Author: Beth
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Caturday no. 6
I really, really wanted Noodle to wear a collar. I think cats with belled collars are the cutest thing. So we got her an adorable pink collar (Pink since not everyone knows that tortoiseshell cats are almost always female) and put it on her.Sadly, Noodle did not share our sentiment,… Read the rest…
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Friday Photo Break, vol. 13
I love the idea of gardening, but gardens don’t love me. My mother, grandmother and great-grandmother’s gardens were always beautiful, but I think my sisters were the ones who inherited their green thumb. I certainly didn’t!Despite my shortcomings as a gardener, though, the hyacinths I planted when my husband and… Read the rest…
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Exploring Influences: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Continuing on the topic of influences, this week we’re looking at The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. If I had to say there was any one thing that made me want to write, it must be that I had access to these books. At an early age, I… Read the rest…
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Caturday no. 5
Because Noodle is a particularly naughty cat, we can’t trust her to stay out on her own at night. It’s not the jumping on desks or knocking things over that concerns me, really, but her penchant for chewing on wires. We’re technophiles, there’s wires everywhere. She’s good about not doing… Read the rest…
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Friday Photo Break, vol. 12
When I was a kid, I never cared for autumn. I didn’t like the colors or the weather, didn’t like the onset of winter. I still can’t say I like the onset of winter, but my feelings about the colors that come with fall have changed.Naturally, this Japanese maple presented… Read the rest…
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Exploring Influences: The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Continuing to explore influences, this week we’re looking at The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I started reading the series not because I discovered it myself, but because I found the first book in my older brother’s room. He was never very vocal about literary interests,… Read the rest…
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A Fighting Edge
I like swords.Being all into the fantasy scene, I guess that comes as no real surprise, but despite my admiration of them, I only have one sword. It’s a simple red and black wakizashi that my Dad bought for me when I was a teenager. It hangs above the doorway… Read the rest…
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