Daughter #2 goes to see a friend of the same age ( Read more... )

I'm going to share with you one of the most beautiful pictures I have encountered in the news recently, maybe all year, and maybe this decade ( Read more... )

You buy a 17yo and a 19yo a ticket to Quito, Ecuador, return from La Paz, Bolivia ( Read more... )

Yes, before the first story is out yet, I can announce that I have made yet another sale to Analog, for the story Geospermia, or the "pandas on Mars" story some of you may remember me talking about ( Read more... )

If you follow this blog, you will probably know that I am a Bad Mother. There are a whole slew of things that I am supposed to obsess about that I don't ( Read more... )

Daughter #2 who is doing her final exams this year: If I don't get into Arts/Law then I could study Economics, Politics, basically all the subjects I wanted to do in the other degree ( Read more... )

So, I have a large population of people who are nominally muslim, mixed in with a whole lot of other beliefs and superstitions ( Read more... )

I always feel so guilty this time of year ( Read more... )

So, this year turns out to be about finishing stuff from the graveyard that is my HD ( Read more... )

After I finished the trilogy, I dealt with two shorter works that needed some editing and re-submitting. Now I find myself staring at a blank screen. Not quite true, but what should I work on next ( Read more... )