The upcoming Rusalka cover:

This will be a total revision of the Rusalka books, not so noticable in the first, but definitely in the second and third. It’s a fantasy, a romance, and a ghost story… I did the cover sketch, and Jane did the color, the finish, the lettering…Thank...

One of those days…just bits and pieces of frustration.

I got up early to get the iris moved to the front. and Jane wanted to get weedcloth and rock under the stickery junipers by the stop sign and the fire hydrant. But it’s brutally hot even if the thermometer says 80-ish. We try to work bent over pounding things in...

Moving lava rock…in the heat…

We’re approaching fall and probably snow—but in the meanwhile, after nearly freezing all our flowers, and putting the poor koi on a wheat germ diet (you can’t feed them protein in cold water)—we are now baking; and all the lava rock we had...

Fixing the fence a bit too late…

We lost our favorite and prettiest koi—the smallest—to a predator. I found a track I’m pretty sure was a raccoon in the mud from the drain near a break in the gate. We’re so upset. She was gorgeous, and ate from your hand. And the...

1100 members, people! Congratulations to us all!

We gain a little every day. I’ve kicked off 424 spammers, and we still have 1100 honest readers who are very welcome here! For those of you new to the site—there are 4 interconnected sites: this one, and Closed Circle, which is where we sell e-books and...

We’re losing another giant…

Article: thedailypage.com Harlan Ellison says he’s dying. Damn. I don’t know him as a close friend, but he’s somebody I can call and know I’m going to talk to a sensible, can-do sort of acquaintance, on whatever it might be. Brilliant man,...

We're losing another giant…

Article: thedailypage.com Harlan Ellison says he’s dying. Damn. I don’t know him as a close friend, but he’s somebody I can call and know I’m going to talk to a sensible, can-do sort of acquaintance, on whatever it might be. Brilliant man,...