Camp con was incredible. lizzyshannon and I didn't get started until Saturday morning because of complications ( Read more... )

Again.

This time to CampCon run by radconbob It's a writing retreat with camping. Only rules are to pick up after yourself and if a laptop is open don't bother that person even if they are playing freecell. They are working really ( Read more... )

I think in my office but part of my brain is fishing Thistle out of the fountain again. Part of my brain is flying a mechanical Pegasus from London to Paris in 1841. Another part is trying desperately to remember the sequence of the tap dance. And yet another is prepping to edit a reprint anthology of SF stories for the Book View Press ( Read more... )

Saturday night/ Sunday morning wasn't nearly as cold as the previous one. Some high clouds had moved in and the humidity rose. Still not quite shorts weather until afternoon.

radconbob apparently got up very early and ran into town for the makings of pancakes and biscuits. He came back shortly after I opened my eyes from the 1st cup of coffee. I was ( Read more... )

Friday morning LizzyShannon loaded up Enterprise Shuttle #1 aka the 26' RV and braved the "Hood To Coast Relay" traffic on Hwy 26 to pick me up. We had a sandwich and a cup of tea at my house then launched ( Read more... )

CampCon begins in a few hours. I'm still packing. i will do a final line edit, word choice pass on Enigma by C.F. Bentley this weekend to turn in Tuesday AM.

Connectivity will be nonexistant. So I'm signing off until Sunday night. Those of you who need to know it, have my cell phone in an emergency.

And stomrmy night. And now a darker and stormier morning. "Winter" type storm due on Wednesday. We'll be lucky to hit 70 today. Friday and Saturday we had temps in the 100's

WTF is going on here? It's only the middle of August.

We should have dry and mild weather for CampCon this coming weekend at least.

Yesterday I made a brief foray into campcon run by RadconBob and partially funded by Radcon. Not many showed but it proved interesting. We retired to the Elliot Glacier Brew Pup in Parkdale two miles from the camp ground. They were expecting us and let us hang out with duelling laptops ( Read more... )

An update on Camp Con direct from Radcon Bob. If you are interested in a weekend of camping and writiing, you can find Radcon Bob at kionadad on the aol network ( Read more... )

Radcon Bob, con guru and primal force of my favorite con, aka kionadad on the aol network is putting together Campcon in August. Tollgate campground south of Hood River in the foothills of Mt. Hood.

Kind of a writer retreat with camping.

give him a shout if you're interested.