Tales from the Raven

I wasn’t sleeping anyway, so I started tooling around the internet and came across a blog or two on the subject of writing for money vs. writing for love.  Now, those who know me well are also aware that money is a strong movtivating factor in my writing. At this point I pause to let the [...]

They always say that truth is stranger than fiction, and these pics demonstrate that well.  If an author came up with these galaxies, plenty of critiques would deride them as impractical and way over the top. Two favorites of mine are The Sombrero, And Starry Night, because it’s impossible to look at these galaxies without hearing [...]

I packed six seven-ish year-olds around today, and also spent a couple hours with another troop of kids ranging from toddlers to ten year-olds.  The latest joke I was told? Cow:  “Would you like to buy a hamburger, Sir?” Man:  “Sure.” [pulls out gun and shoots cow]. Man:  “Oops.” Now, maybe it’s just me, but this [...]

Our daughter has been wanting to raise frogs for some time, and even had a habitat all in readiness, so when we were hiking at the park near our house and found a puddle full of tadpoles, we brought two home. That is, indeed, a very blurry tadpole.  Just now they look a lot alike, so we’re [...]

I’ve noticed that many of my FB friends use their entire name for their FB profile.  This is helpful in finding friends from one’s past, and relatives from both sides of the family.  Of course, it also puts a woman’s maiden name out on the internet, assuming she changed it when she married.  Given the [...]

This morning I pulled a green plaid turtleneck from the closet, even though it’s not a favorite shirt and the weather would have allowed for something cooler.  You’d think this was just a wise precaution on Patty’s Day, but I didn’t even realize that this most beloved of all pinching holidays had arrived. Except, maybe, [...]

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Alas, this morning the inevitable arrived.  I hit a deer.  There was really no time to brake, since it jumped straight out of the trees (where they grow closest to the road) and in front of my car.  I was probably going close to 50.  The poor thing never stood a chance. Luckily I’m okay, [...]

I’ve always had a love hate thing with chocolate.  On the love side, it’s delicious, it perks me up, I crave it.  It’s helped me make difficult writing deadlines and can claim a large percentage of my having good grade when I graduated. But too much of a good thing, especially a good thing that’s [...]

I found this Times Online article intriguing.  Regardless of the historic facts, the image of Bethlehem, Judaea,                     as the birthplace of the Savior has been so firmly fixed in the public mind that I doubt it could ever be dislodged.  But from a purely intellectual, writerly perspective the [...]