I am still playing "catch-up" on May and this week I'm seeing the Supreme Court put out opinions - and some of the headlines I'm reading are making me want to drop important chores (like dishes) to the wayside and find out how some of these judges are leaning and WHY. I know, I'm a… Continue reading SCOTUS: Opinions Unread so far
Review: Diving Universe
So my general rule has always been to avoid reviews until I have read an entire series. The problems come when a series is begun, but incomplete. The author has more to write. Do I review or not? Well, I think I have decided if I have read all available published in a series, I… Continue reading Review: Diving Universe
Update: the Month of May
May was a terrible month this year. TERRIBLE. bright side is my husband gets MVP for life. LIFE. So in April my birth control failed. Ok, technically the failure had to happen in March, but I found out in April. May 1st I had a miscarriage. I won't go into details (I'm a writer, I… Continue reading Update: the Month of May
Life Events: Home Improvements
This is a busy month! It's my 5th anniversary, my son's 2nd birthday, I've gotten my 2nd Covid vaccine shot, and my work project is finishing (hitting serious deadlines headlong!). Oh and we're ripping the pool out of our backyard. Yup. When we bought our house, we bought a house with a pool. We knew… Continue reading Life Events: Home Improvements
Memories: Police Encounters
I saw this come up in my suggested YouTube and watched it. If you are white, watch it. Because I know if you are black, you already know. https://youtu.be/6snWQJ4_8dg I recommend watching it to you - it's only five minutes and I think it's a good conversation about the difference white and black people have… Continue reading Memories: Police Encounters
Politics: Black Lives Matter
I have mostly kept my hands off the keyboard on my blog on this issue. I've supported it since the beginning - but I am a white middle-class woman, I am not the voice people should be turning to on this issue. There are amazing black voices out there you should be turning to. Here… Continue reading Politics: Black Lives Matter
In the Inn
This is a short story based on a DnD character I am playing. She is a hobbit paladin - and this is how she turned from simple soldier to god-blessed warrior of.... justice? I don't even think it's great fiction, but this is me trying to get into Lavinia's head a little more. Lavinia held… Continue reading In the Inn
Politics: 51st Statehood?
There is a lot of discussion since before the 2020 election about adding certain territories as new states: Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. being the major ones discussed. I can't speak for anyone else in the US, but for me when I read about the US having literal colonial territories it's kind of squick. I've… Continue reading Politics: 51st Statehood?
Review: Things Fall Apart
I picked up this book several years ago and put it on my “to read” shelf with great gusto. And promtly forgot about it. I wish I had read it sooner. Hell, if I was a high school English teacher, this would be part of my curriculum. It is good. I can see why it’s… Continue reading Review: Things Fall Apart
Writing: Backstory
This may never show up in the novel it is for. I don't know. I kind of like the "start with some intriguing backstory of the world" introduction to a novel. I get mildly frustrated when it's clear there is "known lore" in the world that the characters all just know but it takes the… Continue reading Writing: Backstory
Dream by Day 