Christmas thought for the day
“When I can’t sleep of a night, I count my blessings. I’d rather do that than count sheep.” –Grandma Jackson, Christmas Day 2006 101 years old
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Journal
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Puppets in the New York Times
I’m not often jealous of my friends, but in this case… oh yes. Thank heavens, Santa has already come, or I’d wind up on the naughty list for my covetous thoughts. In the Sunday New York Times, I learned that the original stop-motion Rudolph and Santa puppets are on exhibit at the Center for Puppetry
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Caroling
I’d come and sing on your front porch, but most of you live to far away, so here’s my Christmas music station on Pandora. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
I finally managed to get a Christmas tree yesterday on my way home from work. I’d tried to find a place that had a tabletop tree and finally gave up. I went back to one of the places I’d visited before and purchased a regular tree and had them cut it down to a three
Reading Aloud: Singing while sick
I have a mild cold that I picked up from the germ factories that come aboard the boat to meet the Cinnamon Bear. It’s not bad, just a scratchy throat and fatigue–although I suppose the fatigue comes from other sources. Anyway, we carol as people are boarding. I enjoy this even though I’m scantily dressed
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A brief mention
Richard Horton does a summary of the different magazines, and my name actually shows up in his summary of Strange Horizons. I’m all the way at the end under “strong work.” It doesn’t give the title of the story, but since the only one that I’ve sold to Strange Horizons is “Portrait of Ari,” it’s
Ahem
As Gigi says, irresistible silliness. My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Entirely Miss Reverend Lady Mary the Coherent of Kirkby Overblow Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title
George Latshaw
I just found out that George Latshaw passed away. When I was in college, I got an internship at the Center for Puppetry Arts. To add to my good fortune, I was assigned to the cast of Wizard of Oz, directed by George Latshaw. I had already read his book, The Complete Book of Puppetry,
Stop and look
This falls into the category of things that I wonder if I should blog about. See, my parents are going to worry, but there are enough things that make me cranky that I’m going ahead with it. Let’s discuss the importance of obeying traffic laws, shall we? As I was biking to work this morning,
John Picacio and Shimmer
I’m very, very pleased to announce that Shimmer’s spring cover will be graced by the art of World-Fantasy award-winning artist, John Picacio. For the spring issue, we’ll be taking a look at the role that art plays in fiction. For this issue, the cover art comes first and the story follows. We’ve teamed with Liberty
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Lazy Town: From Director’s Vision to Commercial Reality
Avid UK has a number of small documentaries about Lazytown on their website. You get to see behind the scenes footage, including me! My face isn’t visible, since it’s pressed into one of the puppet’s backsides, but you can see the operating position that we work in. I was able to grab a screen shot
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The Blue Fairy
I spent today being the Blue Fairy while floating down the river with an assortment of elves, fairies and other creatures. The Portland Spirit has these Cinnamon Bear cruises which are pretty cute. We spend about two-hours, providing kids with a trip through Maybe-land. It’s fun, in its own way. It is also pretty draining.
Party Lite
Normally, I have a formal dinner party for Christmas every year and this year it was scheduled for Sunday the sixteenth. You know. The day after Rob got back from Iceland. Why would I do something like that? Because, our friend Jodi was in town and leaving on the 17th, which meant that the only
Christmas Subscription Special
Hey there. Shimmer has a limited-time special offer for the holidays. Anyone who buys a subscription to Shimmer between now and the end of the year, gets a signed copy of our holiday chapbook. This year’s holiday story is Christmas Season by Jay Lake. A subscription is only $17. Already have one? Send Shimmer to
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Happy Holidays
This is the holiday video greeting from a friend’s company. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.