*So I was getting ready to write this blog last night, Thursday, when my computer froze and I absolutely needed to go to bed.  Friday and Saturday are usually my nights OFF blogging, but I had to finish this up.  Just so you know why no blog last night but blog tonight. Okay– first of… Read More

I’ll be honest– I really wasn’t thinking of the Rainbow Awards this year. I’d submitted as I’ve done for the last few years, but I knew my offerings this year were quieter than other years, and that was okay. I get really excited when I see other writers, newer writers, friends, win too.  It’s sort… Read More

Parking. I’m not great at it. You’d think it would be easy, right? Someone paints the actual lines on the ground and you just place the car between them. I’m always just a teeny bit off. Or a little more off. Or I’ve parked just too close to the car to my left to get… Read More

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow.  Just wow. First of all, this is the last Kermit Flail of 2016–and while I’m not sorry to see the year smack itself with an encyclopedia and give itself a concussion on the way out, I am very excited to have a HUGE crop of people on the flail today!   One of… Read More

 Okay–it’s another post of random pictures that do not actually match my story.  Feel free to enjoy Squish’s smile as she wakes up from her nap at her brother’s tournament and the dogs sleeping on me as though they have never seen me before that evening. Also, the kids thought it was absolutely necessary that… Read More

Okay, so, around November 8th, I was pretty sure this year could go fuck a goat. After this happened, I found myself in a curious position of wishing a sexually transmitted disease on a metaphorically violated goat. Damn. When I first looked at it, I thought, “It could be worse–I couldn’t see the fucking pole!”… Read More

Okay–so two nights ago, I won NanoWrimo. I’m working on the sequel to Fish Out of Water, tentatively titled Red Fish, Dead Fish, and it’s about 75K in. The first one was 95K, I think this one will be about the same, so, yeah–almost done– yay! Uh, of course, the point of Nano is to… Read More

Mate and I try not to be bad parents. We don’t shelter our children, but we don’t expose them to too much sex and violence on television. We talk respectfully of everyone except politicians. (Most notably the racist, fascist, bigoted fucker in the White House, because we want them to know that facts matter, and… Read More

Made an appointment for the doc today and they gave me a time slot at 11:40. I parked (no easy feat– Roseville is swarming with SUV’s and big trucks and all the parking spaces are fitted for  MG convertibles) and was walking across to my med building when my phone rang. It was my doctor–… Read More

 Okay– so first of all, Summer Lessons is out, and so far folks are liking it– that’s always nice to hear 🙂 Second of all, we drove up to Grass Valley for a craft fair on Saturday. Now, this was sort of funny. My stepmom was talking about a girl’s day out a few weeks… Read More