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Welcome to 5780. May it be a good and sweet year. Australia has been there for a day already and tested the waters, so check our news to find out what the early part of the year is like. Jewish … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Today I almost had to cancel my blog for this Sunday. Actually I’m supposed to review an anthology for a friend’s short fiction. I haven’t even gotten to that. Instead, I am in a Seattle hotel room, early pre-sunrise, with … Continue reading
Thirty-seven years ago, I spent months backpacking the Greek islands, and fell in love with rugged, magical Crete. Now I’ve returned with Thor! Leaving Bear dog and Tucker & Turtle cats in the capable hands of housesitter Maya, Thor and … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Sometimes the things you most need to protect aren’t objects, people, or places: they’re pieces of information. There are three primary ways to do this. The first is to hide … Continue reading
This whole “living in interesting times” thing is exhausting – John Scalzi on Twitter I’ve seen several variations on this theme on social media lately. No question that “May you live in interesting times” is not something said by anyone … Continue reading
Any one of us who has ever done anything creative at all – and an unconscionable amount of people who do not-necessarily-creative-but- applicable- craft-or-business-stuff – know that particular siren call. “Oh, we LOVE [the area under discussion]. That’s why we … Continue reading
That’s from a sign (actually, a lot of signs) I saw last Friday. Partly out of necessity, my place of employment was closed in support of the Climate Strike. The necessity came from the fact that, as the museum is … Continue reading
Once in a while I find out I’ve missed something important in the book world, some classic that’s been out forever that I somehow never noticed when it was first published, something that turns out to be wonderful. Then once in a very great while I find something I wish I’d read thirty years before it was ever published.
Continue readingI personally feel that a person is ruled by their date of birth. Dynamics are in play that we never notice. Odd behaviors by one’s family are suddenly explained. Suggest that a baby is born on her sister’s third birthday. … Continue reading
Dionysos, god of wine, fruitfulness, and ecstatic revelry, was honored alongside Apollo and Artemis on Delos and nearby Mykonos. Join Thor and me as we visit his sanctuary. NOTE: Since our recent trip to Greece to research more settings for my … Continue reading