A few weeks ago, I submitted one of my photographs for a juried art show at a local gallery. The theme of the show: “Drips, Lines, Splatters, and Splash.” The organizers were seeking artwork that celebrated the artistic ideals of the Washington Color School art movement. My photo was accepted. When I saw the theme,Continue reading “Gallery Show”
Category Archives: SF & Fantasy
Photo Friday: Shire Night
The nights were dark in the rural Virginia area where I stayed in a Hobbit House this week. But that made the lit windows of the dugout look all the more homey.
In a Hole in the Ground, There Lived a Hobbit…
Greetings from Middle Earth, where it was snowing as I arrived here in the Shire on Monday. This was after a 75-degree day on Sunday, and temperatures in the 80s for several days before that. Bob and I had driven down to Harrisonburg on Saturday to spend Easter with Jon Morgan at JMU. I bookedContinue reading “In a Hole in the Ground, There Lived a Hobbit…”
Reflections From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Last night I submitted a photograph to a juried art show. The theme of the show is “Drips, Lines, Splatters, and Splash,” and the curator is seeking artwork in all types of media that show exceptional use of color, line, movement, and space. I submitted work to this gallery once before. It was rejected forContinue reading “Reflections From a Galaxy Far, Far Away”
Camp NaNo: April Fool’s Edition
If it’s April, this must be Camp NaNoWriMo! I began work at midnight on this National Novel Writing Month challenge. Yes, it’s true that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is November, when participants attempt to write a 50,000-word novel in a month. But twice a year, we also have Camp NaNo, a more flexible versionContinue reading “Camp NaNo: April Fool’s Edition”
LetterMo Update
I mentioned earlier in the month that I’m taking part again in the Month of Letters, or LetterMo, the annual challenge to write and send a piece of mail every day the post office operates in February. After having neglected to post since then about what I’ve been mailing, I guess it’s time for anContinue reading “LetterMo Update”
Tea With Hagrid
I just finished having Tea With Hagrid. This was my Harry Potter group’s annual (roughly) get-together for an English tea, with Hagrid’s Hut as this year’s theme. But there’s still a pandemic on, so we had tea in our separate homes, shared together via Zoom. Of course, we each had to have appropriate refreshments. IContinue reading “Tea With Hagrid”
After Life / Afterlife
I kept seeing a lot of posts online about the British television show After Life. At first, whenever I read a post about it, I found myself nodding, agreeing that it was a compelling series; I saw it years ago and liked it very much. Then someone mentioned that it starred Ricky Gervais. Huh? No,Continue reading “After Life / Afterlife”
NaNo News!
Woo hoo! Last night I hit 50,000 words for November and won NaNoWriMo! The whole manuscript is more than that; I’m a NaNo Rebel and was working this month on a book that I already had in progress. But I did write 50K of it this month, as well as editing most of what IContinue reading “NaNo News!”
Sleepy Time
Why am I so sleepy today? My Fitbit says I got 6 hours of sleep last night. I ate protein at breakfast. I haven’t done anything terribly strenuous today, just the usual working-around-the-house stuff. I drank a cup of the high-caffeine tea. I’m not sick. Yet I’m struggling to check things off of my to-doContinue reading “Sleepy Time”