I’ve been kinda sorta busy of late (what’s new?), but I thought I’d pop up here to report five items of good news. 1. My mother underwent a successful surgery last week. All else pales beside this good news, but I did promise five items… 2. I’ve been reappointed for …
Only five weeks to go, if the Ring (sequel to the Hobbit, get it?) is on time. Odds are decent that she’ll be early, so we’re in full nest-making mode around here. The nesting began with last week’s big move of furniture, and it continues now with all the “little” …
I recently received a rejection from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, for my deliberate deus ex machina tale, “At the End of Babel.” A bummer, of course, since I still think it’s a very fine piece, and I’d like to see it in print. That said, there is …
2005 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED (LJ) R U B I C O N E D I T I O N This striking, well-maintained, low-mileage, one-owner Jeep is an off-roader’s dream come true. In addition to the already formidable features of the specialized Rubicon edition, this rugged beauty has more than $4000 …
I was feeling a bit better this morning, despite a rough night, and so we decided to rearrange the house. Seriously. My office, where I type this now, is no longer a room of its own. With the impending arrival of the Hobbit’s little sister (a little over a month …