It is a well-known factoid that certain behaviors bring on disaster, while others avert it. My superstitions mostly have to do with meteorology.This year, thanks to the polar vortex which is a thing let me tell you, I found myself employing desperate measures.
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WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. • What are you currently reading? As usual, I have several books going. (They tend to take up stations–an upstairs book, a downstairs book, a carry book, a research book, sometimes … Continue reading
This is apparently true: a Long Island elementary school cancelled the annual-year end kindergarten show because it would distract the kindergarteners from preparing for college. I’m not as surprised by this as I might have been twenty years ago or so. … Continue reading
Lady of Horses Book 2 of The Epona Sequence by Judith Tarr In the grandfathers’ time, when few yet living had been born, the People worshipped the horse, and served him, and took the gifts that he gave them: his … Continue reading
Well, walking meditations in general, but isn’t that a catchier title? Also, more alliterative? Some people do their thinking best when sitting still. Or lying down. Or being in some way immobile. I get a lot of good story ideas … Continue reading
by Vonda N. McIntyre As folks who follow the BVC blog know, I’m having an adventure. My novel The Moon and the Sun is being made into a movie. Producer Bill Mechanic invited me to visit the production while it … Continue reading
I love trains, and always have. When I was a kid, growing up in Huron, Ohio, I lived maybe half a mile from the New York Central main line (now Amtrak’s) between New York and Chicago. Sometimes we would get … Continue reading
Dogs, like many other carnivores, have specialized teeth for shearing. These teeth come in pairs – an upper and a lower – and are modified fourth premolars (upper) and first molar (lower). The sharp cusps create a scissors-like action, obviously … Continue reading
By Nancy Jane Moore One of the reasons I went to law school was to be able to work for myself. It used to be common for people to come out of law school and hang out a shingle. So … Continue reading
WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? … Continue reading