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Arroz is Arroz is Arroz

Kathy’s away for a yoga weekend, and left me here in the cold. To keep off the chill I wanted a hot mess to eat, so here’s paella! Ham, fresh-caught Gulf shrimp, chorizo, Patagonian scallops, chicken, and bomba rice.

invited Terry and Jim to share it, and they brought a fine Spanish red, so all is warm with the world.

Darn That Spam

Due tp a massive spam attack I have disabled comments for the present. Sorry about that.

Toolbox for 2024

This announcement has been delayed due to my heavy schedule with Mr. Zappy, but I’m pleased to finally be able to announce that Taos Toolbox for 2024 is open for submissions.

Taos Toolbox is a two-week master class in writing science fiction and fantasy, and is helmed by award-winning author Nancy Kress as well as yours truly. Toolbox has been producing great writers since 2007.

This year’s workshop will take place June 2-15, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Special Guest for ...

Refuge

We spent a pleasant hour this PM at the Bernardo wildlife refuge, and saw thousands of sandhill cranes, snow geese, Canada geese, and other miscellaneous wild fowl. Plus a spectacular sunset.

The night before the night before

The night before the night before Christmas, it snowed on Santa Fe plaza. And here’s the picture to prove it.

As a holiday present to ourselves, we decided on a trip to Santa Fe to catch a baroque concert, dine out with a friend, then spend the night at a classic old hotel. The weather was supposed to be terrible, but in the event this was a bad as it got: a steady light snowfall that went on for hours. It wasn’t a lot of fun to stroll through, but it was far from the worst storm I’...

Adios Mr. Zappy

I have bade farewell to Mr. Zappy with the following tender message: “I hope I never see you again.”

I even got a certificate (suitable for framing) stating that I have “completed a course in radiation therapy.” I wonder if it will affect my GPA?

Anyway: treatment done.

Cancer dead.

On to the next problem (once I take my nap).

Two Left

Two sessions with Mr. Zappy left. Doc says I’ll continue with the exhaustion and other side effects for a couple weeks, then will return to what Mr. Harding called “normalcy” fairly steadily.

Yesterday I hit the wall again, spending much of the day in bed. Today I’m feeling more chipper and am feeding myself a fairly steady diet of jump blues.

I’ve been feeling lightheaded the last several days and I’ve decided not to trust myself behind the wheel of a car. Kathy now has the depressing...

Four To Go

After five weeks of nearly-daily radiation treatments, I finally hit the wall yesterday.

I had my treatment in the morning, had some Wor Wonton soup for lunch, then had a session with my physical therapist. Then I drove home and was out for the count.

I crashed, got up to help Kathy with the lovely dinner she’d created, then went back to bed till maybe 9pm. Stayed awake for a while, then went to bed 90 minutes before my usual time.

It was the first day since treatment began that I wa...

Happy Birthday, Ludwig Van!

Imperium Restored (and Cheaply)

My latest ebook is on sale for $1.98! And in multiple places!

IMPERIUM RESTORED is discounted on HarperCollins’ site on the 10th and 11th of December. It’s also on offer with Amazon Gold Box beginning on the 10th.

I don’t have an end date for the Amazon promotion, but it may last only the one day, so my advice is to buy now.

(I haven’t been able to find the promotion on Harper’s site, but here’s the ebook, in case the price change pops up.)

But elsewhere you won’t have trouble...