrival!
Jun 23, 2020

By C.L.Decker and C.A. Scribner

JUNE NEWS - SUMMER IS UPON US.  We're continuing our work on S.A.L.T. #3, doing research, working with experts in different fields of expertise, and spending time on plot development. Our working title is still KREUGER'S GOLD!

Back Home in Sedona!

Back Home in Sedona!
May 08, 2020

By C.L.Decker and C.A. Scribner
 

MAY NEWS - UPDATE ON KENYA FAMILY.  We've been back home from Kenya for two months, now and, as with everyone else in the world, all is far from normal. We are trying to make a 'new normal' for ourselves for the moment and are continuing to work with S.A.L.T. #3, which we are pleased to announce now has a working title, KRUEGER'S GOLD!

Almost Time to Say Goodbye to Kenya

Almost Time to Say Goodbye to Kenya
Mar 01, 2020

By C.L.Decker and C.A. Scribner

FEB/MAR NEWS UPDATE. After nearly 2 months in our magical place of RAS, it is almost time to say goodbye. Or rather, as we like to say, "until we see you again". It's been a rich, wonderful, and busy time here, chock full of new adventures as well as warm reunions. AND a new S.A.L.T. adventure novel has been born under the inspiring Kikadini Tree. Read more about our Kenyan adventure......and stay tuned for updates about S.A.L.T. #3!

Happy to be Back in Kenya!

Happy to be Back in Kenya!
Jan 27, 2020

By C.L. Decker and C.A. Scribner

Here we are back on the coast of Kenya just beginning to plot Ren’s and the S.A.L.T. Team’s next adventure. He’s back under his favorite tree where Juliette’s Van Gogh was born, stirring up mysteries for Ren to solve.

A Forty Year Journey

A Forty Year Journey
Dec 09, 2019

By C.L. Decker and C.A. Scribner

Our blog, which first celebrates the recent birth of two novels, THE TEMPLARS’ CHALICE AND JULIETTE’S VAN GOGH, will take you on an odyssey of forty years of exploration, adventure, discovery, learning, and connecting with peoples and places in the large and small corners of our earth. Sharing today, yesterday and moments in between.