While juggling the demands of their busy lives, Theodosia Devine-Baker and Kurt Kennedy find that love and living together require just as much work. Halloween always brings out Hillvale’s spooks, but when Teddy declares a ceramic dragon is sending smoke signals, Kurt wonders if it’s time to flee the eccentric community to look for a more normal life.
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I have three dogs, two of which are puppies. One of them is a mini blue heeler with a whole lot of energy and an unswerving belief that he’s supposed to be in the center of everything. EVERYTHING. Today Merlin … Continue reading
Enough of travel, writing challenges, random thoughts. I have tried, oh how I have tried, to write and think about anything other than what’s going on. But today, I am cutting off my restraints and letting it all hang out. … Continue reading
Lest you think that veteran (i.e., experienced, tempered, refined—don’t say old!) writers are immune to beginning writer mistakes, all I can say is, think again. It’s confession time here in the Star Rigger foundries, where we labor 24/7 converting raw … Continue reading
Thor and I are on the road—and ferries—to enjoy new adventures, and more research for The Ariadne Connection sequel. Stay tuned for a new blog series, but meanwhile a couple of highlights. Above is part of the Parthenon in Athens. … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Last year I focused on funerary customs for the month of October, in honor of Halloween. This time around I’m going to talk about monsters and similar notions! Starting with … Continue reading
The members of Book View Cafe want to extend their congratulations to Kelly Link for being named a MacArthur Fellow for 2018. According to the Foundation, she was named for Pushing the boundaries of literary fiction in works that combine … Continue reading
As I have said before, I was never very good at being a girl, but I didn’t want to be a boy, either. What I wanted was to be able to do the things boys did while still being a … Continue reading
I went to see King Lear, another one of the thrilling broadcasts of London drama, that one may occasionally catch in the US. They are always thrilling, and give us Yanks a chance to affordably see productions that you could … Continue reading
Some days, I need to trigger my students’ emotions. They won’t learn if I don’t. Their eyes roam the classroom rather than settling on a thought, and their brains are scrambled. The right emotion will bring them back into the … Continue reading