Cool Events

Trumpeting Trumpet Vines

Yes.  It’s still very hot here, so let’s talk about a few things that are cool, including forthcoming events I’ll be attending.  And, of course, the garden…

The weekend of August 25 through 27 is Bubonicon, New Mexico’s SF/F convention.  I’ll be there all three days.  Programming hasn’t been posted yet, but it should be soon.

Then the weekend of September 15 through 17, I’m the Fantasy Guest of Honor at P-con, a new convention in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  The Science Fiction Guest of Honor is Charles E. (aka Chuck) Gannon.  Chuck and I have known each other since I was an undergrad at Fordham.  We’ve been co-GOHs once before (at Congregate in 2018) and had a wonderful time.  Doubtless we’ll end up talking about a lot of things, including that—for all our official titles—we each have written both Science Fiction and Fantasy.  We might even do a live RPG…

As a bonus, Chuck and I may be doing a book signing on September 14th, as a lead-in to the con.  Details are still being arranged.

In September, I hope to do one or more local to New Mexico book events to celebrate my (then) new release, House of Rough Diamonds, the third book in my new “Over Where” series, which began with Library of the Sapphire Wind and Aurora Borealis Bridge.

As for the garden…  Well, last week temperatures dropped, but I think you can forgive me for not thinking 109 F, as opposed to 111 F, particularly “cool.”  However, we did have a little rain (.06 inch; yes, the decimal point is in the right place).  One little storm is not enough to tell if the monsoons are establishing, but we do hope.

Despite the heat and dryness, our garden has rewarded our meticulous care with the beginnings of a harvest.  We’ve harvested a few eggplant (small varieties), a handful of green beans (most lianas, which handle heat better than do “real” green beans), a very few zucchini, and one cherry tomato (punta banda, a heat tolerant type).  We also have basil, but teeny-tiny beetles ate all the arugula.  Every few days we pick a few leaves of Swiss chard to add to our salads.  The radishes screamed in protest and died.

So, stay cool!