Today I have to explain to my daughter why an openly racist, sexist, serial-adulterer who peddles fear and hate won an election over an eminently qualified woman who while not perfect, has never actually committed a crime. Today I have to explain to my daughter why a man who routinely swindles his employees and steals […]
September 5, 2018
It’s an Etsy store! With stuff made of stones and metal. Probably some woodworking in the near future. It’s here.
August 24, 2018
Oh. That thought again. The slog is relentless. So much energy, so much time poured into this. I’m losing the plot and the point. Twelve, fourteen, eighteen hour days. Two hundred twenty hours between days off. Too exhausted to do anything but work and too wired to sleep when I’m not. I slide so easily […]
November 14, 2017
I’ve spend the past 12 months grinding Microsoft certifications. The downside is there are only so many hours in a day and study cuts into writing. Sometimes short-term goals must supersede long-term goals to assist the long-term goals. Upside, raises, promotion with raise, and more raises. Also a new shift which allows me to spend […]
February 8, 2017
She was seven when they started talking to her. Fakhera didn’t know what they were but they loved to see her. To help her. They told her when her parents were asleep. They told her when the cat was about to sneak outside. They told her so many things. Sometimes bad things. They were at […]
November 8, 2016
If you are legally allowed to vote in the United States and have not already, please do so. If you are not legally allowed to vote in the United States find an online poll and join the general madness. And if you you’ve looked through this blog and didn’t realize, I’m with Her. That is […]
November 2, 2016
Joy. It’s November. And NANOWRIMO rises to loom over my Twitter feed once again. Last year was the first year I did anything worthwhile in Nano. I wrote a touch over 51000 words then kept going because it was the middle 51000 words. There were 25000 left. Then I edited. And edited. And edited. Now I’m […]
October 7, 2016
They stood in a valley surrounded by olive trees. Alvah sneezed. He hated the damn things. They always made his eyes water and his throat clog. “Did we have to do this here?” “I like the trees. I always visit this valley when we travel here. Also the spirits here are different. Less tame. They […]
November 9, 2016
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