Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Inside Mossad


Nearly nine o’clock the next morning Yosef knocks on Ariel’s door.  “Enter!”
“You want to speak with me?” 
“Yes, close the door and pull up a seat.
“Are you aware that we have been trying to trace a terrorist for the CIA down in the Grand Cayman Island?” 
“I’ve heard about it.  I thought it was a dead issue by now.”
“Our dead issue is alive.  Somehow our people down there learned an Israeli named Akim Sandler left the island on a flight to Spain.” 
“So what’s the big deal?”
“There is no record of an Israel citizen named Akim Sandler.”
“It could be a screw up and who knows what else.”
“Maybe, but I have a gut feeling this Hamid fellow we couldn’t find traces of leaving the island suddenly left as an Israeli.”
“You’re kidding me right?” 
“Do I look like I’m kidding?”
“What are we supposed to do?  We could be running circles trying to chase this scenario.”
“We could be but this man has a mission and I want to know what it is.”
“So we can pass him on to the CIA to make points.”
“Did I say anything like that?  Stop being a wiseass for once and listen to me.” 
Yosef stares at Ariel.  He has seen that look in Ariel’s eyes before.  Ariel has plans for this man if they can find him alive.
“You want me to head this search don’t you?” 
“That’s the general idea.”
Yosef rises from his chair and says, “I will give it a good try but I don’t make any promises.”
“I don’t want promises, I want results. This will take time so it is not a top priority.  However I want you to run it.  This way I know if we don’t come up with something it can’t happen.”
“Thank you for the vote of confidence.  I’ll do my best.”
“You always do and that is all I ask.”   Feeling very tired Yosef responds, “Yeah, sure Ariel, I know you better.”

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Bedford NH Cable TV Program

In late April I had the pleasure of being invited to appear on Bedford's Cable TV station.  The program host is Celine Desrosiers.  Her program title is:  People, Places and Things with Celine.  I received today, the ability to download and view the program from their website.  You can view the program if you have any interest in me as an author and what my books are about.  Link onto http://www.bedfordtv.com, then select channel 16.  Next select video on demand, click on the program if it is listed that day, if not the final step is, type Joe Smiga in the Program Search Box and hit go.  When the tab come up press watch.

I hope you will enjoy the video as much as I had fun making it and making myself known to my readers.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Sunday Dinner


Anoush is getting ready to leave and meet Edina.  For some reason he is very nervous.  It reminds him of his asking his first date out in college.  He thinks this is foolish he shouldn’t be feeling this way but he is.  The evening air is starting to get cooler so he is wearing slacks and a sweater on top of an open collared shirt, a very casual look.
 
Meanwhile Edina has arrived at her office to appear she is working late.  She too has the jitters and is wondering why she is reacting this way.  She fussed over her appearance at home for over half an hour before she left.  Her skirt is dark brown with an open collared blue blouse along with a tan blazer.  Edina decided to wear her brunette hair down this evening.