This is an article that is incredibly concerning. Please consider planting native perennials for your area for your pollinators like bees, ...

 

 Yes. That crud. I have it. It's been a bit frustrating. Being sick always is. Of course, there's no "convenient" moment t...

 Yes, this will be two posts in one day, and you're probably wondering what happened to bring about this rarity. Actually, I aspire to k...

 While I've been so absentee on the blog for some time, I've been busy with Raconteur Press, where we've been publishing antholo...

 It’s been said that life is what happens while you’re busy making plans. It’s also been said that no battle plan survives the first contact...

 “Rocket’s Tail” by Kate Bush with Trio Bulgarka and David Gilmour, 1989 Although I adored “Wuthering Heights” and “Running Up That Hill” in...

  On March 19, I was eating breakfast at the table with Mom when Dad came in. He had been up for hours, and had breakfast with his cronies a...

 I have been low-key about this, but decided to post, now that things are in some state of resolution. I noticed something was amiss when I ...

 School starts tomorrow.  This summer had many great aspects, but I had a massive health challenge through which I'm working my way. Tre...

 I finally replaced my phone that had woefully small (32G) storage. Found a great buy on a Samsung xcover, and it seems to be a superior pho...

 Late last year, I composed a short story about a warrior princess cat who does vermin duty on a large spacefaring cargo ship. Sarah Clither...

 So, silly me. It's still hot. Not off the hook with this. I'm hoping for maybe a 90 degree average by my birthday in early October....

 ...this heat is overwhelming. When I go outside, I quickly feel like a chicken-fried zombie. It's stupefying. Hopefully this is the wor...