Chip’s Year in Writing & Creating

For me, creativity isn't just what I do. It's who I am, and…


Meet Chip Jacobs: Author, journalist, dog-enthusiast, spiritual optimist

The argument that erupted between us that evening felt like…


First Reviews on my True Crime Book, “The Darkest Glare”

"An entertaining true-crime period piece built around a…


Yeah, I’ve seen the bridge — the Colorado Street Bridge and a jam session that changed me

How an obscure song from the Hammer-of-the-Gods band grew…


The Fire That Crackled Inside of Me

Up in the foothills was a wasteland of smoke. You could…


The Man In The Light

Medium The baseball cracked off the bat, vanishing into the…


I’ve waited long enough: the story of the Man in the Light

The baseball cracked off the bat, vanishing into the…


Lucretia Garfield: South Pasadena’s Lady in Perpetual Mourning

By the time she settled into her South Pasadena dream…


Ghosts of the Colorado Street Bridge: real or really ludicrous?

Since it's Halloween, and the witching hour is nearly upon…