A Quote and a Challenge

“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.” — Neil Gaiman

That’s it. What you [...]

Unbirthday

Much fun was had, and I have pics! I’ll hide the slideshow to avoid issues with the menu bar.

It's a FISH!!

Those of you who know me online know I tend to use marine animals as weapons. If you know me offline–well, it’s a long story. Just accept that I tend to use marine animals as weapons. In particular, I use fish-thwacks to threaten encourage my writer friends to accomplish.

So you’ll understand my joy that Wonderer [...]

For Which I Am Grateful

My little girl is taller than I am. She’s strong and healthy and bright and compassionate and kind, even if she is often hard of hearing.

I have a good, stable job with benefits that is fulfilling in many ways, and gives me lots of time to pursue my writing career.

Within me there is a glorious [...]

Yes. That.

“More and more as I am here and see what life really is, I understand that it is not when or how you die but how and if you truly were ever alive.” Dr. Jerri Nielson Fitzgerald

I want to travel. I want to see the world. Eat Japanese food with Japanese people, see the incredible [...]