I went as the night sky for Halloween. Below is me with the moon I made. Now the moon hangs in my office window. I rarely open the blind, so it isn't going to block the view. Mostly I don't open the blind because if I do, too much sunlight streams in and it's hot …
Crater Lake, August 2025 As we plunge into the unknown waters of the future, I brace for the shock of the cold and the depths and whatever monsters might wait. But as a psychologist I recently spoke with told me to do, when you start obsessing about what if, ask yourself what is? My endless …
The husband and I took a short trip to see a friend. We spent half of one day and half of the next day, walking around the town square, visiting shops, stopping for coffee and ice cream. As much as I dislike being in crowds, I do enjoy a downtown space where people are walking …
I've composed many blog posts in my head and written none of them. I could speculate as to why, but in the meantime, I'll just do my best to get over myself and write something today. A few weeks ago, I read Grant Faulkner's Substack ode to letter writing. I love sending and receiving letters, …
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Took a photo of the house across the street and moved the camera at the same time. In 1977, at nine years old, I fell in love with Star Wars. My mom and I stood in line for a long time to see The Empire Strikes Back, only to be told it was sold out. …
The last few weeks I've been taking part in Story-a-Day May. My theme? Monsters, Romance, and the End of the World. (You don't have to pick a theme. Heck, you don't have to follow any rules. Don't like prompts? Don't use them. Kind of like the prompts? Change them. Can't actually write everyday? Make your …
Picture taken at an Austin Seance event last October at the Haunt Happy Bookstore in Lockhart, Texas. I don't believe in ghosts, but I love them anyway. Doesn't make sense, I suppose, yet it's true. Humans believe a lot of things that make no sense, and I'm no different. In any event, it's Mother's Day …
I often feel that as a responsible human, I should stay informed about my fellow humans. Yes, injustice and depravity have always existed, but...damn, y'all. Cruelty feels ramped up to terrifying levels. This may certainly be because we have access to news 24/7 from hundreds of streams. We are so flooded with nightmare fuel, we …
I've been getting back into zines. I think I've mentioned this before, but I'm going to talk about it again because now I have a zine shelf! So, I bought a few at conventions a few years before the pandemic, and then during the pandemic, I made a few as part of Story-a-Day May. Each …
The tide of National Novel Writing Month is upon us. Are you getting into storytelling ship and setting out on the turbulent sea? Or are you staying on shore, watching other mad sailors disappear over the horizon, sink under the waves? Perhaps the metaphor is wrong, but it went with my gold ocean up there. …
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