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Two New Articles and My Creative Vacation
I hope everyone’s September is off to a great start. I’ve been decorating and trying to pretend it isn’t still burning hot where I live most of the time. I always feel like…
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How to be Thrifty
I’m trying a different sort of post today. I think it’s what’s known in the biz as a ‘listicle.’ It includes a list, at any rate. I’ve had this post tucked away for…
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Book Review: The Benson Murder Case
I had never wondered what would happen if you put Dr. John Watson and Lord Peter Wimsey together in a book, and you probably haven’t either. But, now I know. I recently added…
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Vintage Voyages
(Ok, “journey” would probably be a better word, but that’s cliché in the blog-o-sphere, not alliterative, and cannot be interpreted as a sneaky Star Trek reference.) I’ve wanted to do a post like…
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The Funny Ones
One of the things that sparked my love for the past was 1960s sitcoms. For years, I unwound before bedtime by watching an episode with my family. We saw quite a few series,…
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Book Series Review: Firmament
I suppose, technically, watching Star Wars with my dad was my first experience with sci-fi. Or maybe it was my Dora and the Purple Planet video game, although I feel like that doesn’t…
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A Pair of Poems
It’s been a busy week in writing land, so I dipped into my archives for today’s post. Last year, I took a poetry course in college. It wasn’t my favorite course ever. My…
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Bye Bye, AI
Even if you don’t think this will be your kind of post, please read it. It’s an important and timely topic. In fact, it’s a lot more important than I used to think…
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One More Thing…
Last week, I looked at a book that, while it was enjoyable, was too different from other mysteries to fit my expectations for the genre. This week, I want to look at a…
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Book Review: The Daughter of Time
Well, this is ironic. In last week’s post, I defended Deep Space Nine as “real” Star Trek when many other reviewers didn’t see it that way. This week, I’m going to be questioning whether a…
