Cedar Sanderson's Blog, page 26
April 28, 2022
A Spiral Seeded Thing
A small link between Texas and Malta. Medicago orbicularis is a small member of the legume family, with a minute yellow bloom that may go unnoticed in the verges of your paths and roads. The seedpods, on the other hand! Our new home has a sadly neglected lawn and garden – which I will be …
April 27, 2022
Book Launches and TulKon
It’s been an exciting month. Buying a home, seeing an anthology come out with a story of mine in it, and now? AstroLizards is live! Ebook and paper copies are available at your convenience. Please don’t forget to leave a review! The last of my three collaborations with Lawdog, it’s a collection of three of …
April 26, 2022
Odd Prompts: Frame of Reference
More of the longer work, First part was here, second here... *** “Do tell,” I murmured back politely, looking everywhere but at him. None of the other occupants were paying us the least bit of attention and the steward was in the galley. “You’re…” “Not what you expected. Have you got it?” I placed a …
April 25, 2022
AstroLizards
Coming soon, the third coloring book and humor collaboration between Lawdog and I. This one will have three reptilian themed tales in total, along with over thirty illustrations. Just like The Ratel Saga, this will be available as an ebook as well as the paper version. Ebook comic-style will be available by the end of …
April 24, 2022
April 23, 2022
First Bake
Testing out the oven at the new house. Making dinner for the North Texas Troublemakers and enjoying the heck out of it. The kitchen is nowhere near fully operational, but it’s close enough to mix up a feast! Made a lovely discovery last night during the livestream. There is a cardinal nesting in the vines …
April 22, 2022
Ghosts of Malta
The ghosts in this anthology are the stories themselves, haunting the tiny, indomitable island. Ghosts of Malta is a collection of tales set on Malta, from authors scattered around the world, and a history you won’t want to miss by the LawDog himself. I have a story in this one, along with many other great …
April 21, 2022
Feeling My Biscuits
This isn’t so much a recipe as it is thoughts on cooking for four decades. So if you want a precise recipe, sorry, perhaps this will work better for you? After all these years, I find myself telling my kids ‘don’t watch me bake. It’s a science, and you really ought to measure,’ as I …
April 19, 2022
Odd Prompts: stowaways Part 3
This finishes up the short serial. You can read part 1 here, and part 2, if you missed them, before reading this week’s segment. *** Maja flipped away from the gathering, bouncing off the bulkhead and ricocheting in the direction of the galley. She cradled the jar to her chest with one arm, using the …
April 15, 2022
It gets a little fuzzy
The borders between home and sleeping-place are ill-defined and will be for a while. I’ll report in from home later today – Friday evening livestream! Catch me at 6 pm central from the front porch of Home. Last weekend I evidently messed up the settings and that brief video vanished into the aether, sorry about …
