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Gold, Leaves, Age

The maple in the yard behind ours has lost about a third of its drapery, which means morning light has taken on that particular heading-into-winter cast. There really is nothing like autumn light. Richer than summer’s, warmer than winter’s, briefer and more beautiful than spring’s. Autumn is when I start waking up again, in exact […]

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Today, Mysteries

This morning’s run–six kilometres up what I affectionately call Death Hill–featured no bees, wasps, or spiders. Instead, there was a crane fly in my hair when I slowed down. Miss B looked puzzled but unfazed when I shook the poor critter out, hoping I hadn’t damaged it. B had a fine old time cavorting along […]

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Release Day: THE MARKED

It’s time! It’s finally time! That’s right, it’s release day for The Marked! A winding road, a freak storm, and a lightning strike. Jude Altfall’s life, just beginning to coalesce after her divorce, is shattered afresh. Dazed with grief, she’s not sure if the weird things happening around her are hallucinations…or something more. And there’s […]

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Snore-plosion

As Miss B gets older, she sleeps on her back more. The funniest thing is when she snores–she rarely does so, it’s mostly Odd Trundles’s bailiwick–so loudly she wakes herself up and lunges into consciousness with a scrabble and a bark, ready to do battle. This, of course, wakes Odd Trundles, and since she is […]

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Story Bones

Story bones are strange and difficult things. Imagine a skeleton, structure for the dips and curves of the whole body, or a scaffolding to hang a three-dimensional tapestry on. Either way, there are weight-bearing supports in your stories, things that have to be strong enough to keep the whole thing from sliding into a pile. […]

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Nibble, Incubate

Who is that nibbling at my house? Only the wind, the child of heaven. There’s a Hansel and Gretel story I have to write before I die, but I’m not quite ready yet. Sometimes a book is there, but you know it’s not time yet. It’s waiting, gathering strength. There’s never any shortage of books […]

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Adulting

The Little Prince is beginning to fall into a school-morning routine, with only the usual and expected amount of teenage grumbling. The Princess, bright and shiny as a new penny, is settling into her first job. That’s right, my baby is gainfully employed. It was a pretty painless process, since she’s fearsomely organized and cheerful. […]

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THE MARKED Preorders!

That’s right, you can now preorder The Marked! A winding road, a freak storm, and a lightning strike. Jude Altfall’s life, just beginning to coalesce after her divorce, is shattered afresh. Dazed with grief, she’s not sure if the weird things happening around her are hallucinations…or something more. And there’s the mark on her hip—a […]

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Shroom and a Slug Story

The return of the rains (however temporary, since we are currently afflicted with sunshine) prompted a return of mycelium parachutes, too. Of course, every time I see a mushroom now, I have to take a picture or two and forward it to the Selkie for one of her upcoming projects. I suspect she wishes I […]

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Dragging, Pulling

This morning I got the Prince off to school, absorbed coffee, loaded and unloaded the dishwasher, and took Miss B and Odd Trundles for a morning walk. Trundles, despite dancing around my office groaning with the urge to Do Something, did not like that the Something required Effort. Maybe he had a game of tug […]

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