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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Today it was spring

It was near 80F in Colorado Springs, and we were in Palmer Park soaking in the sunshine. Green leaves have begun to appear, and bright green blades are pushing up through the hummocks of old dead grass. And the winter-bleak ground under the pines has these lovely little flowers bursting into bloom just in time for Easter--for they are pasque flowers, and this is their season. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

For a while, we feared bugs in the siding.

But the bird that comes hammering on that one corner of the house every morning is not, after all, a woodpecker. It is a Northern Flicker, hammering on something resonant to announce her interest and availability to potential mates. These birds typically find anything to hammer on that will produce a loud, carrying sound. They favor metal stovepipes. We're fortunate not to have one of those. But someone in the neighborhood, does. This morning, I hear in the distance, even as our visitor pounds... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

More cats, more dogs...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/msbell/ This link is not to my photos, but to my daughter's, who volunteers at the Wellington SPCA where she helps train the dogs to improve their chances of finding real homes, and also takes their pictures. And the cats', too. Her photostream has other stuff in it, too, of places she travels to. Lucky kid! Sign in to see full entry.

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Kabu likes cats...

And here are a couple for her enoyment... and yours, too! http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ PS Okay, you will have to follow the photostream back a bit, to the cats, as I am now adding a few shots from my son's LARP--live action role-playing game. Or you can seek out the set of photos under the heading 'cats' where there are lots more cats anyhow. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 3, 2012

TAPS writes about an apartment building fire

and that reminded me of a story my son told me about some college kids who witnessed a fire. They were in their own back yard having a barbecue when they heard the sirens coming down the street, and stopping right there, in front of their house--so they ran around to the front yard, and it was the neighbors' house fully ablaze. They stood back and watched as it burned--fire is fascinating! And they felt terrible for the neighbors, naturally. But the neighbors were glaring back at them with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 2, 2012

And the next good news...

I've met with the small press publisher who has her own retail store, and have made arrangements to present a one-shot lecture on writing for publication, to be followed by a series of workshops. Through those, I hope to gain individual clients who are looking for help in preparing their work to present to agents and publishers. Feeling pretty good about this! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

At the end of the first full day at Galaxy Fest...

quite a number of people have expressed an interest in having me look at their work, and one of them is Denise Crosby. Name rings a bell? Fans of STAR TREK The Next Generation will know it: the actress who played Tasha Yar for a couple of seasons. I was not a Tasha fan. But the lady herself is friendly and relaxed and glad to chat, and as it happens she wants to get back into writing again, and said she'd send me some material she published before, a chap-book of short stories. This is a... Sign in to see full entry.

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...and topping the week's thrills...

It's lovely to get it right. I did indeed find many people pleased indeed to meet an editor/writing coach who would rather work for a noob writer, and get paid a little and respected, than for a publisher who... I will say no more about. But, interestingly, one of the first people I handed my card to, happens to be a publisher. His company, a small press, he says is always looking for editors. I explained my perspective: I would be delighted to have him refer writers to me out-of-house to help... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Exciting week!

It started calm and balmy, temps in the 50s and even 60sF, and then the winds came down as they do along the Front Range of the Rockies from time to time. Gusts and gales! House-shaking, howling, wheezing through cracks kind of wind. The drive on Wednesday evening down the freeway to Colorado Springs' World Arena was a little more exciting that usual freeway travel for that reason. It was also exciting because we were going to see Cirque Du Soleil. The show was Dralion and it was mostly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

We watched ALIEN again the other night, for the first time in years.

It is, without question, one of the best sci fi movies ever made. If you haven't seen it, if by some wonderful chance no one has ever exposed you to the best dreadfulest scenes or the terrible outcomes, then you have ahead of you one of the great movie treats of all time. If you have seen it, or if suspense makes you throw up, then you might try DARK STAR instead. DARK STAR is listed as a 'cult classic' because it is a very low-budget, quirky, funny sci fi film, and was, in fact, Dan O'Bannon's... Sign in to see full entry.

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