Tag: Life
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If You Love Something, Set It Free
I’m not quite moved yet, and am still disposing of things I no longer need. Most of the stuff was Sharon’s of course, and I’m trying to help as much of it as I can to find useful homes. I wrote about some of it in my Proof of Life post. I’m still finding more…
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World Trade Center Memorial That Might Have Been
When they decided to build a World Trade Center Memorial, they held an open competition, so Sharon, the artist, poet, and draftswoman was inspired to make an entry. In honor of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I’ve tried here to compile her entry as she would have presented it. LIBERTY, LIKE A DISTANT STAR SHINES…
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Proof of Life
I haven’t posted anything lately, and that isn’t likely to change for couple of weeks, but it’s Sunday, and I’m not supposed to work on Sunday, so I write instead, but it’s not for profit, so it’s OK, right? I noted in my post Begin…End…Begin Again that my new landlords left me a note that…
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Son of SilverCon IV AAR
Fortunately this didn’t quite happen to me, but it was close. Son of Silvercon, the last stop on my summer of cons, was July 19-21 in Las Vegas (actually, Henderson, but that’s just a jump to the left and then a step to the right). I’ll get to the Con in a moment, but the…
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Begin…End…Begin Again
On June 17 I left for the beginning of my summer of Cons as I related in my last essay. On the train ride home, I sold another copy of Advance Guards to Brian and Tina, so, for those of you keeping score at home, I left with 27 books and came back with 5.…
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Coming to a Tornado Alley Near You
OK folks, in my never ending quest to pass the honor of The King of Bad Marketing™ on to somebody, anybody, else, I’ve been assured that all the right people advertise their appearances at conventions ahead of time (instead of afterwords as I have been doing). Therefore you are all officially on notice that I’ll…
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Life & Death in the Afternoon
OK, this is bizarre, and it helps if you’re familiar with San Diego where I live. Yesterday I went to the Red Cross donation center in Kearney Mesa to donate platelets and plasma.1 I do that because I can do it every 2 weeks, and it helps cancer patients whose platelets are depleted by chemotherapy.…
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State of the Writer
Some article linked by Glenn Reynolds on Instapundit was talking about all the health monitors people wear on their wrists potentially giving people too much information about the state of their bodies. It prompted Glenn to quote one of his doctor friends saying, “IF YOU THINK YOU’RE HEALTHY, YOU HAVEN’T HAD ENOUGH TESTS.” Let’s hope…
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Where It All Started
A long, long time ago (1974) in a land not very far away (Hollywood), I ran into a brick wall, and that was a good thing. You see I had graduated college with my BA in History and a dream of being a successful writer. I was busy writing stories and sending them off for…
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Sailing Through the Desert
I wrote up my experiences at TusCon, but left out the things I saw along the way. And yes, there are things to see and contemplate on a 800 mile round trip through the desert. I only regret that I took no pictures, but navigating my cell phone to picture mode while driving 80 mph…
Musings of a Restless Mind 