The last couple of weeks have been very busy with All The Things, especially last week. In my writing log, I wrote down the following ( Read more... )

Daily life: When I can get Theia to sleep for a morning nap, first I put in a half-hour with a library exercise DVD, and then I take Cassius outside to play while she sleeps. Sometimes this is less than half an hour. Sometimes this is an hour and a half. Sometimes he wants back inside (like today). During this time, I try catching up on my emails ( Read more... )

I am not a big fan of the heat, as the latest 85+ degree Minnesota "heat wave" shows. Tooo hot ( Read more... )

One of the photos from my dad's wedding. I like this one because it's quiet, and contemplative, and yet--to me at least--it hints of celebration going on elsewhere.

A pretty photo of something I'm not allowed to have anymore. (I'm on a no-dairy, no-soy diet to figure out if my infant daughter is allergic.)

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Once again, I have failed to take any new photos except of the small one. I need to work on that!


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Because water lily! Taken on a Labor Day weekend trip to Como Zoo.


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Lots of works start off promising something, but never deliver. Why is it important that books/movies/whatever keep the promises that they make? Panelists: Melinda Snodgrass, Sean M. Murphy, Caroline Stevermer, Abra Staffin-Wiebe ( Read more... )

These are my brief outline notes for the apocalyptic fiction panel that I was on. The actual panel may or may not have covered most of this ( Read more... )