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(Picture from here.) Okay. It’s the pandemic. It’s been a godawful long time. I just saw one of my best friends, in person, for the first time in seven months. If you can call it that. We were both masked. We … Continue reading
Steven Popkes
(Smilodon image from here.) This is what used to be called Columbus Day. It is now called Indigenous Peoples Day. People came to the “New World” at least 15,000 years ago. There is some evidence that they may have made it … Continue reading
As far as we are concerned, summer 2020 pretty much sucked. We had a pretty severe drought. That was problem enough in the best of years. It put an enormous stress on our fruit trees as well as on the … Continue reading
First, an announcement. On July 7, 2020, my novel God’s Country will be released. You’ll find it right here on Book View Café as well as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. If you have ever asked the question what does sex, prostitution, crooked cops, … Continue reading
I spoke a few weeks back how I’d pruned the grapes. (See here.) At that time I said I would go into it more when I was able to upload the pictures. Well, the pictures are uploaded now. Heck, they were … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) By now it cannot be a secret that I like small stories. These are stories where there might be a major cataclysm, catastrophe, war or other great event but that is backdrop. It might impact the story and … Continue reading
Okay. I’ve been home a month now. Things have settled out some. There’s no longer the issue of feeling anxious until I start to work. My desk had three monitors on it but I can only use one at home. … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) I’ve been wanting to reread this for a while now for a number of reasons. It is a small novel– the great movements and changes that SF is so famous for are either absent or merely backdrop for … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) With the advent of COVID-19, the state of the farm is intimately connected to the state of the country. So, we’ll start with that. This is the beginning of week 2 staying at home. Draper Labs (my employer) … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) I will be at Boskone 57 at the Westin this coming weekend. (Feb 14-Feb 16, 2020) Come and have fun with me. Here’s my schedule. … Continue reading