On Wildfires and Elections
I’m on edge. It’s no surprise but still… In case you haven’t been paying a whit of attention to the news, there are wildfires throughout the Southeastern United States. It’s no wonder…rain has been scarce and...
Honey to the Rescue!
I normally have mild spring and fall allergies, fall being just a little worse. A little sniffing, a little sneezing, a little itchy eyes for a week or so, and I’m back to normal. I don’t even consider them bad enough to take...
Am I A Dinosaur?
I’ve been contemplating this adjective for a while. Merriam-Webster defines a dinosaur as, “(2) someone or something that is no longer useful or current : an obsolete or out-of-date person or thing”. I feel out-of-date...
Where’s Fall?
Doesn’t this look inviting? Here in the Southeastern US, we’re still sweltering. Usually by this time (second week in September) we’ve cooled off a little but the forecast isn’t looking good. I decided I’d try to...
The USOC’s Safe Sport Program
This post is worlds away from my normal musings but it’s something that’s been bugging me a lot and I need to get it off my chest. For the first time in nearly twenty years, I am no longer very involved in the sport of fencing. I...
The 3-Month Project
I love our deck. It’s 50′ x 10′ (spans the length of the house) and looks out on woods … and the garden, if you look down. Now that I’ve figured out how to not be bug lunch, I am thoroughly enjoying the evenings out...
Bug Spray
Eureka! For years (my entire life, actually) I have been bug lunch. I tried everything – even the icky commercial repellents didn’t work. I’ve always known I have a weird physiology but to not have a single one work? I had...
Now In Tree Book Format!
Even though the Ogre’s Assistant books have been out in ebook format for three and two years, there’s something about paper that makes it seem more real. They’re real! Printing costs being what they are, the paperbacks are only...
Interview with a Witch: Me!
Last fall (my, how time flies) a young Italian friend interviewed me via Skype. His intent was to create a podcast series on traditional witches but, as happens frequently, life got in the way. So, he sent it on to me to publish. Therefore, I...
A Familiar’s Tale – Housekeeping
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a plaint. Fudge was getting too wordy in his story to keep putting up 1,000± word posts – the menu to the right would get entirely too long! After talking with some folks and thinking about it, I’ve...
Characters-In Their Own Words :(
As you can see from the sidebar, Fudge has been telling his story to Amy. (No clue who they are? Read about their adventures here.) I had originally intended it to be a novella, around 20,000 words or about one chapter per life. Fudge, for all...
A Familiar’s Tale – Part XVI
I awoke to the light of a candle and the smell of cooked meat. I hoped there was rice being served with it – I was hungry! At some point I had been transferred from the traveling tube to my clay jar. Probing Hui’s mind, I discovered that we were...