Last year, or so I read THE SPEED OF DARK by Elizabeth Moon. I was struck not only by a great story but by the multitude of classical music references. I wrote to Elizabeth and asked if she had a list of the works so I could listen to what Lou was hearing in his world. She replied that she had no list but just used what seemed to be right for ( Read more... )

Okay, here is the first installment of the travels to the UK. For three days we were in London or thereabouts. I tend to include a lot of details so this is quite long. If you're interested I hope you don't mind the length otherwise skim to your heart's content.( Read more... )

In the last week I got to experience the male equivalent of giving birth. From Friday night to Monday morning, I was in the thralls of agony as I passed a kidney stone that got lodged in the ureter. I figured that I went through some sixty hours of trying to handle the pain. Most of the time I was flat on my back, panting as the pain killers ( Read more... )

Well, today I sent my novel manuscript to a publisher. It is on its way and out of my hands. No more revisions, additions or deletions. I should hear in three to four months what they think of it. I hope they like it and make an offer. Of course, I think they will like it or I wouldn't have sent it. However, this represents a large investment ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about this for a couple of weeks now and want to air my thoughts. I'm currently an inactive member of a church. In the last few months, some members have been asking me to go back to church. While talking to me about it, I told them that the main reason I stopped going was that I was holding a position in the church that was ( Read more... )

Today is my day off for this week. Thanks to the back to school busy time, I only get the one this week. That said I should be taking it easy and relaxing. Right? No, for some reason I have just spent five hours using a heat gun and putty knife to strip layers of old paint off the chestnut trim of my spare room. After my housemate moved to ( Read more... )

I work as a retail manager and this back to school season is upon us. This means many things none of them very happy making for me. First, there are the two six day, roughly 50 hour work weeks. The second of those is a week that supposedly is a holiday week. For Labor Day, I theoretically am supposed to get a paid holiday. That's a nine hour ( Read more... )

So this is a live journal and I get to ramble about various stuff. First of all, Michelle, thank you for a great evening. As you can see I have gotten to this site and hope to be able to use it to my advantage.

I will be watching and reading a lot more before I figure out what I want to post here. That said, this is it for now.