I’ve been making more of an effort lately to be something that resembles social. This may come as a shock, but until a few days ago, I had never been to a club, or out dancing. Even in my college days, never did it. It …
Read MoreHow To Make A Cast of A Dromaeosaur Track
Or rather, in my case, utterly failing at making a track cast. Years back, I purchased a track cast from what I strongly suspect is a British dromaeosaur. They leave very distinctive footprints, and are hard to miss. This type of animal would usually hold …
Read MoreA Shoutout To Mr. Peter S. Beagle!
But first, a few thoughts and prayers should be offered to the ones who will lose one or more digits tonight. Or eyes. Or whatever they are aiming the angry incense at. For those who don’t know me personally, I’m a bit of a shy …
Read MoreSocial Butterfly…Yeah…Not So Much
Nobody would ever describe me as anything that even resembles a social butterfly. If anything, I tend to be a wallflower. That, however, is changing. I am trying to put myself out there, and not just for self-promotion for my books (though that’s nice too). …
Read MoreLike Grandma, Like Granddaughter
My whole family says so. My mom always states that I closely resemble my paternal grandmother, though I personally think I look more like her mother, aka my paternal great-grandmother. That spicy personality I have? Yeah, might have come from one or both of them. …
Read MoreHow This Paranormal Romance Author Almost Got The Cops Called On Her
Took the kids for ice cream, and the younger one loved the vanilla-caramel-fudge-chocolate chip-cookie dough monstrosity I purchased. My older one stayed sane and got strawberry with sprinkles. Things were fine, and then almost went to hell. Some twit came in wearing a shirt that …
Read MoreMy Box Of Plant Fossils Grew Legs And Walked
Cataloging my museum is going to nuke my summer. And my wallet. And my sanity. I guess one perk of having the floors redone in my house is that it has forced me to actually photograph and catalog my fossils. I originally had a hard …
Read MoreSpreadsheet Hell
So, I do have a spreadsheet of my fossil/cast specimens. It’s got over 700 entries, and I know I’ve missed a few. There’s about 800 actual items in my museum, though some have the same accession number (because no way on this good earth am …
Read MoreOrishas, Crossroads and Radio Weirdness
I posted about this on my author Facebook page a few months ago, but I figured I’d do an expanded version here. Back in early August, I was heading back from my favorite writing haunt, the local Panera. Why Panera? It’s generally quiet, nobody bothers …
Read MoreMean Unicorns
This post is courtesy of one of my students who mentioned this during the last few days of school. My classes were all watching The Last Unicorn. They didn’t have Chromebooks, testing was done, and where wasn’t a whole lot left to do after 8th …
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