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My 11th Annual Summer Solstice Adventure
Each summer solstice (or the day or two after if it's not available), I take a long, all-day walk or bike ride to explore someplace near my home I haven't explored before. In the first ten years of doing this, I covered basically every direction from home except one, so this year I did what couldn't be put off any longer and made an excursion by ( Read more... ) -
Christmas wishlist 2016
For those inclined to give me something for Christmas or my birthday this year, here are some ideas.
BOOKS
* The Horse Who Lived Upstairs by Phyllis McGinley--I wrote a novel-length story whose title was a play on this book without ever having read it!
* The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway--a fan who loved the aforementioned story said my ( Read more... ) -
A writing goal achieved
For a long time, I had a personal goal of having seven literary pieces (short stories or poems) under consideration by publishers. I copied this goal from month to month along with numerous others until I gave up the practice as futile. But in June, I determined that I would revise my old short stories and write one or two new ones in order to ( Read more... ) -
My 10th Annual Summer Solstice Adventure
On Tuesday, I went on my traditional exploratory adventure for the summer solstice! (The solstice was actually Monday, but I give myself a day or two for leeway.) This is a lengthy walk or bike ride from home to some local destination that seems excitingly exotic. This year, my goal was to ride my bicycle, Lord Chauntecleer, to the far southern ( Read more... ) -
Christmas list
Here are some ideas for things I might like for Christmas (or my birthday on January 2nd).
First, some books I'd like to have:
* Anything by Allie Brosh--I read some of one of her cartoony books on a trip and enjoyed it.
* I seem to recall there was a sequel to Walter Wangerin, Jr's The Book of the Dun Cow. Not gonna Google it, but that would be ( Read more... ) -
Today is a special day...
It's the day from Back to the Future Part II! -
State Fair!
Enjoying my first ever sunrise at the State Fair! -
My challenge
Giving myself 24 hours to rewrite a story I wrote years ago. This is the third time this summer I've done this. For this particular story, I'm switching from first person to third person omniscient. -
Stories
Lately I've been rewriting short stories I wrote years ago. I'm seeing some big improvements--I'm actually starting to love these stories again! -
And the winner is...
~ Sally Forth!It's not exactly my favorite strip in the paper--that would be either Arlo & Janis, F Minus, Luann or Doonesbury. But it was the most consistent strip in terms of effort during the almost two months in which I winnowed out what I considered the worst strip in the Strib's funny section each day. Sally Forth has changed a lot over the ( Read more... )