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Book Review: Come Take Me
Come Take Me: A Celestial Satire by E. M. Skyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Marshall M. Shmishkiss isn’t enjoying his life, but he’s taking steps to change it. He’s eating healthier,…
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Salon Transcripts Available To Read
The Doggerel! Salon, both edited and unedited versions, are up at the website. A bonus for this salon is a new page of poetry to house submissions by salonistas. Rory Torrance has started…
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Book Review: Afro Puffs are the Antennae of the Universe
Desiree Quicho just needs a little downtime from work. She wants to go home, relax, hang out with her friends, make some progress on the house she's building... you know, normal stuff...
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The Aether Salon Presents: Doggerel!
Doggerel! Aether Salon Sunday, November 15th 2:00 – 3:00pm SLT New Babbage Palisades There once was an Aether Salon Where brains carried more weight than brawn The wide range of subjects Kept all…
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Book Review: The Case of the Missing Marquess
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer My rating: 5 of 5 stars After watching the Enola Holmes movie on Netflix, I decided that I quite liked this twist on the…
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Book Review: Bad Hand (Aces High, Jokers Wild Book 3.5)
This queer cyberpunk short for Halloween is a thank you from the author to loyal readers.
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Book Review: Riverland
Riverland by Fran Wilde My rating: 5 of 5 stars I went into the story knowing in advance that aspects of our protagonist’s home life might be difficult to read. Fran Wilde has…
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Caribou Farms Annual Report
As the veggie garden, grapevines, raspberry patch, herb gardens and scattered mints wind down for the season, my harvesting and foraging is nearly done for 2020. I thought I would share this year’s…
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Book Review: Summer Knight (The Dresden Files)
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher My rating: 2 of 5 stars While not terrible, this wasn't my favorite book so far in the series. I found the constant slogging through the political posturing…
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Fall Foraging: Rose Hip Tea
After the flowers are done blooming, the hips expand and billow out, much like mine at Thanksgiving. Once they turn red (not my hips, the roses), I harvest them all.
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Book Review: Starfish and Coffee: The SparkleTits Chronicles
Starfish and Coffee by Veronica R. Calisto My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bra-vo! SparkleTits is my kinda superhero. Or, maybe she’s not a superhero, but, she probably is. This uncertainty is part…
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Book Review: So I’m A Vampire’s Familiar
So I’m A Vampire’s Familiar by Shayna Grissom My rating: 3 of 5 stars So, it seems vampires are real, after all. But, expectations and reality aren’t seeing eye to eye for our…
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Book Review: The Triads of Ireland
The Triads of Ireland – An Illustrated Collection Written and Illustrated by Olivia Wylie Triads are an ancient Irish form of verse, vaguely similar to Japanese Haiku poetry. Even though these triads were…
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Slow-Motion Tomato Ketchup
It's ironic that most fast food comes with packets of ketchup. When made at home, ketchup is one of the SLOWEST foods imaginable.
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Book Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’m of mixed feelings about this book, which is something I’ve never said about a Neil…
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Book Review: Words Fail Me
Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing by Patricia T. O’Conner My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best writing advice books around. It’s written in an…
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Book Review: Jitterbug Perfume
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ll admit right now that Jitterbug Perfume has been one of my favorite books for many decades. This was about my 5th…
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My First Poem
I want to share my first ever writing submission to be selected for publication. It also just happened to be a first place winner. *nonchalantly buffs nails*
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Book Review: The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack
With an all-star cast including many big names of the day and a wild plot that spins Burton and Swinburne round and round, this one's a page-turner and eye-popper.
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Book Review: The Engineer Wore Venetian Red
If you're looking for a summer read, this is it! The 4th installment in the Mysterious Devices series is a doozy.
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Book Review: The Clockwork’s Orange
The Clockwork’s Orange by E.P. Isaacs My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reading The Clockwork’s Orange gave me a feeling of having found a long-lost treasure in an old trunk in the attic.…
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Book Review: Aces and Eights (Aces High, Jokers Wild Book 4)
The Wildcards catch wind of the possibility that one of the seed banks established before America collapsed might have survived.
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Book Review: Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott My rating: 5 of 5 stars I deliberately read Bird By Bird slowly – her ‘lessons’ are short, sometimes just a…
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Join Me at Fantasy Faire’s Literary Festival Events
This yearly event in Second Life to benefit Relay for Life opened to the public today. You can visit anytime to explore the fantastic realms, or attend special events, through May 10, 2020.
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Book Review: Call the Bluff (Aces High, Jokers Wild Book 2)
Though this is book #2 in the series, I read it last, having read #3 first and #1 second (I know, I know, it's a long story why).
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Social Distancing 101: A “Restorative” Video
Today’s Social Distancing tip is to relax and watch magic for a half hour. Christine McConnell—gothic artist, creator, restorer extraordinaire—has released a half-hour episode on YouTube in which she gives new life to…
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Social Distancing 101: Deep Dive Organizing
I have recipes. Lots of recipes. Some are aging, crumbling newspaper clippings. Some are printouts from websites. Some are PDFs on my hard drive. Some are cut out of magazines. Some are beautifully…
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Social Distancing 101: Free Online Learning
I think we all have a mental list of stuff we wish we knew how to do. As the saying goes, ‘there’s no time like the present’ and the present we are living…
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Social Distancing 101: Enjoying The Arts
If you’re able to pull up the internet on your smart TV or a good-sized monitor, you can continue to enjoy cultural experiences from home. Yesterday, CNN published a good resource article: All…
