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Sunny morning walk

I know they’re an invasive species, and I should hope the park maintenance staff manage to destroy every last one, but seriously, they are so cute! I sort of wish they were the size of Briar and I could have one and take it on walks, like this: Fun fact: I scribbled that on one [...]

#slushtips for Whatcom Writers & Publishers

Last Wednesday, I attended the monthly Whatcom Writers & Publishers dinner and gave tips on “Getting Out of the Slush Pile.” (Specifically, getting out of the slush toward the editor, rather than toward your own inbox.) Even though I’m not afraid of speaking in public, I get a little worried about actually lecturing. I’m pretty [...]

Sunday: Blue

Not Photoshop

Just the largest Sitka Spruce in North America! A photo of me from the Rainforest Writers Village in 2009.

Sunday: Yellow

Rosa butyrum, or the dairy rose, is a delicate bush. It buds at dusk, blossoms overnight, and at dawn, the roses are ready to spread on toast. I took this photo just moments before the petals began to melt. I poked myself on a thorn trying to catch the sweetish liquid with my bagel, but [...]

Sunday: White

Sunday: Orange

Cat vs. Bird vs. Box

One of my cats (Captain Henry Every of The Fancy) is a moron with faulty depth perception who will stalk and spring at birds from twenty feet away. He has never caught anything that wasn’t already dead for years before he found it. One of my cats (Butch) is even stupider, and she isn’t at [...]

Sunday: Blue

Tara Rides a Kakapo

One of the items requested during the Art-a-thon was “some kind of kakapo picture” for kindofstrange. I managed to smudge my first attempt, and then my cats stepped on it, and then I traced it and my muddy-pawed cats stepped on THAT one, and finally I locked the treacherous cats in my room and finished [...]