Our friend Daddi is in town for a big expo and he brought us several packs of our favorite Icelandic treat. Flatkökur are flat cakes, that sort of look like burned crepes. Made with rye flour, they are sooooo tasty and I’ve missed them a lot. There’s nothing comparable here.
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No, seriously. I get this much fur every time we furminate him. Which we’re doing daily. I mean, you don’t even get a sense of the height of the mound in this photo. Why isn’t he bald?
Why isn’t my cat bald? Read More »
I don’t talk about my writing process all that much on this site because every writer has their own way of figuring things out. That and I generally find it dull, but the motorcycle ride yesterday reminded me of a trick that I find handy and you might, too. I spent a lot of time
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New York – The Players Theatre will host Hands together: New York Artists Gather for China Earthquake Relief to Benefit UNICEF presented by Matrix Music Collaborators on June 14, 2008, 3pm, 115 MacDougal Street (between W3rd and Minetta Lane) in Greenwich Village, New York. Admission is $45 / Package of Four for $125. All proceeds
Downtown Artists Unite for China’s Earthquake Victims and UNICEF Read More »
If anyone has time, I could use help with two tasks. 1) I recorded a story (not mine and I promise it’s good) and I need to listen to it to make sure that we didn’t leave any of my stumbles in it. I’m tuning out my own voice. The story is two and a
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For the first time since Halloween, I left the city for non-work reasons. Rob and I took a ride on his motorcycle up to a little town on the Hudson. So cute and so many antique stores. We didn’t buy anything, but it was so nice to have the leisure to just poke into shops
Outings with Rob and Alaya Read More »
By request, this time, it’s a quiz. What do you think I really meant when I said each of these things? I have to go repair the moose, sew some curtains and carve a donut. Not in that order. Are we inside him? When he comes, I’ll grab his britches. Do you want the tumor
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Did you ever watch Blue’s Clues? Steve was the best active listener, ever. Watch this video of Steve and notice the cues he’s giving off to show that he’s listening and interested.
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09:18 As the ninja recovered from landing, V hurled P’s habanero spinach soup like a discus, splashing it in the ninja’s eyes. He screamed. A new ninja leapt down. #
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Let me talk about conventions and their relationship to my writing life. Everyone will have very different experiences, depending on their personality. Here’s how it works for me. I primarily go to conventions for three reasons. To see other people in the field whose company I enjoy. Improve craft/business sense. To be “visible.” 1) To
Conventions and writing, or Schmoozing 101 Read More »
09:17 Pt 2 "You want my soup?" Parker said. Without explaining, she hailed a waiter. "Two brandies. Neat." A ninja dropped from the ceiling. #
I’ve had a copy of Cherie Priest’s Four and Twenty Blackbirds sitting on my shelf for over a year now. The stack of “please read me” is very tall and I look at it with longing, but the thought of adding a book to all the other things I’m lugging around the city is not
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Details will follow, but I want to give as much warning as possible. Saturday, June 14th we’re doing Peter and the Wolf as part of a festival called: Hands Together: New York Artists Gather for China Earthquake Relief. We are working with UNICEF and have some great guests coming in such as Pan Asian Rep.
Peter and the Wolf, returns Read More »
Right-o. So, day one of my attempt to write a story on my cellphone has taught me some things. First of all, though my cellphone will let me key in 1000 character message, it breaks it into 160 character messages to send. It just doesn’t necessarily send them in the correct order. I rewrote it
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WEIRD TALES is honoring the 85 Weirdest and today is Jim Henson. Think JIM HENSON (1936-1990) and you think Muppets — yet there’s so much more to the man’s genius. His experimental filmmaking ranged from Time Piece to The Cube. Though his interest in puppetry started as a way to get on television, he stayed
WEIRD TALES: The 85 Weirdest, Day 48: Jim Henson Read More »