As I get older, I find I now have a hard time writing in silence. Sometimes I write to the sound of my husband’s video games in the background, but more often, I put something on to listen to while I work. What that might be varies, depending on what… Read the rest...
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Fourth installment already!We’ll start March off with a splash of color. Today’s photo is from my first trip to the Missouri Botanical Gardens, in the spring of 2008. It’s hard to believe it’s already been that long! This is the flower of the unusual-looking Indonesian wax ginger plant.I took a… Read the rest...
Sometimes when I see the cover of a book, I can’t help but stare at it and wonder what the artist was thinking.I’ve seen a ton of boggling covers, but I figured I’d just point out a few that garnered laughs in the past few weeks, which means we’ll be… Read the rest...
There were few flowers growing during this trip to the botanical garden, not a lot blooms in September. This was one of them. In the background, you can see the pagoda in the Chinese garden, which is where my older brother and my sister-in-law were married. It was a small… Read the rest...
I’m a sucker for fantasy stories. Kings and castles, swords and sorcery, I’m there! Despite being a popular genre, though, I have a hard time finding books that really catch my interest. I don’t mind buying books, but only after they’ve proven themselves to me. I’m a big fan of… Read the rest...
Today’s picture is another shot from the Missouri Botanical Gardens, taken after my brother’s wedding. I have no idea what these flowers are, but I really liked them. I took a lot of pictures of them. They were pretty, but didn’t smell like anything. Whatever they are, they were inside… Read the rest...
One of my favorite parts of books, particularly fantasy fiction, is maps. Not every book comes with a map, but my personal opinion is that every book set in a fictional world should include at least one.
I was enamored with maps from an early age. My grandmother had a… Read the rest...