Gold Rush Trip Part 1

Last week, Kyle went to conferences in Las Vegas and I dragged Marcia on a road trip to the gold country. It was for research on a project I’m working on. Suddenly, I found I needed to check out historical…

Penny Laid an Egg

Penny has been inclined to make nests and hide lately–what they call broody behavior. Then today, this was in the pen. I think it’s cute.

Ack! Ack! Ick!

I put a lotus flower in a piece of fiction I’m writing. In the scene, I started to describe the center of the lotus flower, but then I realized I didn’t have a clear idea what it looked like, so…

Cover of Kyle’s Newest Book

Check it out. The publishers have redesigned the cover of Kyle’s Official Ubuntu Server Book, second edition, which is coming out July 30! I think it looks spiffy.

Old Paperbacks I Have

I love old paperbacks. The older they are, the better. For example, this version of Howard’s End by EM Forster was originally published in 1921 by Knopf. I picked it up last weekend at a thrift store for $.30. I…

Short Story: Rabble of Butterflies

Superstition Review, the online literary magazine at Arizona State University, has published my short story “Rabble of Butterflies,” which you can read here. Check it out! And while you’re at it, also check out the rest of the awesome fiction…

So, Recently…

Did you notice that the year is almost one-third over already? Yeah. Fast, huh? I have been bad about keeping up with our lives on here, so here are some recent things that have happened: * Yesterday we put the…

Meet Lucy and Penny

On Friday, Kyle and I got baby chicks. We bought two little chickens, a Rhode Island Red named Lucy (after Lucille Ball, another comical red head) and a Silver Laced Wyandotte named Penelope, or Penny for short. We brought them…

Short Story: End of the Line

My short story “End of the Line” is in the 2010 issue of So to Speak. Published by George Mason University, So to Speak is a feminist journal of language of art. “End of the Line” is about an old…