I’m sorry about not keeping up my blog posts, but everything got interrupted for me this summer when my congenital heart murmur (leaky valve) finally began to exact its toll. I spent a few days in hospital, have been home now for three weeks. Doing fine but not doing very much — and that looks to be the way it will be for a while…
Continue readingMonthly Archives: September 2016
I tried not to think about 9/11 yesterday. It’s not that it isn’t important. In fact there are those moments in your life when you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when something powerful occurred. A … Continue reading
(This is the thirty-sixth installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** I have to remember, in all of my planning, to allow for breathing room. Any story needs a certain amount of downtime. … Continue reading
It is done. The project I’ve been working on over the summer has been completed. That’s it to the side there. The dehydrator itself, the area where the fruits, vegetables, etc. are actually dried is the big box. The long … Continue reading
So I was reading for review a recent publication of Christian Fantasy and Science Fiction. I realize that a great many (if not most) of the people I know in the sf/f world roll their eyes out of their heads … Continue reading
Every year around this time, I get a puzzling condition. Its symptoms include, but are not limited to, rummaging in the junk room in the basement for unopened boxes, swearing dire consequences upon my cat if she bothers anything on … Continue reading
This month’s newsletter includes a celebration of the Library of America publication of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Complete Orsinia. At Book View Cafe, we are thrilled to see an organization that “publishes, preserves, and celebrates America’s greatest writing” recognize … Continue reading
There is nothing like a live performance by a performer who thrives on an audience. Brenda Clough wrote about seeing Bruce Springsteen recently, reminding me that seeing him is on my bucket list. But The Boss is not the only … Continue reading
Library of America celebrates the publication of BVC founding member Ursula K. Le Guin‘s The Complete Orsinia with their story of the week: “Imaginary Countries.” More information and news about The Complete Orsinia at Ursula K. Le Guin’s website. … Continue reading
(This continues the story of my journey to an audiobook of Neptune Crossing, begun in yesterday’s post. If you haven’t already read that, start there.) After several failed attempts at putting my SF series The Chaos Chronicles into audio via … Continue reading