This is the science fiction blog, so that title seemed appropriate when I faceplanted into the gravel & concrete sidewalk Saturday afternoon. Planet used its overwhelming gravitatioal constant to smash me down (OK, I tripped on the corner of a planter) and turn me into a scary, gory, bleeding-faced mess right there between the airport Read More…
Tag: life beyond writing
Two Annual Markers: My Mother’s Birth, My Mother’s Death
I wasn’t around for my mother’s birth. She was born at home, like most children in those pre-WWI days. She would have been beyond a century old this year, if she’d lived that long. But her birthday and her death day always give me a sharp jab in the ribs: I exist because she existed Read More…
Where’d she Go?
Got sick last week, have been seriously miserable (but not a serious illness just uncomfortable and unhappy) for days. Better today, definitely on the upswing, expect to be almost back to normal by week’s end, but don’t worry if I’m scarce somewhat longer. Covid test was negative. Sore throat went into bronchitis; still a lot Read More…
Snippet at Paksworld Blog
Hit with a plot bomb this morning and there’s now something really new and raw on the http://www.paksworld.com/blog/?p=2932 …a longish snippet from “something” whose ultimate length, type and so on I know nothing about yet. It’s farther in the future than Horngard I and probably the entire Horngard group. So I thought I’d better stick Read More…
Town Stuff
A few years ago, the piece of land just north of the 80 acres went up for sale. I wanted it like anything because the “hump” at the upper end is higher than ours, has the only post oak nearby, some lovely wild plum trees along the highway, additional old trees and plants closely related Read More…
Life Stuff: Well, It’s Not Boring…
…said the person who has confessed that February has been “challenging.” One of my books on riding suggests that riders quit thinking and talking about problems with their riding or their horse, and start calling things “challenging.” It’s a mental trick. It really does work though it requires firmly making a sharp turn in which Read More…
Waiting: Not My Favorite Game
It’s been a difficult couple of weeks for several reasons, but especially because…I haven’t heard anything back from Agent. I’m working, of course: the wildlife management report (in the process of which I discovered that my old printer no longer prints text…just pictures. And not very well…with thin orange striped across them.) Then there’s the Read More…
Holes (In the Ground, Not Stories) (update Jan 13)
I had originally thought of using a dip in the ground west of Cloud Pavilion (one of our rain-barns) to create a small pond, fed by water from the storage tanks at Cloud. Cloud was so that 4 2500 gallon tanks could be placed in it (under the two upper decks) but on further consideration Read More…
On The Way
NewBook I is on the way again…I emailed it to my agent yesterday and he got it (confirmation email, yay!) so there’s that. I took the rest of the afternoon off for a walk outside and horse chores. Today I opened NewBook II’s file. You may recall that it is/was a little over 20K word, Read More…
Who Wants Small Government?
The GOP, especially its MAGA wing, will tell you government is too big, government “overreaches” by making and enforcing laws that restrict freedom (by their definition of freedom, which trust me, I WILL get to.) They want SMALL GOVERNMENT. LOCAL CONTROL. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. FREEDOM. That they also claim to be in favor of law & Read More…