• Three days down

    Three days into the block. It’s going well. But it’s cold. Tonight will be in the teens. It should be warmer. I’m jonesing to do some gardening and also for the end of the block. Much as I’m enjoying this…

  • Gloriousness

    My local IGA makes bacon sausage. I mean, BACON SAUSAGE!! Got my taxes paid, but not filed. Well, the extension was filed. We’re still waiting for one finalized document. I hate having them not quite done, but at least they…

  • Boston

    By now most everyone has heard about the explosions in Boston. I have no words. My reaction has been a visceral return to 9/11. I know it’s not the same. But turning on the TV to coverage put me right…

  • sleep and cold

    I found myself sleeping a lot the last two days. Stayed up a bit later than usual because I could, but I think in part it was the wind and cold on Saturday. It really sucked energy out of me.…

  • A Turn of Light by Julia Czerneda

    It’s book discussion time!!! I have to say that I loved this book. I want to dig in and talk about so much but I don’t know where to begin. I would love first to hear about your reactions, I…

  • Tomorrow’s Book Club

    Tomorrow we discuss A Turn of LIght by Julie Czerneda for book club. Wheee! I will say, however, that because of unexpected soccer scheduling (as in we just got the schedule for tomorrow), we’ll have to start in the afternoon,…

  • shooby dooby doo

    I have a post up at Magical Words today talking about Heroes and Anti-Heroes. It’s a fascinating topic for me and I’d love to hear your thoughts. The end of the block was today and I gave my final. New…

  • Story plans and life implosion

    You all have not made it at all easy to make a choice about what story to write. You know that don’t you? Is that on purpose? Are you trying to drive me crazy? That is, crazier? I think what…

  • Horngate question

    So my friends, if you were going to read a Horngate story, what would you want it to be about? I want to write one, but I can’t seem to settle on one choice. It’s like a box full of…

  • Finally, a Norwescon report

    The bad news is that the Man left today. I am unhappy as are the kids. I also did some cleaning and laundry today. Yesterday we had dinner with friends, which was a lot of fun, and we also made…