by CJ | Jul 24, 2010 | Journal
…opens tomorrow! Jane has the details on her site. New products will appear fairly often… We have sooooo many ways to spend your money!
by CJ | Jul 23, 2010 | Journal
It’s 75 degrees out there (24 C) and I swear I’m dying…we both are. We decided to have lunch on the patio in the shade of the umbrella, looked over at the beloved hinoki cypress—and saw it dying. Depression. I headed into the house and got on...
by CJ | Jul 22, 2010 | Journal
yep, it’s virtuous. Cedar mulch is acidic. It can help convert alkaline water (most city water is) into water much nicer to roses, rhodies, evergreens, and most flowers. I’ve observed that many of the plants that we call weeds actually thrive in city...
by CJ | Jul 21, 2010 | Journal
This thread is about what YOU can do, even in an apartment, to either relieve your budget or green the planet: doing both at the same time… Tomatos, strawberries, or squash—at about a dollar per yellow squash or zucchini (ridiculous!) you can do nicely...
by CJ | Jul 21, 2010 | Journal
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/07/mind-meld-what-sword-and-sorcery-means-to-me/ a good online sf-fantasy mag.
by CJ | Jul 20, 2010 | Journal
…on their site. It’s coming faster than anybody thought. Hardbounds are not necessarily overpriced, but it’s costing hugely to produce them, and push is going to come to shove much faster than once expected. Gettin’ scary for the traditional...
by CJ | Jul 20, 2010 | Journal
…on their site. It’s coming faster than anybody thought. Hardbounds are not necessarily overpriced, but it’s costing hugely to produce them, and push is going to come to shove much faster than once expected. Gettin’ scary for the traditional...
by CJ | Jul 18, 2010 | Journal
We are very close to the Cafe Press store, which is what Jane has been working on, thanks to a nudge from our friends, and a little swearing… We actually have a store site: we just haven’t made it visible yet, as we refine it. We’ll announce it here...
by CJ | Jul 18, 2010 | Journal
SF fen have (I think because of the demise of the mags, as a market for short stories) gotten a bit wimpy about disasters. I don’t hear the kind of dialogue that used to go on at cons, ie, how do we geeky guys save the world from—be it asteroid impact or...
by CJ | Jul 17, 2010 | Journal
It takes me a while to recover my stride after a diversion. Thank goodness for outlines. We were, for one thing, diverted by a spate of really cool weather, making it foolish to wait to do certain outdoor jobs which would have to be done in potential 100 degree...
by CJ | Jul 15, 2010 | Journal
…unlike the journey of 10,000 miles, does not begin with one step, but with a List. One of those hanging-fire for months lists where, when the weather is too hot and nasty to do anything else, means you’ve got to get 1. wire staples for weedcloth (sold out...
by CJ | Jul 15, 2010 | Journal
…that’s the S&S anthology I have a short story in. Lou Anders is the editor, and it’s from Harper. There’s also a version that is signed by all the participants, for those of you who are into collections.
