Daily Archives: September 22, 2011
It’s My Sister’s Birthday
Posted on September 22, 2011 25 Comments
She’s the one in the pigtails here, to be clear. A happy 44th to her — she’s spending it in Austin, Texas, actually, which is not a bad place to be on one’s birthday.
Let It Not Be Said That I Am Not Actively Fulfilling My Obligations
Posted on September 22, 2011 64 Comments
For the ukulele performance, Redshirts auction winner Brad Roberts said that any tune I favored will do. Well, this particular tune is pretty easy (four chords! Over and over!) and I know it reasonably well. So there it is. And before anyone asks, yes, if I do make to 4th Street Fantasy as planned next […]
The Big Idea: Karen Healey
Posted on September 22, 2011 12 Comments
The unexpected: When it happens in books, it’s interesting. When it happens in real life it’s interesting too, although not always in the same way. During the writing of her highly praised novel The Shattering (“an intense and powerful novel,” wrote Publishers Weekly, in a starred review), author Karen Healey found herself captivated by the […]
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