I stayed up late last night working out the garden plans for the year. Here in Zone 8b, I like to divide the vegetable gardening into...

It's not the most glamorous work, but winter chores are necessary. Besides, any time I can get out in the garden improves my mood, no...

One of my recent poetry publications is what I sort of loosely call "The Greek Triptych" over at Eternal Haunted Summer. It didn't start...

Poetry "Seer" (Liminality, 10, Winter 2016/2017) ​ "Leda/Medusa/Persephone" (Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter Solstice 2016) ​ "The...

I only recently discovered Netflix's Black Mirror, which migrated over from the BBC's Channel 4 last year, and it's just spectacular....

I don't have the time (or the energy, frankly) for a full post today, but I wanted to share a few photos of the flowers blooming in my...

So recently I came across this. It's an opinion piece, to be sure, but the fact that the author is expressing the opinion that the items...

As I continue to struggle with the creeping despair at the state of the world, I take comfort in the little things, like the profound...

A couple of days ago I tackled the herb garden, which still hadn't been cleaned out since the big flood killed everything. Things were in...

So Sting has a new album out, and it's not lute music. Interesting... #Sting #music

Like a lot of people, I'm walking around feeling somewhat numb today. My emotions about the results of last night's Presidential election...

There's absolutely no good reason why I should be attempting NaNoWriMo again. I mean, I've tried before. More than once. What I...

I've waited so long for this that water is coming out of my eyes as I watch it. It looks so good! Please, please, please DC, don't *%&$...

So this happened. It happened in August, and it is now October. Since then, I haven't written a blog post or word of fiction. I started...

Yes, I know the calendar says August (and barely, at that), but the wheel of the year continues to turn. Over the last few days I've...

I love The National because its band members are close to me in age, and their music expresses something about how my generation feels....

Living next to a large forest may be a lot of things, but boring is never one of them, and 2016 has, for whatever reason, been...

I've largely been silent here this summer, mostly because I've been too horrified by events unfolding in the news, seemingly from...

I discovered these books because of the TV show. Though the series has been ongoing since the early 90's and apparently has millions of...