Cedar Sanderson's Blog, page 25
May 15, 2022
8 Cuts
Progress continues, slowed a little by my dealing with a migraine that took me down this morning. We didn’t really get going until afternoon, and by then it was already more than 100F out there. Slowly, slowly. Patience, and lots of liquid, and then my friend handing me about 32 oz of delicious iced coffee …
May 14, 2022
Progress Report
I have my bed! So happy about this. I love the four-poster, but it’s more that we aren’t sleeping on a mattress on the floor at home any longer. The apartment is packed. Moving truck happens this coming Friday. This weekend is wainscoting and trim. All the fiddly bits! I got creative over at Mad …
May 13, 2022
Big Purses
“I’m going to pack my small purses,” I was holding a red one, about the size of two hardback books cover to cover. He eyes it, and grins a little. “That’s only a small purse to you, my love.” “Relative to my usual?” I gesture at my Bag of Holding, on the table nearby. I …
May 12, 2022
Self-Portrait with Flowers: Tutorial
I’ve been very, very busy recently, as you may have noticed. Also, I wrapped up the AstroLizards illustrations in time for TulKon at the end of the last month. You should get yourself a copy, and maybe one for a friend! In the wake of all those illustrations and handling the stuff of life, I …
May 11, 2022
Seven-League Boots
The problem isn’t that I don’t have the time, some days. It’s that I don’t have the focus. I can write – I sat down and pounded out the 600 words on Mother’s Little Helper last night in about thirty minutes after griping at the First Reader about how I didn’t want to write something …
May 10, 2022
Odd Prompts: Mother’s Little Helper
A piece of flash fiction. In more ways than one! *** The security guard looked up from his monitor with a frown. There had been something… The barest flicker of motion. Close enough that had it been out there, he’d have been able to see it through the glass of the lobby. The facility was …
May 9, 2022
Motherhood
Reflecting on being a mother, these last 23 years, as Mother’s Day passed quietly yesterday. It’s far too much to unpack at in one sitting, those two decades-plus, and I have other things pressing on my time and attention. Which is, I suppose, a summary of motherhood in itself. It’s a constant war for my …
May 4, 2022
Booze Review
A little review of a couple of fun drinks. I was amusing myself… I went to look for a bottle of something highly recommended, which the local liquor store (nice big one with good selection, relevant later) tells me has been discontinued. Since I was there, and we don’t actually drink nor shop for booze …
May 3, 2022
Odd Prompts: Tie it in a Bow
Composing this one straight into the blog editor. It’s going to be short – I’ve done something to my shoulder. **** The long gray double ribbon of highway stretched out before her eyes, over the gleaming hood of the car. Dancing mirrored mirages were the only thing that broke it’s smooth sweep across the arid …
TulKon AAR
This was a first for me. Not just Tulkon, although I hadn’t attended this con before (for good reason, see below) but the pace of this spring’s conventions for me. I’ve done three cons in five weeks, starting with FantaSci at the end of March in North Carolina, where I was a guest. I’d followed …
