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Flowers, wild and tame
At the state park, ’tis the season of yellow, mostly. Asters of various types. including a ton of goldenrod. I tried to identify some of the plants , but I tend to photograph the flowers and ignore the leaves and stems, and sometimes the leaves and stems are important.
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Worldcon schedule
I received my final schedule for Midamericon II. No reading or kaffeeklatsch, but some cool-looking panels and a SFWA signing.
Thursday Aug 18, 2016, 12:00PM
Extreme, but Workable Societies 1 hour | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Kansas City Convention Center, 2208
Steven H Silver | Chris Phillips (Flash Fiction Online) | Ms Kristine Smith | Mr. Jared Shurin ( Read more... ) -
The Littlest Basil
I like basil. I don’t love it-I don’t find it as versatile as thyme or tarragon, frex. But I enjoy the scent of it on my hands, and it’s wonderful when tossed with olive oil and warm tortellini. I haven’t grown it these last few years, though, because the plants always seem to bolt on me. Lotsa flowers, which are edible if a little bitter. Fewer ( Read more... ) -
So long, Thrillerfest-
-until next year, maybe. I don’t have all my 2017 cons sorted out yet, and I do not want to travel as much next year as I did/will this year. But I had a good time and I love NYC, so I don’t know….
Last week at this time, I was home, unpacking and making a list of needed groceries. It felt good to be back in my space, with everything I needed to ( Read more... ) -
Doldrums
Two and a half weeks until Thrillerfest, which means not really the doldrums. More like, I should be thinking about what to pack but I can’t face it yet. I have a lot to work to do between now and then, so instead I’m dicking around online in search of bars in NYC that make sazeracs. Taking recs for food trucks and restaurants.
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Award-eligible works
Since it’s Shoot the Moon Sunday-new holiday I just made up-I will mention that GIDEON by Alex Gordon is eligible for consideration for the 2016 World Fantasy Award ballot.
This is the first time I have ever mentioned that a work of mine was eligible for consideration. It likely won’t be the last, either, so.
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Home
Two trips in one week is a little much. Not that Park City wasn’t interesting, and Wiscon is always good.
But it will be good to stay put for a while.
Panels went well. Learned some things during Bowie’s Influence on SF, because that’s what happens when you stop following an artist for a stretch of time (I didn’t listen to much Bowie in the late ( Read more... ) -
My Wiscon schedule
Convention website here.
Genre Blending (scheduled) participant Fri, 9:00-10:15 pm University B
Moderator: Rebecca Holden. Email fellow participants Rebecca Holden, Alex Jennings, Justine Larbalestier, Loren Rhoads, Kristine Smith, Brooke Wonders
Whether it’s a steampunk fairytale or an end of the world love story between science and magic or a ( Read more... ) -
Safari issues
Just a short update to say that since the last WordPress update, the website is not presenting properly in Safari-the newsletter signup box and some of the social media links are missing. All is well in Chrome, Firefox, and iOS 9. whatever, so if you came here to sign up for the newsletter, one of those browsers will work.
Or, you can email me at ( Read more... )
