I seem to be getting through the ‘cold’ or bug…

by | Sep 28, 2013 | Journal

Pretty well. I’m not quite well, but not sick either. Drippy nose, potential for sore throat and bacterial infection if I didn’t take Theraflu and DayQuil to stop the postnasal drip. But I have. I’m sleeping late in the morning: until 8; but...

I seem to be getting through the 'cold' or bug…

by | Sep 28, 2013 | Journal

Pretty well. I’m not quite well, but not sick either. Drippy nose, potential for sore throat and bacterial infection if I didn’t take Theraflu and DayQuil to stop the postnasal drip. But I have. I’m sleeping late in the morning: until 8; but...

Windows scam artists…

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Journal

Are calling people, claiming to work for Microsoft—they don’t. They want to know details about your computer, and as much personal information as they can get. Don’t give them the time of day, literally. One called me, identified herself. Me,...

Once upon a time at Contact…

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Journal

…which is a California convention that asks multiple sf writers to ‘game’ first contact… we came up with a planet in which, essentially, whale-sized (and voiced) oceanic creatures more resembling giant squid make it to spacefaring tech…...

I love planetary atmospheres—

by | Sep 26, 2013 | Journal

It’s sort of like running a mixmaster and trying to decide how the eggs get distributed into the sugar and flour… Only more important. Atmospheric gyre affects oceans…in a way we didn’t realize

We went visiting over the weekend…

by | Sep 25, 2013 | Journal

..with our friends Patty and Mike Briggs. Mike had a nasty cold. And now I think I do. Theraflu and Emergen-C are my friends. Jane is starting on them, too. Meanwhile I got the Matala filter cleaned out. It’s got 8 mats to wash, the finest of them weighing about...

Fall is a-coming…

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Journal

Mornings are getting nippy. The koi, while active, are going to be going on winter-prep wheat germ soon. We’re looking at last bits for the garden—time to trim things up that will stay trimmed for spring, and to deprioritize those things that are going to...

Arrrh! It’s national Talk Like A Pirate Day!

by | Sep 19, 2013 | Journal

Pirates were with us from the time of the Greeks, and probably the Egyptians… Most were Not Nice People in any way, shape or form. They tended to blossom forth in numbers after political upheavals on land…as people who had boats found a way to get out of...

Arrrh! It's national Talk Like A Pirate Day!

by | Sep 19, 2013 | Journal

Pirates were with us from the time of the Greeks, and probably the Egyptians… Most were Not Nice People in any way, shape or form. They tended to blossom forth in numbers after political upheavals on land…as people who had boats found a way to get out of...