Think. Yell. Run. Fight. Tell. Those are the five principles of Empowerment Self Defense (ESD). In English they’re simple words of one syllable, all derived from Saxon and related languages (not from French or Latin), the kind of words children … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Signatures by James A. Hetley $3.99 On Sale! Only 99¢ – Ends Soon! (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-472-7 John Patterson thinks he damn well earned his pension. He survived more than twenty years as a police forensic wizard, tracking down and fighting … Continue reading
Gina Miyoko (aka, Tinkerbell) is the sassy P.I. in my first detective novel, THE ANTIQUITIES HUNTER (Oct. 2018, Pegasus Crime). Leading up to the book’s release in October, and probably thereafter, I’m going to be posting occasional tidbits on Gina’s … Continue reading
Have you been waiting to find out just how the BVC newsletter was rescued from the pirates? Your wait is over. The August newsletter is now available. And not only does it explain how we got our newsletter back, but … Continue reading
I like trying unusual ingredients, so when I found online recipes utilizing tea, I knew I would have to try some eventually. A local spice shop makes a chai spice blend that contains sugar and vanilla, and I’ve used that … Continue reading
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018), a founding member of BVC, blogged at her website and BVC. No Time to Spare collected many of her blog posts.
Continue readingMy husband and I begin conversations, as we often do, that travel down many highways, side roads and dirt paths. Last night we found ourselves in the land of place names. … Continue reading
Waiting for the wildfire smoke to clear for more of our Pacific Northwest rambles, I’ll pick up my recent globetrotting threads — back to Kauai for aerial thrills and some history. In previous posts, I mentioned that Thor was celebrating … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) In thinking through how to begin this essay, I almost said something very off-target . . . which was to fall into the assumption that “religious text” = “written religious … Continue reading
I have seen the next stage of the revolution and it’s going to be led by awesome empowered women. As most readers of this blog know, I’ve studied martial arts since 1979 and have a fourth degree black belt in … Continue reading