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March 24, 2014
Monday Morning Music
So, yesterday was Alpha Reader’s birthday. It turned out to be a lovely day of noodling around town, looking at art, and eating ALL THE FOOD! I made flan and stuffed pork chops for him and we had amazing smoked salmon melts at the Madison. I asked AR who he’d like to see on this […]
March 17, 2014
Monday Morning Music-St. Patrick’s Day Edition
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! If you’re into that. I’m not really, but it seemed like a good excuse for music videos today. I’m also continuing the Women’s History Month celebration so that means… Irish women! Yeah, so I Googled Irish women musicians and was disappointed to see that most of the hits were Irish […]
March 10, 2014
Monday Morning Music
Last Tuesday was Miriam Makeba‘s birthday. She would have been 82 on March 4. So, for this installment of Monday Morning Music during Women’s History Month, let’s celebrate Mama Africa! Miriam Makeba was a South African singer and activist. She campaigned against apartheid and was exiled from her country for thirty years because of that. […]
March 5, 2014
Words in Progress
So, when I posted my end-of-year roundup on my writing in December, I was thinking of making that kind of post a regular thing, updating all y’all on how the writing’s going. And now it’s March. Yeah, I’m not always so good on following through with stuff. So, how is that writing stuff going, M? […]
March 3, 2014
Monday Morning Music
Monday again! And it’s March. That means spring is on the way. *looks at the thermometer* Right? Since I messed up not celebrating Black History Month until the very end, it feels even more important to me to start off on a better foot with Women’s History Month. Going to start with one of my […]
February 28, 2014
“‘Tis not right, a woman going into such places by herself.”* – A Book List
As promised, here’s the list of books containing older women as important characters that my friends and I came up with on Twitter a couple weeks ago. Clicking on the photos will take you to the book’s Amazon page. Thanks to @grumpymartian, @whateversusan, @chrysoula, @AthenaHelivoy, @JustinSRobinson, @byharryconnolly, @LJLietya, @KateElliottSFF, and @clundoff for chiming in! Mindscape, […]
“Aging children, I am one”*
Jim Hines’ call for guest blogs about representation in fiction got me thinking. And the folks who have posted over there since have kept the thoughts coming. Seriously. Go check out the last several guest posts on Jim’s blog. They’re great. Another thing that’s added to my thinking is the latest kerfuffle with the gatekeepers […]
February 24, 2014
Monday Morning Music
It’s the last Monday of February, aka Black History Month. I’ve only posted one video including African American musicians so far this month. That doesn’t seem right at all. Let’s fix that. First up, quite possibly my favorite blues man, Muddy Waters (1913-1983) performing “Hoochie Coochie Man” at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960. So […]
February 17, 2014
Monday Morning Music – Shirley Temple Black RIP
Shirley Temple died last week. A lot’s been said of her since and it’s been fun, in a bittersweet way, remembering how many of her movies I saw as a kid. No, I’m not old enough to have seen her films when they first came out. But my mom was. One of the tv stations […]
February 13, 2014
Monstrous Noir – A Guest Post by AJ Sikes
It’s guest post time! Aaron (AJ) Sikes has a new book coming out and I offered him space on the blog to write about it. Haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but you all know how I feel about monsters and noir. Gods of Chicago looks like it’s right up my alley. Take […]
