American Red Cross
Off to a Good Start
It may be two months early to review my goals, but as I was marking my progress for the month, I realized how much I accomplished. Some of it, like trying new recipes, I wasn’t even trying. I just love trying new recipes I find. It’s important to break down […]
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Stick It to Me Again
It’s been eight weeks since my last donation at Loscon, so it’s time to do it again. That’s me giving the blood drive salute. If you give whole blood, you can give every eight weeks. I was thinking about the blood drive I’m now planning for Westercon on July 4th […]
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I’m Out for Blood
Kris and I have been doing the Loscon blood drive for 32 years, but it’s been a long time since we were able to do another con like Worldcon or Westercon. This year, Westercon will be in Anaheim and we have the opportunity to do their blood drive. We had […]
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Loscon 48 review
Actually, we didn’t see a whole lot of the con because we were busy. It started on Thanksgiving Day when I made cookies for the Blood Drive. Kris was also busy helping me with quality control. Friday, we did catch one panel we really wanted to see. Gene Turnbow and […]
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Back From Loscon
Just got back from Loscon and unpacked the car. Full review next week. Going to bed, now… Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… Dennis 139th blog completed. First Steampunk novel: 72,193 words. Need to expand to about 80,000 words. ß Didn’t work on it. Catching up on critiques and working on Blood Drive […]
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Get Those Needles Ready
The Loscon Blood Drive is now two weeks away. And while the Red Cross is sharpening their needles, I have my own preparations to make. The flyer on the cover picture, for example. I also had to make the raffle tickets and the raffle ticket drop box. It’s actually the […]
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Getting Ready to Bleed Them Dry
With Loscon about a month away (Thanksgiving weekend), it’s time to start prepping for the Blood Drive. This weekend, I sent the sign-up information to the Loscon press info. I also signed up myself. I’ll be one of the first to donate at 10:00 am. Next, I had to check […]
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So Long and Thanks for all the Platelets
Aside from the Writer’s Conference last week, Kris and I attended a memorial for Charles (Karl) Lembke. I wrote about him a few weeks ago when I donated blood at the American Red Cross in Woodland Hills, California. Karl had donated platelets 997 times (the updated plaque was off by […]
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Busy Weekend
It started Saturday morning at 6:00 am. I was on kitchen staff at church making breakfast burritos for the woman’s conference the way we make them at the men’s monthly breakfasts. Hey, women need burritos, too. Luckily, I’m ¼ Mexican, so I know how to wrap a burrito. After getting […]
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An Emotional Blood Letting
I’ve been nervous to give blood, light-headed a few times, but I had never gotten emotional until yesterday. First, the blood center in the West Hills moved. I went to the old location only to find the doors locked and a sign with their new location at 21333 Oxnard St, […]
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