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Author: Cedar Sanderson
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Bibliophilia: Child Stories
I make no secret that I love Kipling. So it shouldn’t surprise my readers I have a collection of antique Kipling books. I don’t usually read them, but as you’ll see, they are beautiful, not just space-fillers on my shelf. And I love gilding on books. So luxurious. This collection, published in 1899, contains…
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Efficiency and the Device
I have cellphone service again. I went two whole days without it… and I was musing on how when I was a kid, we didn’t even have a telephone in the house. Or electricity, but that’s beside the point. Had there been an emergency, at a few years in my life, going for help…
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True Friendship’s Worth
I shared this a few years back. Seemed like a good thing to feature again today. We know that when the clouds look darkest And spread their shade around If we could look beyond the portals, The sunshine would be found. And when the storm beats o’er us fiercely, Crushing our flowers to earth…
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It’s Wednesday
This week has been… ahem. I shall restrict myself to ladylike language. So, how are you all? I was reminded recently that I have people I love dearly and rarely get to speak to. I need to rectify that. Shall rectify that. I can’t brain to write a proper post, but I can say…
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Cover Reveal! The Violet Mouse
This story was born of conversations in molecular bio labs, and human relationships, and knowing how much friendship can mean. It’s science fiction, bleeding edge… it’s hard to stay ahead of the science these days. Wildest imagination finds it difficult to stretch past where we are in reality. If I can’t keep ahead of…
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Saturday Book Display
I was once a librarian… One of the fun things I got to do from time to time was make up a display of books. There’s two ways to get a book at the library. All right, there are more. But for the purposes of this post, and brevity: you walk in, you know…
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No Man is an Island…
I’ve written the last couple of days this week on the importance of social connection, love, and friendship. Love in the form of charity is a giving of oneself to others. The key to a lonely heart, opening it up as it were to human connection. This, we know from science, feeds not only…
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Speaking the Language of Love
Yesterday I wrote an essay on love, loneliness, and the deleterious effect of social isolation on society at large. I had also, in honor of (late) tax day, shared a quote from a Thomas Sowell essay with a comment that charity cannot be compelled. The essay and the quote meme are related. One of…
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Lonely Birdhouse in My Soul
Now that song is going to be stuck in my head all day. I took a photo this spring, in one of the conservancy prairies around Dayton OH, and looking at the final edits got me thinking. Not about the song. No, I was thinking about loneliness, and friendship, and the connections every human needs…
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Finish Line
So… I fell short of my goal with the writing Marathon. I didn’t write 30,000 words in the last ten days. I wrote 27998. So close! But my hands are too tired and it’s too late tonight to write a couple thousand words. Just can’t do it. But! I did finish the novel. I…
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Demon Cow: A Guest Post
Cedar’s note: This made me cry laughing. It’s easily on par with the late great Patrick McManus, or Lewis Grizzard’s funny stories. Justin graciously gave me permission to share from his original post on social media. Honestly, I have the best friends. ***** A Childhood Tale By Justin Turner Most people don’t believe the…
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99 Ways to Cook an Egg
Inspired by ChefK’s guest post. This ought to get you started, but you could literally cook your way around the world with eggs, a dish every day of the year, and never repeat the exact same ingredients. Eggs are near infinite in their ability to bind, blend, coat, and hold flavors. Sweet, savory, they…