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April 26, 2019
Tomaters
I have taken to experimenting with my red sauce. This time, after the tomatoes and garlic had enough time to sweat, cook, and reduce, I took out the bay leaves and used a stick blender to puree everything, then added browned meat, mushrooms (raw but rinsed because I wanted all their juiiiiicues and glutamic acids), …
April 25, 2019
Pondering
Here’s a short list of the things I’m wondering about lately: Reading about the bombing of Europe in WWII, I came across a description of the frantic effort to save cultural treasures from the air war. In particular, a Botticelli was spotted on the floor among men drinking tea, and it halted me in my …
April 23, 2019
Freeing, Not Optimal
Writing epic fantasy is very…different. For one thing, I’m not getting the “oh, this phase of the project is done” hit of dopamine as regularly as I’m accustomed to, and that makes me cranky. For another…well, let’s just say that working under another name is freeing, certainly, but it’s not even close to optimal. It …
April 22, 2019
Adversarial Book
Took a bit of a sabbatical last week, at least from the blog and most social media. It was nice to do some deep breathing and restore my sense of proportion. I keep thinking I can save the world. The world, however, either doesn’t want saving, or the job’s just too big for me. The …
April 15, 2019
Gut-Heaving Weekend
So Saturday morning, instead of settling down to work all day, I gutted out a run and came home to promptly lose everything I’d eaten in the last twelve hours. Since I run in the mornings, it wasn’t quite as bad as it could be, but bad enough. Still not sure if it was stomach …
April 12, 2019
Nostalgic
Coming around the corner at the library and being greeted by this fellow made me laugh loud enough that I’m sure a librarian would have shushed me, had any been in range. Working around happy, reasonable, creative people is so awesome. And yes, I was feeling somewhat nostalgic. Good ol’ Clippy, who used to frustrate …
April 11, 2019
Rules for Chasing
I have Poe’s Spanish Doll running inside my head this morning, a stagger-step of nostalgia and loss. The dogs are in fine fettle, especially Boxnoggin, who has taken to rolling over and begging for tummy rubs with the single-minded intensity and desperate cuteness of Oliver Twist asking for some more. He seems to have finally …
April 9, 2019
Burden, Borne
It’s that day! The Complete Roadtrip Z is now available in ebook directly, or from the distributor of your choice. That’s all four seasons of the serial in one handy (and very large) chunk. (The paperback edition is here.) The genesis of the Roadtrip books is a long ongoing conversation with my writing partner about …
April 8, 2019
Running the Canines
This is the sight that greets me if I look away from my desktop while wearing running togs. Lord van der Sploot is doing what he does best, while Miss B simply stares, clearly expectant. Mum. It is time for the running of the dogs. We are patient, yes, but eventually I will crawl into …
April 5, 2019
Stovetop Mullet
Tomatillos in front, focaccia dough in the back. It’s like a tasty mullet right on my stovetop. I’m still working on my tomatillo salsa recipe. Lots of trial and error involved. Tasty, tasty trial and error. I hope your weekend is full of good things, dear Readers, and that you enjoy them to the hilt. …
