[Life] Catching Up and Reclaimation
So here we are… back from the Epic Road Trip to the East Coast. 16 states in 11 day (hello, unexpected West Virginia). I may have to make a collage of the “welcome to” signs. I think we got all of them, but a couple of states apparently are kind of “meh” about those. Today […]
[Writing][Life] Spinning Wheels and Other Things
No, I’m not taking up old fashioned yarn making… Last reminder: I’m speaking at Scrappy SpecFic Symposium tomorrow (Saturday, April 26, 2025) on the Denton, TX UNT Campus Library. I’m the first presenter, so get there on time. I’ve also had the date wrong forever – DAY, yes, always Saturday). I’m looking at a couple […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Sort of… Bic Sugar Skull 4-Color Ballpoint
Happy Dia de los Muertos to those who celebrate. This isn’t a for-real pen review blog. It’s an “I’m not dead yet” pen blog – on an appropriate day for that. Today, as I was sorting through some stuff, I found this – a vintage 4-Color Bic Ballpoint pen in a Sugar Skull pattern that […]
[Life] Update 2: Can I Be Real A Second?
Let down my guard and tell you how I feel a second? Yeah, there’s not going to be any pen or short story blogs until October earliest. It’s not a good time or place right now. Loki is declining. He’s in pain and having difficulty walking. He can’t put weight on his right, front paw. […]
[Life] I’m Struggling
As you may have noticed, things have been quiet around here. That’s because I’m struggling. Yes, I realize that everything I’m about to mention is a First World Problem. Yes, I realize that many people have it way worse than me. Guess what? My struggles are mine, and I’m not competing with anyone else. My […]
[Personal] Updating Status
So yeah, it does seem like I have dropped off the face of the blog. And I did. I’m six weeks out of shoulder surgery and in well into physical therapy. It still aches. PT is not fun but necessary. I’ll be weak on the right arm for a while. I call the arthroscopic scars […]
[WHOOPS] Murphy’s WEEK
On this, a Full Moon Friday the 13th… I stand before you and admit that this week did NOT go according to plan. I MEANT to get a pen blog done. I MEANT to get a story done. Neither one of those things happened. I’ve gotten very little of what I MEANT to do done […]
[Writing Post] The Year of Unexpected Interruptions
The last Wednesday of 2017. Here we go, wrapping up the Year of Unexpected Interruptions. Out with the old and all. Just a reminder that I’m still taking submissions for the Cancer Can Suck It anthology. Deadline is this weekend. Please consider submitting. I am on vacation this week, but puttering about the house – […]
[Writing Post] Back to the Land of Something
I’d say living, but I’ve been living just not online. There’s a good shift back to at least a semblance of normalcy at least in schedule if not in tasking. This has been a giant learning experience, and overall a very valuable one. FenCon was amazing and I need to spend some time to do […]
[Writer Post] Is it Wednesday or Monday (Again)?
Days are confusing this week with the holiday being on Tuesday. It’s kinda like there are two Mondays – but it’s not a pen review day (though it did get me looking up something to help organize pens, though it’ll never be on the same level ever to Jimmy. He has a blog binder for […]