It’s snowing here. I don’t mind. It won’t stick, most likely, but for the first time in several years we’re actually getting a real winter. I think it’s good for the plants. Our Solstice was low-key but nice. We exchanged
Happy Announcement!
I have a happy announcement! I have signed an agreement with Blackstone Audio so that Otherworld books 19-21 will be available in audio! This way, the entire OW series will be available in audio even though I am taking the
Playlist For Bewitching Bedlam
Here’s the playlist for Bewitching Bedlam: Air: Napalm Love, Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare, Some Folks, Poison, Asteroids Galaxy Tour: Bad Fever, Sunshine Coolin’, My Club, The Sun Ain’t Shining No More, X AWOLNATION: Sail B-52’s: Quiche Lorraine, Love
A Merry Yuletide To All
Back in 2001, after the Towers fell, I had a hard time come Yule and the Solstice. I still felt almost guilty for wanting to celebrate, and wondering if we should. And then, one night, I sat down and wrote
SNOW DAY!
So, yeah, it snowed. It’s raining now, with a bit of snow, but Seattle has had snow this year. Which doesn’t happen usually. Here are some pictures I took around my yard. My assistant can’t make it in today (Andria)
Welcome to Winter
Welcome to Winter—yes, it’s winter here even if the calendar still says autumn. I woke up today to a windy, chilly morning and it’s raining—which is fine. The skies are gray and we’re deep into the rainy season. In fact,
Thanksgiving Dinner Thoughts
It’s Saturday evening–a few days before this post goes up–and I’m still working, but that’s okay. I took a good part of yesterday off. I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving and the holidays, even if in a quieter mood this year
Samhain–the Festival of the Dead
Pumpkins, crisp leaves tinged with rust and bronze, a lace-work of frost kissing red-cheeked apples, ghostly mist rises in the shadowed night…Monday night is October 31st, the eve of Samhain, Festival of the Dead and we prepare to honor and
Allergy Safe Halloween Treats & The Teal Pumpkin Project
Halloween, for us, is Samhain—the festival from which Halloween evolved. But I also give out treats. A couple years ago, it occurred to me that my own allergies prevented me from eating the candy we were handing out, so what
A Week of Marymoor: Week 6
A couple of years ago around this time, I started a project called my Year of Trees. I took a picture of the same street every week for a year, noting the changes to the trees that line that road.