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Sick and tired...

I’m sick, tired, and unproductive, though intending to get better soon. Plus: dinosaurs!

Slammed in the head with a cast-iron skillet

Just finished my action/adventure novel rewrite. Result: feel slammed in the head with a cast-iron skillet. But happy.

Checking in

I’m still flying, if flying low. Plus: cute pet picture!

Oh, we like sheep!

Handel’s Messiah chorus sings that they like sheep. Christmas fun with friends and food.

Merry Christmas, 2009

Wishing all a Merry Christmas filled with peace & harmony, and a happy, healthy, prosperous New year.

Another epic Halloween party!

Saturday was the social event of the biennium: Pat Rogers’ and Scott Denning’s Nonpareil Halloween Party! Sorry if you missed it.

From the invitation: Mama Marais requests the honor of your presence at her Voodoo Herb & Potion Shack on the edge of the swamp.

So inviting. Step inside. (Photo: Kathy Kelly-Kubica)

The honor’s all to those [...]

My harvest

Yesterday, walking through the Vineyard on an incredible autumn afternoon after brunch at García’s at 4th and Mountain, Joe asked how my square foot garden experiment had gone.  I said I’d have to call it a success.

Wouldn't you?

That’s only a relatively small part of it – just what I picked today. I’ve [...]

Home again

I’m lying on my bed in my own bedroom with my feet up, Squeak lying beside me on the bed, and TJ sitting on the bedside table, both conveniently located for Daddy to pet them. Which Daddy is happily doing; I missed them too. Meanwhile Bubonicon 41 Author Guest of Honor Michael Cassutt is on [...]

Dazed & Con-Fused

Don’t get it. Do not. Get it.

Just had a pleasant 12:30 AM conversation on the nature of science fiction/fantasy cons with Larry the Helpful Maintenance Guy who just came up and fixed the climate control in my room – the sensor in the unit that detects the thermostat’s commands, which seems to me to [...]

Catching up

I’m finally getting some momentum back up writing the adventure novel – gonna be tight hitting the deadline.

Still struggling to get myself to do things that give me real pleasure, one of the chief of which is writing, as opposed to stuff that just burns time. I mistrust pleasure; it’s a childhood thing. As for [...]