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 …
Tag: American Red Cross
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
The Birds and the Bugs
It was a quiet weekend. With the exception of a Zoom critique group meeting, I was pretty free, so we decided to do a little nature walking. We’ve been seeing dragonflies around, so on Saturday, we went to our favorite …
I’m Special – And Now I Have Scientific Proof
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 …
Loscon Day Three
Day Three of Loscon was Sunday, the last day of the con. Kris and I started the day at 10:00 am with our panel, “I Got the Music in Me”. This was mostly Kris’ panel. It was about how music …