As usual, I have had my nose to the grindstone and have had a hard time getting back here. Must! do! better!

But I really didn't want to let all of September go by without talking about this month's issue of Zen Dixie magazine. We've decided to have a theme issue only every three months or so, and the September theme has been "Heroes." As far as I ( Read more... )

That's right. As soon as I heard that the July theme for the Zen Dixie magazine would be "Guilty Pleasures," I squeeeed mightily. Of course I was going to write about how anime was really written for adults, despite the silly ones. Ha ( Read more... )

This month's issue of Zen Dixie magazine is a music issue, and I've been surprised and moved at how deep and meaningful my fellow writers' articles are. So this is partly promo, but also just an invitation to read some very moving stuff.

This month's Karma Obscura article, Sweet Caroline, by Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier, talks about how that song ( Read more... )

Stompin' Tom Connors was a Canadian country singer who was very Canadian. He was also rather idiosyncratic, and he wrote song lyrics like "The girls are out to Bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko; And we think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night." Like I said -- very Canadian.

In this month's music issue of Zen Dixie, the Great West ( Read more... )

In Anecdotal Evidence, the editor of Zen Dixie magazine, Jas Faulkner, recalls a magical evening in Memphis in May of 1989. The headliner that night, at what was then known as the Beale Street Blues Festival, was Ray Charles. The only problem was...it was raining steadily. Would Jas miss this chance of a lifetime, to see and hear the great man? Or ( Read more... )

Bullet Brown rescued Ralph the Schnauzer from very difficult circumstances and went to great lengths to find him a new home. Learn about the emotional toll that animal rescue can sometimes take, even when there's a happy ending. Read all about their story and friendship in the Paws column, only at Zen Dixie.

In the wake of both Boston and West, Texas, read Jennifer's very thoughtful essay about how to maintain your chilid's innocence and at least a modicum of your own idealism. See I'm the Mom in May's Zen Dixie magazine.

I've recently started writing some articles for a new online cultural magazine called Zen Dixie. There are all sorts of regular columns and features, such as these book reviews in the Zen Dixie Reads section. This month, there seems to be an equal blend of fiction and non-fiction, which is a balance I really like. (I tend toward one side more for a ( Read more... )

Euratlas Periodis Web - Map of Europe in Year 1

Pret.ty cool. I love these things!

I appear to be accidentally into maps right now. At least, this is the second fascinating one I've come across within a week or so. This one is a time lapse map of Europe. I think it would already be dramatic without the music, but the music definitely helps.

( Fantastic time lapse map )