The husband, poet and thus master of acerbic one-liners, finally has a Twitter page after I pestered him about it. His most recent tweet regarded his dismay that, even though we are homebodies anyway, sheltering-in-place being a lifestyle we embrace, … Continue reading
Over my life I have seen, and occasionally been affected by, a lot of crises and disasters beyond my control. I have been scared, knowing that there was nothing much I could do to protect myself and the people around … Continue reading
At FOGcon last week, a group of us did a panel rooted in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed that discussed what kind of economic systems might develop in the future. We did a good job of scratching the surface … Continue reading
“With the exception of rabies vaccine, the U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn’t require data beyond one year for any vaccine” – www.nbcnews.com How come? As a health professional, I support regular vaccinations for humans. (Don’t get me started . . … Continue reading
Unless you write in secret and never show anyone your stories, sooner or later someone will give you feedback. It could be a relative or classmate, or the editor of the school literary magazine. Or friend with whom you’ve swapped … Continue reading
For years I’ve been writing near future science fiction in which chaotic collapse due to the climate crisis and extreme economic inequality are a given. Some are published (check out “Chatauqua” in the BVC anthology Nevertheless, She Persisted or “Or … Continue reading
I went to see Birds of Prey last weekend, drawn by some good recommendations and the argument that it was really a feminist movie. And while I enjoyed bits and pieces of it — the fight scenes really were well-choreographed … Continue reading
Here’s what really bothers me as I follow impeachment, the Senate trial, and other political shenanigans in Washington, DC, right now: Aren’t any of these people protecting Trump thinking about their legacies? Make no mistake about it: Even if Trump … Continue reading
World War II cast a long shadow, and my generation was born in the aftermath. Then the shadow burgeoned into a decades-long frenzy of terror of communism. The Soviet Union was the incarnation of evil, of course, and war was … Continue reading
See, there’s a part of me that mourns that THIS is the question that pops up like a jack in the box. The country I was born in – the one that doesn’t exist in atlases any more – was … Continue reading
