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The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 21

  Last week we left our hero, the Orc detective, giving up and resigning from the biggest case of his life: his mother’s murder. In the aftermath, he was left with a racking headache and an egg.  To begin at the beginning, or pick up any dropped threads, you can find the whole serial here… Read More The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 21

Eat This While You Read That: DJ Butler

  Today is the day to celebrate In the Palace of Shadow and Joy!  And to help you welcome Dave Butler’s new book  into the world, here’s a recipe for a lovely, spicy, all-in-one pot dish you can savor while you are reading the story of a man who kept history alive in his head.… Read More Eat This While You Read That: DJ Butler

Aslcepias

  Milkweed, and it’s cousin Butterfly Weed, are some of my favorites. Not only are they host to the Monarch butterfly in infant stage, they have wonderfully shaped flowers. The Common Milkweed has a divine scent: the one time I have seriously attempted distillation I was seeking to capture the volatile oils that make their… Read More Aslcepias

An Emotional Artifact

  This is the stillness after the storm. My mind is both very full of thoughts and feelings, and oddly empty. I’m supposed to be doing a half-dozen things right now, but instead I sat down to… write some more?  There’s a hole in my brain at the moment. It’s vaguely book-shaped. When they say… Read More An Emotional Artifact

Writing Marathon

  Ready, set, go!  I have a week(ish) of vacation. Other than possibly a couple of days down to visit my mother and sister with all the kids (during which I plan to get no writing done other than daily minimums, and that because Mom will encourage me into it), I have a full seven… Read More Writing Marathon

June Writing Data

  My monthly productivity report.  I was thinking that the whole lockdown quarantine nonsense wasn’t affecting me all that much. After all, I go to work every day. I go home. I write. I make art – usually on my lunch break. I take walks with the camera in hand and fall in love –… Read More June Writing Data

Watermelon Rind: A Guest Post

  This is a post from Tammie Darden, who I am proud to call friend. She’s an inspiration to me: she cooks, cans, gardens, and like I have been working at becoming, she’s a scientist. When I saw her talking about a paper on the use of watermelon rind, I asked if she would be… Read More Watermelon Rind: A Guest Post

The Paradigm of Parenting

  This isn’t something you think about, if you have had a normal childhood. Which one of us, when we were young and under the care of loving parents, would think that one day the shoe would be on the other foot? If we thought about it, we contemplated having young ones of our own.… Read More The Paradigm of Parenting

The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 20

  Twenty-one weeks of writing in public. We have, with the scene this week, flipped into the second half of the story, I think.  Last week we left our intrepid orc, having told a story-within-a-story, resigning from the investigation of his mother’s murder. If you have not been following the story, click here for links… Read More The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 20

Eat This While You Read That: Brena Bock

  I’m very pleased to be able to write this post. Since this post is celebrating Brena’s first two publications, near simultaneously, it’s appropriate to do it with a double-header. I don’t think I’ve done this before, so buckle up, this is a long post! But I don’t think you’ll be sorry. First, there’s the… Read More Eat This While You Read That: Brena Bock