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Meanwhile in Australia

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Gillian Polack

This post is brought to you by a single finger and a mobile phone and an eight hour bus trip. The reason you have an extra Meanwhile in Australia this week is be because so many people have asked me … Continue reading →

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Posted in Food and Cooking, Lifestyle | Tagged australia, Canberra, fire, gillian polack, Travel, truck stops

Kansas: The University

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Brenda Clough

At the invitation of professor and author Kij Johnson we went to visit the University of Kansas, with its vast holdings of SF and SFnal history. The actual collection is going to have to be a separate post — there … Continue reading →

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Posted in birds, Travel | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, Travel

Blogs, Clogs and Dogs

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Jill Zeller

I didn’t bring my Croc clogs on our most recent return to Seattle, but we did bring the dogs, and I decided I would write my blog about that trip. The trip was for a necessary return to the surgeon … Continue reading →

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Posted in dogs, Health, Humor, Lifestyle, Travel | Tagged English mastiffs, Humor, Jill Zeller, Seattle, Travel

Worldcon Report 8: Prison

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Brenda Clough

I simply cannot resist a grim Victorian prison. And fortunately I was able to score tickets to tour Kilmainham Gaol Museum in Dublin. This grim stone pile was built in 1796 and extensively refurbished to the latest fashions in Victorian … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, Travel, Writing life | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, History, Travel

Worldcon Report 7: Programming

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Brenda Clough

All the programming here in Dublin is mobbed. People have to line up to get into the panels, and the con volunteers have painfully, by trial and error, figured out how and where to create the queues and how to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conventions, Writing life | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, Travel, WorldCon

Worldcon Report 6: Dublin

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Brenda Clough

Going to Worldcon always involves travel. And what is the point of travel but eating interesting new foods? Ireland is full of fascinating meals. The other main thing to do at Worldcon is no, not necessarily panels. That can be … Continue reading →

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Posted in Community, Conventions, Travel, Writing life | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, Travel, WorldCon

Worldcon Report 4: Bristol

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Brenda Clough

This is my first visit to Bristol, one of the great Victorian cities in southern England. It has everything to recommend it — thrillingly redeveloped industrial buildings, preserved churches, and fantabulous food. It’s not as expensive and intimidating as London, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conventions, History, Travel, Writing life | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, Travel, WorldCon

Worldcon Report 3: Bath

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Brenda Clough

It has been one of my life ambitions to visit Bath and its Roman ruins, even though I have finished writing about Jack Wragsland in the Roman Empire. And here I am at last! We took 2 tours of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conventions, History, Travel, Writing life | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, Roman bath-house, Travel, WorldCon

Worldcon Report 1: Bristol

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Brenda Clough

The hotel I am staying in has fantastically limited wifi so these will have to be short. I am at this moment in Bristol about to attend the Diana Wynne Jones conference. And let’s see if i can post a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Community, Conventions, Travel | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, Travel, WorldCon

Adventures in Your New Life, Episode 2

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Jill Zeller

We bought the Albany, Oregon house four years ago. People ask me, “Why Albany?” And I immediately think of the reasons that are not mine: “I love it!” “I grew up there.” “My family is there.” None of this is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Humor, Lifestyle, Retirement | Tagged Jill Zeller, retirement, Travel, Western Washington

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