Last Friday, my mom took a tumble down the stairs. I’d mentioned this in a couple of private forums, but with Mom’s okay am actually blogging about it. She’s going to be fine and it’s not the sort of fall that require surgery, but she’s got a cast on that’s keeping her pretty immobile. I’m […]
Change of travel plans Read More »
Rob and I don’t own a car so my bike is my primary way to commute. This month I’ve been riding nine miles pretty much every day and lately I’ve been having some trouble with my shifters. On Tuesday, the gears locked as I was coming up a hill — not fun — so I
New saddle for my bike Read More »
The trip back from World Fantasy was lovely and fascinating. Lovely, because it was the train. Fascinating because there was a crazy person in my car. Not your run of the mill, a little bit off, no, no. Full. On. Crazy. I’d decided to get a lower level seat because they tend to be a
Demons on the train Read More »
I’m heading to the train station, where I will catch the train to San Jose for World Fantasy. I’m looking forward to the ride and having the quiet down time to just focus on writing and reading. I’m taking Tobias Buckell’s Ragamuffin for the trip.
Rob had to drive down to Sacramento yesterday to pick up so FYB’s for City Winery and is on his way back up. We’ve realized that I can take the train down to Eugene to meet him. Then we can stay at a Bed and Breakfast and then spend tomorrow out in Oregon wine country
Because you can never have enough road trips Read More »
I have safely arrived in Montreal for WorldCon after a really delightful train trip. The entire train was packed with folks coming up for the con so it was like TrainCon. I wound up sitting with Jim Minz which was fantastic and terrible. Fantastic, because he’s fun. Terrible because I got very little writing done.
WorldCon 09: Day 1 Read More »
I’m off to Orlando today. While I’m in transit you can swing by AMC to check out my top 10 list of Fantasy Chick flicks. There are two films that I genuinely like, plus eight that for me range from “run-screaming” to “not my cup of tea.” Can you guess which is which?
Top 10 Fantasy Chick Flicks Read More »
Yesterday, Rob and I picked Maggie’s body up from the vet, where they’d been holding her in the freezer. Yep, Maggie the Catsicle. You can tell we are feeling better because the gallow’s humor has emerged. We got on the motorcycle and went to upstate NY where some friends of ours had generously offered a
Burying Maggie + Racoons! Read More »
I’m in Raleigh, N.C. I came down on Wednesday for my niece’s graduation. 12th in her class. Usually I have free time when I visit family, even around an event, and that has not been the case on this trip. It’s been fun. In a constant, total immersion sort of way.
I got in about 11:30 to the airport here in Detroit and immediately hooked up with my roomie, Alethea Kontis. We headed over to the overflow hotel, checked in and walked over to the real hotel to register. The moment we walked into the lobby, we ran into the Scalzis. Since none of us had
I think I forgot to mention that I was going to Penguicon this weekend, because, you know, I’m not doing enough traveling. A lot of good friends are going to be there so it should be good fun. Let me know if I’ll see you there. May 2, 2009 10:00 am — Ballroom 7 Making
Penguicon schedule May 1-3, 2009 Read More »
I took a red-eye back to NYC, which was late. Then in Cleveland, they had jetway problems so I deplaned about ten minutes before my connecting flight was due to depart. Yes, as you might guess, the gates were at opposite ends of the airport. I sprinted through and made it safely on the plane.
Returning to NYC and paying it forward. Read More »
My nephew, Peter, has arrived to spend spring break with us. Poor guy has inherited some nasty travel karma as evidenced by the fact that he was due to arrive at noon and got here at 10:07 p.m. We’ve comforted him with pizza and the internet. Tomorrow: Avenue Q, plus a backstage tour by one
My nephew, in the house Read More »
As always, cons are both fun and exhausting. Lunacon hit me particularly hard, not because of the pace while at the con, but because I opted to come home every night instead of staying at the hotel. On the face of it, this seems completely reasonable since home was only forty-five minutes away and I
Lunacon, vague report Read More »
When we got back from Philadelphia last night, I followed Rob to the winery mostly to prolong our day together. We realized that this little weekend jaunt is the first time we’ve been away together since we moved here. (Not counting Christmas). The nice thing about the winery is that they’ll usually let me park
Waffles, winery and wifi Read More »