Life, Writing
Rainforest Writers Retreat 2023
One late February weekend in 2020, as COVID-19 was just finding its legs, I was obliviously enjoying the Rainforest…
March 16, 2023-
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Life, Website, WritingLong Live the Blog
Visitors exploring this site in recent weeks may have noticed missing photos and technical issues on old pages and…
March 13, 2023 -
Life, WritingPressing Reset in 2022
You wouldn’t know it from reading previous year-end whinges on this blog, but I love this time of year.…
December 31, 2022 -
LifeSo Long, Cairo
Last week, on Saturday, our beloved Cairo, the loving elder statesman of our cat trio, passed away. He was…
December 12, 2022 -
Life, Music, WritingSurviving 2021
I wonder what a glowingly positive year-in-review post looks like? One not littered by “under the circumstances” caveats? I’m…
December 31, 2021 -
Life, WritingWell, That Was a Year That Happened
Normally I get pretty philosophical at the end of the year. I usually try to write something to sum…
January 1, 2021 -
Life, Photos, WritingLifting the Veil in 2019
Another year in the books! (Exclamation point added, signaling enthusiasm!) Perhaps it’s just my subconscious desperately trying to break…
December 31, 2019 -
Life, Photos, WritingStill Here, Anyway!
So yeah, 2018 was not my favorite year. I’m not sure how it could be, for anyone even remotely…
January 2, 2019 -
Life, Photos, WritingAn Epic California Journey
It’s been an inward year of going to work and staying home and not much else, really — partly…
August 28, 2018 -
Life, Photos, WritingA Look Back at 2017
Ah, yes, the year-in-review post. This is always tricky business, isn’t it? Perhaps never moreso than this year. Oh,…
December 31, 2017 -
Life, WritingRainforest Writers Retreat 2017
Last week I took my first bona fide vacation in over a year, and it was magical. An entire…
March 2, 2017 -
Life, Photos, Website, Writing1,000 Posts
This is my 1,000th blog post. That happened faster than expected! When I started the site back in 2009,…
January 1, 2016 -
Life, PhotosA Whirlwind of a Year
It’s the last day of 2015, and I’m writing this post from an antique rocking chair we didn’t even…
December 31, 2015 -
Life, PhotosWhere I’ve Been Lately
This September was the slowest month of my “blogging career” dating back to to 2009. Normally, I would see…
October 10, 2015 -
Life, WritingWorldcon 2015
I have a sketchy, sporadic, and awkward history with science fiction conventions. My first was in Niagara Falls, a…
August 26, 2015