I’m 46.


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I caught a story this morning (@Local4News) about a headstone  - like a cemetery headstone - abandoned at the Southfield Police Department in Southfield, MI. The Parks and Recs Dept is keeping it safe until an owner can be found.



The headstone belongs to a little girl who died over 100 years ago: Maria Eulalia Sahagun, Born December 14, 1912, ( Read more... )

If there’s one thing Facebook has done for writers it’s made us neglect our blogs and websites for the instant gratification of social media.

Nearly everyone I’d originally connected to on LiveJournal, Blogger, and innumerable webrings has a Facebook profile, an Instagram site, and we have conversations without ever having to leave the site. I no ( Read more... )

About a month ago I joined the Hunt a Killer subscription service, not because I had any illusion I was Clarice Starling or Sarah Linden or even Trixie Belden. But I enjoy puzzles and I enjoy figuring stuff out and I realy enjoy weirdos writing cryptic messages to me.

I don’t really enjoy that last part so, you know … don’t.

Last month, in ( Read more... )

When I tell people my cat is lying in state in the living room, I get weird looks. Loki was a large cat, likely with Mackerel Tabby and Maine Coon in him. At his largest he was 22 pounds but with a firm hand and a reduction of treats we got him to a more manageable 18 pounds. Up until 2 years ago, he was housemates with Zeus, who lived to a ripe ( Read more... )

The days of me aimless searching for random internet stories is unfortunately behind me, which is a shame because so many ideas came from news articles, but here’s one I can’t pass up posting. I followed breadcrumbs, see, and I don’t know where I am, and it’s getting dark, and I’m hungry…

Luk Thep are believed to possess a child’s spirit and ( Read more... )

I really don’t mind the Memories apps and On This Day links. I don’t dwell in the past and it’s nice to be reminded of some of the happy (and really sad) times. Today it reminded me of NOLA, and new friends, and hope.

Today, Google Photos greeted me with pictures from my very first trip to New Orleans, LA. I was in town for three days to scout ( Read more... )

We all want to have New Year’s resolutions that have meaning and impact and we hope when we look back on them a year later we’re not deeply embarrassed.

For the record I always am.

Every year I want to wrap up the novels I have in progress and get them edited and submitted, and before too long it’s March, then June and I have other commitments and ( Read more... )

I really want 2016 to begin like 2015 ended - semi-productive and relatively happy.


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This would normally be where I post that I’ll doing NaNoWriMo and I’m super gung-ho to complete a(nother) novel and maybe even post some ridiculous first jump stats of 2,500 words or something.

But not this month.

I know I can write novels - I’ve got three in progress. I know I can write every day, so this month’s challenge isn’t about words or ( Read more... )