Happy Halloweekend! I hope everyone has a spooky, safe, costumey, awesome Hallowe’en! I ran across this tweet by Neil Gaiman a few days ago, linking to an article he wrote for last year’s Hallowe’en: A few small Hallowe’en thoughts from a few years ago, from the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/aydNtx2:43 PM Oct 26th via TweetDeckNeil [...]

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I thought of Lessie Brown while listening to this episode of KCRW’s On the Beat the other day. She’s in law school and learning to play the guitar; she mused a few weeks ago: Thinking I should learn to play ukulele. Then I could stash it in my locker at school and have something to [...]

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I feel compelled to continue the Streisand effect that the Life Legal Defense Foundation’s opposition to one Tyson Anderson’s poem has caused. Apparently, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine sponsored a contest soliciting poems about stem cell research. They did this last year (you can find the winners here) and again this year, in honor of [...]

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Well, my association with all you peaceniks and Quakers has finally made an impact (and that’s a good thing! but I never thought it’d happen). It used to be that my default impulse to just about any stimulus was one of defense. Not necessarily physical but definitely defensive. When I went to domestic violence training [...]

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Today is the Catholic feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Some parishes encourage their members to bring animals to church today to be blessed. I’ve chosen this song before as a Music Monday and I’m sorry for the recycling. However, so that you aren’t stuck with the same thing all over again, here’s the version [...]

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My first spec fic story is published in Rigor Amortis, the anthology of zombie romance, and it is now available on Amazon! Wish I could go on more about it right now, but it’s choc-full of Galendara’s art, and includes stories by friends Wendy Wagner and Andy Romine. Go! Buy it now!

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