• Book Club

    January 3, 2013 /

    Okay, we’re going to do a book club. There are enough of us interested and anybody can join at any time. I’ve never ever done this before. I’m thinking that it would be great if we can find a place…

  • books you hate or can’t read

    January 2, 2013 /

    Sf Mindmeld had a post on books that people hated (and why) or why they couldn’t read them. I thought it was fascinating. There are a fair number of books in the ‘classics” kind of area that I have not…

  • The first day of 2013

    January 1, 2013 /

    Today we managed to get up at a semi-reasonable hour, eat breakfast, and head off to Silver Falls State Park just east of Salem. It was brilliant and sunny, and then fog rolled in and spears of sun traveled down…

  • Happy New Year!

    December 31, 2012 /

    Watched Lockout last night, which is an SF movie starring Guy Pearce. I liked it. It was simple, a bit cliche, and yet, I had a good time with it. I’d recommend it. Today we did relatively little. We wanted…

  • I’m a tea whore

    December 30, 2012 /

    I admit it. I buy more tea than I can possibly drink and I might not do anything for it, but I will do a fair bit. Anyhow, headed to Portland today with a friend to slip into Teavana. And…

  • Coolest thing EVER!

    December 29, 2012 /

    We went for a drive to Tillamook today. We planned to go to Astoria and to the beaches up around there, but it started raining, despite Often Wrong’s declaration that it would not. So we headed back south to Lincoln…

  • The events of a day

    December 27, 2012 /

    First, I want to mention that I’m over at The Reading Cafe with a pretty cool interview (well the questions are cool. It’s up to you whether the answers were scintillating.) Two interviews on Amazon! Am I counting? Maybe a…

  • Publication Day!!!!

    December 26, 2012 /

    It’s Publication Day for Blood Winter!!! I’m so excited. And terrified. And so hopeful that you wall will love it! On the positive side, Seduced by a Book says it’s wonderful. Also, it’s nice that this person named Shadow City…

  • Happy Christmas and Merry Holidays!

    December 25, 2012 /

    For those who celebrate Christmas, I hope you had a fabulous day of warmth, light, love, and family. For those who don’t celebrate, I hope you had the same. For those in the tornado zone, I hope you came through…

  • Enter the frazzling

    December 20, 2012 /

    Do you know how hard it is to get everything done for school, travel, cleaning, and children, while at the same time needing to finish reading a book? Sharon Shinn kills me! Oh but I love her books. Finally started…