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We already know the science fiction world lost another giant with the passing of Vonda N. McIntyre on April 1, but like everyone else here at BVC, I lost a friend and colleague. I first got to know her through … Continue reading
Jeffrey A. Carver
Continuing my saga of the repair of the Puerto Rico house… This was in some ways the most difficult trip of our annual series, partly because problems we thought we’d fixed last time came back to bite us again. Just … Continue reading
My wife and I have been in Ponce, Puerto Rico for two weeks, working on her mom’s house, which is now used mostly for vacation rental. Everything is a blur, including some of the stray cats who dash by, nearly … Continue reading
For the fourth year in a row, my wife and I started our new year in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where we’re continuing the rounds of upkeep, repair (yes, including Hurricane Maria repair, a year and a half later), and steady … 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
It all started with the pair of timpani my wife and I rescued from a middle-school dumpster a year ago. I’ve been playing those, off and on, down in our basement, not letting my lack of knowledge about kettle drums … Continue reading
(Third in a series. Here are parts One and Two.) One of the striking things about Ponce, and I guess much of Latin America and the Caribbean, is that there’s so much beauty right alongside the poverty. I don’t always … Continue reading
Author Ursula Le Guin has died, at the age of 88. She was a giant in the field—and by “the field,” I mean not just science fiction and fantasy, but the world of American letters. Winner of multiple Hugo and … Continue reading
(For the first post of this series, see Ponce Chronicles Deja Vu.) Our plans for the repair of the hurricane damage to the Puerto Rico house called for me to follow my wife Allysen after a week or so, when … Continue reading
For a couple of years now, I have been chronicling my wife’s and my adventures in restoring the home in Puerto Rico that Allysen’s parents built forty-some years ago. Last year we got it all fixed up and available to … Continue reading