• 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…

  • The Hobbit (with spoilers)

    I watched The Hobbit last night with the family. It was enjoyable and I did like it. It was not, however, a movie that matched the book all that well. I’m not unhappy about that, because I did like what…

  • Spring yard cleaning

    With improved health, the man and I have been doing work around the house. Because there are green leaves on things. GREEN!!! My roses are leafing out. Yes, I grow roses in Montana. And I have a grape and gooseberries.…

  • Crud crud cruddity

    I have this idea for a book. Have had it. But now that I’m digging into how certain things are going to work, I can’t make sense of it. Then I had a shining brilliant idea. It could work. But…