More irises began blooming in the side yard today: Which photo do you prefer, the blurry or the sharp? For more gorgeous flowers, here’s a link to…… Read more “More Irises! 31 March 2018”
Month: March 2018
Work-in-Progress: The Rorqual
(Self hopes this story, which she started writing last year at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, can go into her newest collection) This has always been,…… Read more “Work-in-Progress: The Rorqual”
Flower of the Day – 30 March 2018
It has been much too hectic a year, even though it’s only March. Today self drove home to Redwood City from Mendocino and it took her five…… Read more “Flower of the Day – 30 March 2018”
The Reading List as of Today, Thursday, 29 March 2018
Currently reading: The Book of Dust, Vol. One: La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman, self’s first Pullman novel EVER. Next: Pullman’s Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass,…… Read more “The Reading List as of Today, Thursday, 29 March 2018”
Rise/Set: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 28 March 2018
For this week’s photo challenge, explore the vibrant, hopeful colors of your favorite sunrise or sunset. — Erica V., The Daily Post Here’s sunset at the end…… Read more “Rise/Set: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 28 March 2018”
A CLASH OF KINGS: pp. 491 – 492
Since self began writing Gendrya, she’s been learning just how different the Game of Thrones fandom is from the Hunger Games fandom. For one thing, in the…… Read more “A CLASH OF KINGS: pp. 491 – 492”
Why Is This Happening To Us? Conservatives Call the Parkland Survivors “Hitler Youth”
Here is one explanation, which self found in a back issue of The New Yorker. It was the lead essay in Talk of the Town: The New…… Read more “Why Is This Happening To Us? Conservatives Call the Parkland Survivors “Hitler Youth””
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Alone, Part 2
Self took these pictures from around the Mendocino Art Center, where she’s currently a writer-in-residence. She was inspired by Cee Neuner’s Fun Foto Challenge: ALONE. She focused…… Read more “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Alone, Part 2”
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: ALONE
This oven mitt in the kitchen of my apartment in the Mendocino Art Center looks LONELY! Thank you to Cee Neuner for the wonderful prompt! Stay tuned.
A CLASH OF KINGS Quote of the Day: Daenerys, p. 580
All hail, GRRM! “I mean to sail to Westeros, and drink the wine of vengeance from the skull of the Usurper.” She scratched Rhaegal under one eye,…… Read more “A CLASH OF KINGS Quote of the Day: Daenerys, p. 580”
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