Category: exploration
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A Traveling Woman
I’m off on another trip. The First Reader is staying home with the dog, but I’ll be back on Wednesday after having adventures! The blog is going to be spotty until Thursday, since I’m not taking my laptop along, just the tablet, and I’m not sure how well (or poorly, as the case may be)…
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We’ve all been Buffaloed
I found a really interesting article floating around the other day, and stopped to read it. It’s not that I’m so much interested in the buffalo, as I was reminded of what people don’t know about them. When I wrote Pixie Noir and sent it to beta readers, one of them wrote back a note…
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Elrod Falls
Early in our Tennessee trip, we had a day with nothing planned other than driving from the eastern side of the state to the middle of it. Someone mentioned waterfalls, and my ears perked up. I have wonderful memories as a child of visiting spectacular waterfalls in Oregon, probably Silver Falls, but the visual memories…
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A Small Resolution
So my problem with Gotprint was resolved. Sort of. They never admitted they had done anything wrong. There was no apology, nor any attempt to help me get the materials I needed. Instead, several days after my initial contact with them, there was a bland and confusingly-worded email offering me a discount or free reprint.…
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Central American Food
What follows is the textual content of a speech I had to give in class. It ran deplorably long, because as regular readers know, I love food, and find the anthropology surrounding meals a fascinating topic. So while this seems stilted, if I start expanding it I’ll wind up with a book, and I haven’t…
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Stepping Back in Time
Well, a little bit, anyway. Since my time travel has mostly been to pre-Revolutionary War days, and his to a Medieval society (even if one that never truly existed), taking a little detour to the 1950s was nothing. We spent most of our day visiting with the Folks in Kentucky, then headed for home,…
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Review: Elizabeth of Starland
So in one of life’s gentle ironies, Alma Boykin reviewed one of my books this week, when I was planning to review hers. We hadn’t talked about it beforehand, nor did I realize that today is the launch day for her new book in the Colplatschki series. You can’t write coincidences like this in fiction,…
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The God’s Wolfling: Snippet 4
Ok, I am going to be at LibertyCon, or at least in Chattanooga, some time today. So when you read this, I’m traveling. I started to put up this snippet and realised it is very short… so I will add some more. I’m working on something entirely different right now, but I will be editing…
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Review: Double Dipping
Yes, I’m going to review two books again this week. I’m not saying it’s going to become a trend, but you can expect to see it again next week as well. I’m relaxing, enjoying summer, and a little more time than I ordinarily have. So I get to read more. And I have some great…
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Adventurous Eating
I grew up eating things most people wouldn’t. At a very early age, I learned about edible wild foods, and although I think that mostly started with fruits and berries, it quickly moved to dandelions, dock, and other greenery. My grandma took me foraging on the Oregon coast, where mussels, gooseneck barnacles, and whelks might…