Tales from the Raven

Of course I know that intelligent, repectable writers do not wear themselves out waiting for news of a submission.  ‘Send it out the door, then forget about it.’ ‘Make sure you’ve put your story in order than submit, and move on to the next piece.’ ‘When a submission has been postmarked, put it out of [...]

Tonight at muay thai the instructor introduced us (or me, everyone else was familiar with it) to a new block.  The block is a defense against a hook punch, and involves wrapping the hand on the side being hit back and over so the elbow is out and the hand is resting on the back of [...]

Last night, heading to bed, I was especially tired and grateful for sleep.  My husband was working on his laptop beside me, but the light was off and all was well. Then we heard it.  The dreaded crick crick crick of a cricket in our room.  It wasn’t too loud but had an echo-y sound [...]

I’m messing around with the blog’s look, and will be for a while.  It got a new background color yesterday, and today I may attempt to tile the sidebars.  I also want to do something cool with the header, and put in a raven picture, but that’s going to take longer. Please be patient if you [...]

C.S. Lewis has the tongue of an angel, albeit a demonic one, in his affectionately signed Screwtape Letters.  The book is written entirely as letters from a doting uncle to his junior tempter nephew, Wormwood, who is out in the world on his first assignment.  It is Wormwood’s goal to tempt his patient into paths of sin and worldliness, and his dear old [...]

I have always been a great patron of the library.  More so than the average tax-payer because I always have a fine to pay.  Sometimes only a few cents, sometimes (especially during the summer) in the five, fifteen, or twenty dollar range. But no more. As of now, I will buy my books from book sellers, either brick-and-mortar or ebay [...]

I heard the news.  That morning will always be very clear in my memory.  I had just dropped our son off at preschool, and was headed to the gym.  I liked to work out in the water, as my six months pregnant bulk was never comfortable.  I turned on the car radio and heard the anouncers discussing [...]

As always (unless otherwise specified), I get my definitions from my sturdy Oxford American Dictionary.  Phrase of the week:  ” . . . as dizzy as a termite in a yo-yo.” Quote of the week: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein, (attributed) US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955) [Found on [...]

I’ve been blogging for one month.  Almost a month.  Okay, twenty-seven days, if we’re being exact.   With this illustrious track record to bolster my ego I paid a visit to my favorite blogging guru for some insights on how best to proceed from here.  I thoughtfully considered banning Harry Potter and going straight for world domination, but have [...]

Philips has released a press release about their new Lumalive fabric.  You can see it here, and watch a blip about it here.  So, can you see this marvelous gyrating disco shirt in the light of day, or is it only intended for dark alleys?  And can you change the display on the shirt to say [...]