Isn’t it amazing how adaptable people and plants are? For twelve days I’ve had no hot water. We called our home warranty company that first morning. Plumbers, purchasing departments and so on seem to run on different time tables than the rest of us. I was surprised to receive a phone call yesterday informing me of… Continue reading Adaptability
Month: June 2009
Crossed Genres Flash Fiction Contest
Crossed Genres has opened the polls for their Flash Fiction Contest. Voting (just one per IP Address) is happening now until June 30th. There are 10 entries to choose from and just over 4000 words if you read them in one sitting. All of the entries are different and by voting you might make a writer very… Continue reading Crossed Genres Flash Fiction Contest
The iPhone and Kindle
I may or may not have mentioned it before but when it comes to new technology I’m a slow adopter. It’s not because I don’t want some of the latest and greatest gadgets. I spent many years working in the Help Desk industry and have seen too many cases of where getting the latest and… Continue reading The iPhone and Kindle
Bloggiesta Summary
 Here’s my list of things I wanted to get done. Items crossed off have been completed. Finish adding WordPress Plugins. (SEO Optimization and a mirror for LiveJournal are the two I had to finish.) Finish writing reviews. (That Went Well, The Trap, The Patriot Witch, King Titus, Dead Witch Walking, and Death’s Daughter.) Finish my… Continue reading Bloggiesta Summary
The Patriot Witch by C. C. Finlay
I have C.C. Finlay’s blog on my LiveJournal f-list so I’ve been hearing about The Patriot Witch and the other books in his Traitor to the Crown series for a while now. When his publisher offered it as a free download I took the opportunity to find out how Finlay executed his idea. What if witches… Continue reading The Patriot Witch by C. C. Finlay
Bloggiesta Goals
Here is my list of items to accomplish during Bloggiesta. Keep your fingers crossed for me! Finish adding WordPress Plugins. (SEO Optimization and a mirror are two of them.) Finish writing reviews. (That Went Well, The Trap, The Patriot Witch, King Titus, and Dead Witch Walking to start.) Finish my blog tour/book review policy page.… Continue reading Bloggiesta Goals
Bloggiesta Begins
Have you met Pedro? (Plan. Edit. Develop. Review. Organize.) Isn’t he cute?  Because I’m at work today and have an engagement party tonight I will spend most of Friday planning what I want to accomplish. I had an idea before but I didn’t make an actual list and I want to see how the mini-challenges… Continue reading Bloggiesta Begins
Magic Trixie Sleeps Over by Jill Thompson
In this story about Magic Trixie, she gets tired of her nightly bedtime routine. Upon finding out her classmates don’t have to bathe or brush or brush their teeth she resents her parents. Her friends offer to have her sleepover so she can see what they do. As you can imagine, the night time rituals… Continue reading Magic Trixie Sleeps Over by Jill Thompson
Magic Trixie by Jill Thompson
In Magic Trixie the reader is introduced to who else but Magic Trixie, her family and her friends. Magic Trixie is a sassy little witch. The first floor of her house is home to Elixir, a restaurant run by her parents and a cousin. She attends Monstersorri School. Show-and-Tell starts in a few days and she’s… Continue reading Magic Trixie by Jill Thompson
My Bookcase
We have several bookshelves in our house. Most of them are built-in pieces but I only have two to call my own. The first is in our living room and holds some of my TBR pile including many issues of comics I need to catch up on. One day soon I should organize it so it doesn’t… Continue reading My Bookcase