2022 Goal Check – First Quarter
Well, it’s the end of the first quarter of 2022. Time to check on how I’m doing on my goals for the year: 2022 Goals – the expurgated version (the one without the gannet). For the full version see my …
Well, it’s the end of the first quarter of 2022. Time to check on how I’m doing on my goals for the year: 2022 Goals – the expurgated version (the one without the gannet). For the full version see my …
It’s been a while since I gave blood. Thanksgiving weekend to be precise. I was going to give in January, but then, well, Covid. I am O Negative, the universal donor. I am also CMV Negative. CMV is a bacterium …
Back in May of last year, I had some disappointing jalapenos. First, we went to Topper’s Pizza (my favorite pizza place) and ordered a pizza with jalapenos on it. The jalapenos were disappointingly not hot. Then I made a …
The California Creative Writer’s Conference continued through the week and ended yesterday. In addition to more great panels, there was an Editor Happy hour. This was an informal Zoom gathering where attendees could speak and ask questions of editors Deanna …
My education as a writer continues with the California Creative Writer’s Conference http://www.wcwriters.com/ccwc/ this weekend and through the week. This conference, like the last, is virtually done via Zoom. So far there have been two full days of panels, …
One Hundred blogs – that’s almost two years straight without missing a Sunday. Although one of them was pretty much, “Too tired from Loscon, more next week.” We started by going to Barnes and Noble and getting a few books …
We didn’t go to Gallifrey – the Doctor Who convention this year, but Kris was in the art show. She had several bracelets and a pen wrap on display. We did miss going, but we decided to stay home for …
I’m no longer feel sick, just tired. Just making breakfast and showering this morning wore me out. I emailed a friend in one of my critique groups. He responded back that after three weeks, he was still fighting fatigue. But …
So, I recovered from my kidney stone and went back to work on Monday. On Tuesday I got a scratchy throat and was coughing a bit. Came home dead tired. That was the start of a cold. It wasn’t the …
Above is a picture of a kidney stone. A tiny ball of sharp little knives. To be fair, there are smooth kidney stones. The one I had did not feel smooth. This little torture device spent about four days in …