Sorta cloudy-ish today. The high was 91˚F, with a heat index of 100˚F ( Read more... )

A sunny and warm day. Our high was 88˚F, and it's still 80˚F ( Read more... )

It took some time, but the cloudy morning became a sunny day. Currently, it's 52˚F, with the windchill at 50˚F.

Today, I wrote another 1,327 words on "Mercy Brown," which will be featured in Sirenia Digest #165 later this month ( Read more... )

Overcast and rainy today. Currently in Providence it's 49˚F, with the windchill at 47˚F.

Unexpectedly, I took an actual, genuine day off yesterday. I haven't done that in ages. I did nothing much more than work on a new Charlie Harper jigsaw puzzle. Last night, there was more RP with stsisyphusOh, and I sent a business-related email and, without thinking, ( Read more... )

I suppose I have to begin with the news that a U.S. district judge has struck down Alabama's gay marriage ban. I thought it would be several years more before this happened. So, surprise. Is it good news? Yes, obviously. But this is Alabama we're talking about, and if the judge's ruling is upheld by the Supreme Court, it will also mean that, in ( Read more... )

Tomorrow afternoon we leave for Readercon 23. It's going to be very, very weird, not only being a Guest of Honor, but sharing that spotlight with Peter Straub, a man whose writing I have admired since I was in high school (Don't worry, Peter, I'm old, too; past a certain age, each year becomes irrelevant). I am honored. And I need that to be ( Read more... )

I have been aware for at least a couple of years now that I very rarely use this journal to write about the sorts of things I ought to write about. Not word counts and what I had for dinner last night and watching Blade Runner for the four hundredth time. Sure, it's nice to look back, a year or two or seven from now and be able to see what I was ( Read more... )

There's something I'm going to get over and out of the way up front, and then we can move along to other things. But, firstly, those who read this journal need to know, truly need to know and believe, that I am not to be told - ever - what I may and may not write about here. For example, should you be so clueless a git as to tell me that I must " ( Read more... )

Here in Providence, it may be that Cold Spring is sliding towards the chilly beginnings of summer. We have some sun today, some sun, but still some clouds, too. Maybe mostly clouds. It's about 61˚F out there, and I have the office window open a crack. Just a crack, to let in some fresh air. But I have to keep the space heater running, or the ( Read more... )

Last weekend, beautiful fucking weather. Sunny and bright. Highs in the low eighties Fahrenheit. You almost could have imagined it was summer. Well, for Rhode Island, I mean. This weekend? Cold, rainy, foggy, and windy. That is to say, normal Rhode Island weather (unless it's snowing). But, apparently, We are possessed of some species of ( Read more... )