An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
When I was in grade school, I was teased mercilessly by other kids for meowing like a cat.
These days, my eight-year-old answers roll call at school by meowing like a cat, and it’s made them one of the most beloved kids in their class, including with their teacher. Continue reading “Meowing at School”
I’m proud of myself: given a choice between writing and playing Hades just now, I willingly chose to work on my novel, without pressuring myself to make that choice at all.
This is real progress from a month or so ago when the mere thought of trying to write made me want to cry. Continue reading “Recovering from Burnout”
Does Ghostbusters Afterlife work without leaning on sentimentality for the original? I don’t know.
But as someone who has loved Ghostbusters since I was a little girl, that movie was made for me, just as much as Ghostbusters 2016 was. Continue reading “Ghostbusters Afterlife”
Me, talking about Stardew Valley: “I should leave first thing in the morning and bring my 100 stairs.”
Kid, startled: “I forgot for a moment you were talking about a video game.” Continue reading “Carrying Around Stairs”
I just learned why I never seem to have as many different types of tea as I’d like.
I buy tea, and when it gets home, Daniel looks at the tea drawer, thinks it’s full, & stashes the new boxes in a cupboard in the garage. Continue reading “Magically Disappearing Tea”
Avery doesn’t know what this cold white stuff is… but she certainly didn’t approve it.
Piper has never seen snow before. She doesn’t know what to make of it. Continue reading “Animals on a Snow Day”
We had a white Christmas when I was a baby. And when Elder Child was two, it snowed but didn’t stick on Christmas Eve.
Just now, I looked outside at two minutes ‘til midnight after a whole day of the forecast calling for snow & finally saw three flakes in the air. Continue reading “Technical White Christmas”
I think I’m going to release one of my unpublished flash fictions later tonight… partly as a gift to anyone out there who’s in need of a gift (and who happens to follow me and notice my newly released story), but realistically, mostly as a gift to myself.
Continue reading “Releasing a Story for Christmas…”
If your cat messes with your computer, try covering it with plastic sheeting…
Then your cat will be too busy enjoying hiding under the plastic to mess with your computer.
Unlike all my previous Shelties, Avery LOVES balloons. She likes chasing and punching them with her nose, and if they pop sometimes, the noise doesn’t bother her.
This was my morning: watching fluffy white clouds drift over the fluffy white waves, under the awe-inspiring curve of a rainbow, all from the soothing warmth of a hot tub, as cool breezes played in the air. Continue reading “Heading Home after a Perfect Morning at the Beach”