Gonna try to keep this short. I'm tired, despite a Red Bull. It's been a dispiriting, above and beyond Covid-19.

Currently, it's 70˚F and storm here in Birmingham.

As of today, the state now has 242 confirmed cases, 91 in Jefferson County, 27 in Shelby County. Keep in mind, bungled Ala. tests aside, Alabama has confirmed more Covid- 19 cases in ( Read more... )

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And here it is the second of Hallowe'en, and on this day one year ago I was in Portland, Oregon, Guest of Honoring for the Lovecraft Film Festival. In fact, on this night a year ago I gave the speech that was recently published in the fifth issue of The Lovecraft Annual. I'm having one of those "How can a year have already come and gone?" days. ( Read more... )

I'm home. I have been since about noon. But I am only just barely awake, or even alive, I think. Yesterday, about seven p.m, shortly after we arrived in Minneapolis, for our connecting flight to Providence, said connecting flight was canceled. And we were cheerfully informed there would not be another flight until Tuesday morning. Yeah, Delta gave ( Read more... )