November is rapidly approaching. Yes, I’ll be participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNo) again this year. I’ll be doing Fooling Mother Nature as a satire. I don’t think I’ve attempted satire before, and I think this story lends itself to it. As usual, I’ll be doing it by the … Continue reading →
There must be something in the water this week. I’ve been reading some interesting posts in the blogosphere. First, was Shannon Stacey’s from October 23rd. She had an “Extra” kid from the neighborhood at her house. When she asked him if he needed to call home or anything, and he … Continue reading →
Roxy’s kittens are 26 days old today. On Monday, they’ll be four weeks. Here’s what they look like now: I caught them in what will be an increasingly rare pose — asleep — this afternoon. Order from left to right: Number Four, Number One, Number Three, and Number Two. … Continue reading →
I’ll bet you knew that. I tend to forget. I was talking to my neighbor a couple of weeks ago, and I genuinely forgot what day of the week it was. I guessed it was Monday. I was wrong. It was Friday. That’s a little embarrassing. But only because I … Continue reading →
The U.S. News and World Report Cover from August 7: Anarchy Growing Threat to Big Cities? Business at Bottom — An Upturn Next? New Defense Line in the Pacific More War or Real Progress in the Mideast Not All This Country is Tense, Troubled Here’s the bonus question: What year? … Continue reading →
For those of you not following on Facebook, Roxy’s kittens have arrived. Yesterday afternoon, she spent a little over four hours welcoming four little kitties into the world. She did a wonderful job and is being a wonderful mama kitty. One and Two came about fifteen minutes apart, then we … Continue reading →
Take a few minutes and go read this blog post. Take longer and read the nearly thousand replies to it. If you come back, great. If not, reading the post is more important. Go do it. This post will be here whenever you decide to come back. No rush. Do … Continue reading →
A little over 100 days ago, someone posted about 750words.com on FM. My writing has been sporadic at best lately. I checked out the site. The site author compared it to morning pages, but he does oh so much more. He keeps stats and he offers badges for achieving various … Continue reading →
I’m finally getting around to reading my electronic advance reader copy of In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta Ahmed. Yes, it was published two years ago, but I didn’t have a viable way to read the PDF download (I don’t consider a computer screen a viable way to … Continue reading →
No, not more cats for the house, but we seem to have an “infestation” under the house. We’re on a major pathway between two possible “problem” houses for cats. One is our next door neighbor to the back who has a sort of a pet cat he lets live in … Continue reading →
