Month: December 2009

Reading Roundup

What’s Mike reading to me? The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, by Rick Yancey. By most accounts, and especially by teen accounts, fifteen-year-old Alfred Kropp is a loser. Being over-sized and under-intelligent, […]

Weekend Site Seeing

The December 1 issue of The Stitchers’ Voice is up over at The Stitchers’ Village. The issue includes a vintage Needlework Nutshell article by yours truly that includes project instructions. You’ll also […]

Baffled Brains

I’m fascinated by the way the brain works. You probably know that. A big part of the joy of writing is the process by which ideas arrive, mingle, connect, and become altered […]

No Mo NaNo

Sigh. It’s over. November has become one of my favorite months, and it’s all because of NaNoWriMo. Yes, I could do the same thing on my own any time of year, and […]

First Winter Storm

Power’s out. Lots of heavy wet snow. This has the makings of an extended outage. We’re fairly well prepared, so no worries for a while. It sure is pretty! Not much to […]