I am living in a stranger’s house. It is not the boxes which make it so; it is the absence of things. We sold the steamer trunk which served as our bathroom cabinet. As we were carrying it out, I realized that I’d owned it for nearly twenty years. I bought it in college and […]
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I just dropped one of my mom’s punchbowl glass cups on a marble rolling pin and it didn’t break.
A week from today, my husband and I will begin the cross-country drive to NYC. Here are the scheduled stops. June 20th – Boise, ID June 21 – SLC, Utah — Come have dinner with us at the Paradise Cafe, 7:00. June 22nd – Mt. Rushmore area June 23rd-24th – Avon, MN (near Minneapolis) June
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I made these Cornmeal Cranberry Cookies Recipe from Epicurious.com today, but with a few changes, which I will mention below. If you like shortbread, you will adore these. ingredients 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup yellow cornmeal 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 cups
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We just returned from dinner out with Bob Bates, one of Rob’s friends from Hawaii, and our friends Don and Yan. The meal was wonderful, as always, and it was great to catch up with them. However, at this rate, I will be exhausted before we hit the road. So, in the interests of self-preservation,
My nephew just sent me this article from the local paper about one of his friends. They’ve known each other since my nephew was five. Asher McGirt and his mother, Janet, have unusual summer plans: They’re waiting for the sound of a beeper. The beeper, when it vibrates and bleats, will signal that a set
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SFFreader » This Week’s New Short Fiction ON MY SHELF Prime Codex, edited by Lawrence Schoen and Michael Livingston: I picked this up at CONduit last weekend at a reading by Eric James Stone, who has published multiple stories in places like Analog SF and IGMS. He’s a member of the Codex Writers Group, and
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Is that right? Why isn’t the plural Iron Cheves? Last night we went down to the Celsi’s for an Iron Chef reprise potluck. We’d all wanted to do another Iron Chef battle, but it just wasn’t in the cards. Eve reprised her Potato battle samosa dumplings in cardomon carrot sauce. Don brought his amazing, amazing
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Paul Abbamondi just reviewed Prime Codex the anthology from Paper Golem that I have a story in. A short piece that is positively sure to get you to mutter “a-ha!” at its cruelly twisted reveal, “Rampion” by Mary Robinette Kowal is the sort of story that is most enjoyable on its first read. Read it
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It’s 1:30 am and I just got home from Christina’s housewarming party, which was the perfect way to end today. Besides hanging out with folks like Evan, Dave and David I also got to meet new folks like Garth and F.I. and Reuben. Good conversations, good food on seemingly every flat surface and beverages galore.
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Portland has an old tradition of the Rose Festival and the Rose parade. Part of the Rose Parade tradition is that it always rains on the day of the parade. So, what day did we pick for our yard sale? Parade Day! We’ve had some customers, but not as many as we would like. The
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I just came home and my next door neighbor was sitting on the front porch with two of his buddies. He’s a nice guy and has helped us schlep things before so I went over to tell him about the yard sale tomorrow. He asked what we’re selling. I mentioned the kitchen things, the tools,
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Tangent Online reviews Apex #9 “Locked In†by Mary Robinette Kowal is a dark and serious piece of flash fiction that’ll disturb readers on any side of the “Pro-Life/Pro-Death†issue. The story is emotionally engaging, provocative, and leaves you thinking. A fine read that I highly recommend, but only to those who haven’t had to
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We’re sorting the basement for the yardsale. Here are some of the things which will be in the sale. I built this cyclops head for Mt. Hood’s production of Odyssey. It has since been in Jack and the Beanstalk and then sat in my basement for years and years. It’s papier-mache and quite light. I
Today was full of ridiculous amounts of stress, some related to the move, some not. Ever have one of those days that just makes you want to eat your own brain? Yeah. It almost makes me forget that I got to do fun stuff today too. Aimee came up so I could take her to
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