Martian Deserts and Venus as a Swamp…

Just because 221B Baker Street is fictional and Middle Earth is not on a tourist guide doesn’t make them declasse for adults; and just because Venus isn’t a swamp doesn’t mean sf set in such an imaginary locale doesn’t make a heckuva fun story....

We finally got the last of the Christmas decorations boxed

and into the garage. Back on the ice three days running and beginning to get steadier. I think I’m suffering a bit from cedar fever, since my ears are iffy, and so is my balance, but though my brain feared I couldn’t do a 3-turn without tipping over, the...

The post in Bookview Cafe is up.

Go to their menu, on the left of the initial page, and look in the Blog Posts item. http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2010/02/04/words-from-the-wise-cj-cherryh

Nearing new uploads on Closed Circle…

…there’ll be something in February, we’re pretty sure. Jane’s getting a book ready; Lynn is; I’m writing a short story, which should be done soon. We’ll tell you when. We had a nice letter from Bookplace Cafe, and they sent us a...

Weather is definitely warming…

OSG says don’t trust February, but it’s been generally trending warmer. Mmm. We have seen fishes: Ari and Maddy, Ishida, maybe Grant, and a couple of the orange ones, which we can’t see well enough. We have 11 of them, and they shift about a bit. But...