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Eat This While You Read That: Lawdog

  This one is a little different. Unlike most of my posts, there isn’t an ebook for quick and handy reading. There is, however, audiobooks, and if you are patient and plan ahead, paper. It’s worth it. Lawdog’s books are trenchant observations on the human condition… but most of all, they are laugh-out-loud fall out… Read More Eat This While You Read That: Lawdog

What’s that word?

  Last night I was tip-tapping away at the keyboard, writing up both the next section of Hatrack, and a new short that is intended to be SF Horror, and don’t ask me how I was doing both simultaneously, because I wasn’t. Anyway, I’m not sure the SF story will be horror, because I have… Read More What’s that word?

A wealth of affection

  I fell asleep in my desk chair last night. Not sure why – it hadn’t been a strenuous day. But I was awakened by the First Reader poking me and saying “go to bed.” I demurred, and he said “no, you fell asleep sitting up. Bed.”  There are things to be said for having… Read More A wealth of affection

The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 14

  Last week, we left our hero struggling to come to grips with his sweet little old lady mother-in-law’s secrets, and dealing with the hatrack’s newfound ability to speak.  If you haven’t read that, or missed any portion of this serial story, go check out the links and blurb here, before you dive into the… Read More The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 14

Pickled Egg Recipes

      Beet Pink Spiced Eggs 1 can of beets, reserve liquid to make 1 c liquid (dilute with water if necessary) 1 cup cider vinegar 1/3 cup  sugar 6 cardamom pods 1 1/2 tsp fennel seeds Bring to boil. Pour into wide-mouthed quart canning jar over:  9-10 hard cooked eggs, peeled 1/4  sweet… Read More Pickled Egg Recipes

Eat This While You Read That: Jerry Boyd

  I asked Jerry Boyd to take part in this series because even though I have not (yet! I promise I will, Jerry!) read any of this series, they look like tons of fun. And the First Reader read all of them. It was a little funny – I manage the Kindle library, and I’d… Read More Eat This While You Read That: Jerry Boyd

Mahogany Handles

  This isn’t a recipe. No, it’s the story of a very expensive stick, and how it brought a family heirloom back to life.  A while back, maybe a year, my mother passed on a cast iron waffle maker to me. I loved it. The problem was that although all the metal pieces were there,… Read More Mahogany Handles

Inktail, Too!

  I am still working on the next Inktail coloring book. I was going at it hammer and tongs earlier this year, but then, well…  So here’s one of the pages, to whet your appetite.   

The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 13

  Last week, having delivered his ex-wife into the hands of the Magic and Alchemy Committee for incarceration, our orcish investigator followed his mother-in-law into a quest for a magical object that could convey the ability for human speech onto a creature not so gifted. We left them as the collar was placed onto the… Read More The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack: Part 13

Bee on Golden Alexanders

  A solitary bee on Zizia aurea, commonly known as Golden Alexanders. Photographed May 10 2020 in Montgomery County, Ohio.  Many native pollinators, like this busy fellow, are solitary bees. Unlike the eusocial honeybee with it’s vast hive of individuals that work together in complex social patterns, solitary bees are all on their own. However,… Read More Bee on Golden Alexanders