I wear a hat to bed in the winter, and use a sleeping bag as a comforter.  This lets me turn the heat down at night, thus saving money for m...

Halvah taking advantage of a momentary break... I am officially throwing in the towel for NaNoWriMo 2011, at least as far as hitting 5...

Musical things I did this week:  1. Went to two concerts: one jazz/swing, with Paul Anastasio, an excellent fiddler (he played with Aslee...

I'd like to say I've not posted much because I've been so busy mapping out my NaNoWriMo story, but the truth is I've been ob...

Some of us have no trouble coming up with titles, sometimes even before we know what we're going to put in the story to go with the ...

That was then: This is now: (Click the pics to view on Flickr if you'd like to see identifying notes). They're all a bit batt...

Sometimes my desk looks like I killed a large, blue-blooded monster and tried to mop up the evidence. (In reality, this was just an unfortu...

As I was avoiding writing today, I started playing with the various writing implements on my desk. I like how these look together...autumn...

And I would like to add, as search bot bait, poem haters poetry hater h8ter. Mmmkay? Tell me I'm not the only one to get some odd r...

Actually, true happiness is another subject entirely.  But pencils don't hurt... Ever since I first heard California Cedar Products had...