It’s the waning time of the year. We’ve been harvesting, processing, storing, and eating what we sowed back in May. We’ve had considerable successes, notable
When last we left our intrepid heroes, they had landed at Hilton Anaheim. Registration was accomplished. Well, not quite. As my two readers know, I’m
It’s hard to justify going to an exotic place (like L. A.) for world con. I know that many of my friends make this as
I haven’t posted much about woodworking for a while here. The truth is, the shop has been a bit restrictive of late. I have some
This was not a post I wanted to write. (Picture from here.) The post World War II United States—and to a large extent the world—was
Well, it’s that time of the year where we look at the garden and decide what worked and what didn’t. First, let’s talk about the
I have several topics I want to write about but right now I’m under serious deadlines. So, here’s another Consideration to be considered. (Picture from
Usually I talk about works I read when I was younger now rediscovered. But in this case, I’m going to talk about something that I’ve
Well, the new garden is planted. The map is shown here. It’s still early days so we haven’t had a lot of seedlings. Radishes, certainly.
You may recall that we were planning to terrace the garden. It took a lot of planning and a week and some fairly hard work
Let’s see if I can do this without depressing myself. (Picture from here.) Neanderthals have been prominent in my fiction since the very beginning. In
First a little background. I was born and raised in Southern California until I was eleven, after which we moved to Alabama—but that’s not relevant
We are just getting going on the farm. (Picture from here.) There are two things going on. First, and possibly more important, is that I
