One of the things that I really like about Diana Wynne Jones' books is her use of ordinary magic. Magic that isn't sweeping and large, stories and uses for magic that relate to people's daily lives. I also enjoy seeing the magic subtly woven into the everyday in Ellen Klages' short stories.

Do any of you enjoy this in particular? Anyone have other

I have made a webcomic! It is called Math in the Margins and it is over at tumblr here. There will be another one on Pascal's Triangle at some point but for now - it is up! Hooray!

Happy National Poetry Month! The Joke Issue of Stone Telling is out and I have a poem in it, along with many other silly, mermaid-y, rhyming poems! It is a nice burst of fun and I quite enjoyed the whole thing.

"The Dryad to the Woodcarver" appeared in Niteblade in the March 2014 issue. It is eligible for Rhysling Award Nomination

I went and saw Interstellar last night. My thoughts are: too few female characters, an excellent number of black holes. If you're watching for the characters, they're okay, I guess. If you're watching for black holes, yay black holes ( Read more... )

Yesterday was lovely. It was the best temperature, warm enough that I didn't need a jacket but cool enough that I could wear layers and long sleeves. It was sunny and bright and clear out too, and I went to explore the local gardens ( Read more... )

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Anyone have magical realism recommendations? I'm especially looking for short stories, but novels are good too.

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts was decked out for my birthday Art in Bloom again this year and I spent the day wandering in those halls. It was lovely. So much there that is familiar. I spent my 8th and 18th birthdays there too. For my 8th birthday, Mom administrated my skipping school to go to the museum. The school happened to have a half day ( Read more... )

I'm reading my circa-2009 posts and wondering at them. Some of them are rather poetic in word and phrase and I seemed to find so much more in my everyday life to write about. I suppose there were more people on here writing snippets of their lives down then. I still do have people on here whose journals I read but it is less essay-like life ( Read more... )