The Return to Luna anthology is now available! This anthology contains 18 winning stories of lunar colonization from the National Space Society’s Return to Luna fiction contest, including my own story, “Visual Silence”, the Grand Prize winner. The foreword is written by astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt from the Apollo 17 lunar landing, with an ( Read more... )

Every year the Cub Scouts hold a cake auction. I try thinking up a theme with which to decorate a cake. (One year it was the Lord of the Rings. I spent 5 hours writing Elvish script with fiery orange icing on a circular chocolate cake.) This year I think I will try a Moonscape. I found a pack of little plastic astronauts - there's even a little ( Read more... )

Sunday night strong winds blew open the wooden gate to the backyard, and our senile little Shiba Inu wandered away. I thought someone would have called by now. He has both a tag with our address and phone number on his collar and a microchip. But there has been no word.  He doesn't have the wherewithal to find his way back himself. So I guess he's ( Read more... )

I filled up my gas tank at 2.13 a gallon. I am veree happee. Bought my son gas too.

Kiss the embouchure,
warm breath into precious chill.
Alive, silver sings

So I practiced by singing the whole thing in liturgical chant.
I so amused myself that I did more snickering than worrying about the performance.