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Ho, ho…ho!

It’s been a good day. Two short story acceptances within several hours. I don’t think that’s ever happened before. There have been days when I’ve had two rejections, but not this! The first acceptance was for a twisted Christmas story … Continue reading

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Silver

Twenty-five years ago today (yes, a quarter of a century ago), my wife and I, accompanied by our then eight-year-old daughter, went to the local courthouse at about 4:30 in the afternoon to get married. The other people at the … Continue reading

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What will the world look like this time next week?

Time for my monthly update! I’m taking a rare day off from work today—from the day job, at least. Catching up on writerly obligations. Number one among those was the signing of more than 1100 signature pages for the limited … Continue reading

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We ran out of letters

Sounds like a terrible condition for a writer. However, I’m referring to names for hurricanes. We’ve already expended the complete list for 2020, which means we’ve moved on to Greek letters. Tropical Storm Beta is knocking at our door, promising … Continue reading

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Post-Laura Post

In 2008, Hurricane Ike arrived in our neighborhood and did some damage. Trees fell on neighbors’ houses, we lost a few shingles from our roof, but there was nothing like the damage that occurred elsewhere, or like what we’ve seen … Continue reading

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Necon…Nocon

In an ordinary world, I would be in an airplane headed to New England for Necon 40. But it’s far from an ordinary world and I’m not going anywhere farther than the mailbox to pick up the post today. By … Continue reading

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100 Days of Solitude

By my reckoning, today marks 100 days since I was last at my day-job office. One hundred days during which I have only been out of the house to pick up take-out (once), go to the post office (half a … Continue reading

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Idle thoughts

Several unrelated thoughts that occurred to me while I was mowing the lawn this morning – the longest stretch of time I’ve been outside in at least two months. When my daughter was 10, I offered her 25¢ for every … Continue reading

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For the birds

Maybe a month or so before the world turned upside down, we decided to move our neglected birdfeeder from the back yard (which we rarely see) to the front lawn. Now it is clearly visible through the big window in … Continue reading

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Stuck-home syndrome

I haven’t made a blog post this year. So what’s been going on, you ask? Oh, not much. Just this pandemic. I’m in the midst of my fourth week working from my home office. The only times I’ve been outside … Continue reading

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