What Do You Really Want to Write? (Writing Advice)

My latest writing advice blog post over at my Patreon just went public, so I’m inviting you to hop on over and see it. Here’s a snippet: Today, I want to ask you: what do you really want to write? Are you writing it? If not, why not? Want to see more?...

Stable Food: Crock Pot Taco Chili

For once I got the weather aligned with my menu and last weekend actually had chili on a day it was cool. This variation of my regular chili recipe will bring spice to your dish. I garnished it with shredded cheese and sour cream, and it was like a taco in a bowl....

We Have Noise (Sax on Fri)

In Tonic Chords, Tory finds herself learning the saxophone and teaching her friend Alamar how to play again. I think I need to look into the magical and musical lore of the world I’ve created and make sure that it’s written that those with Musamagium...
My Pionus Boy

My Pionus Boy

For today’s bird Tuesday post, I thought I’d share some recent pictures I took of my pionus,  Braynon, when I was playing with my camera and he was hamming it up....

Horses On Ice (Sunday Horses)

No, not the latest ice show coming to a venue near you. Rather, this was how I did chores this morning. Slowly and very carefully. Fortunately we were lucky. By the time I went out it was already 32, so while the ice on the ramp leading from the house was at that...

Why Writing To Trends Doesn’t Work (Writing Advice)

My latest writing advice blog post over at my Patreon just went public, so I’m inviting you to hop on over and see it. Here’s a snippet: This is just one reason why I think writing to trends doesn’t work. I know I’ve talked about this before....

My Asian Experiment (Stable Food Saturday)

I’ve been trying to be more creative with what we eat and decided I wanted to make something like a pork wonton, never mind that I hadn’t eaten any wontons before. But I love crab rangoons so figured something like that stuffed with pork and cabbage and...

Picking Up The Sax (Sax on Fridays)

Just like Tory in Tonic Chords, I’m picking up the saxophone to see how difficult it is for someone who plays the clarinet to learn, and to teach, the saxophone. I’ve actually had my saxophone for several months. It’s taken me this long to kind of...

Just what is Bobcat Fever? (Cat Tales)

I’ve written about Mama Jewel who has made a marvelous recovery from BobCat Fever. But I’ve had several cat people ask me what it is, so I thought I’d take today’s Cat Tales to give a bit more information about this disease which is spreading...