She makes a good point. “Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?”~Marian Wright Edelman.
I was in Seattle over the weekend for a couple of dramatizations of my short stories. Over on nearby Vashon Island, the Vashon arts center performed a dramatization of The Taskmasters (from ASKING FOR TROUBLE) and played a studio recording of Old […]
Can’t argue with this. “Actions speak louder than gibberish” ~Sheng Wang
This sums up my attitude. “You can lead a man to congress, but you can’t make him think.”~Milton Berle
As my keener followers know, I’m a road cyclist. And for my not so keen follower, you now know that I am, so consider yourself up to date. Sunday, I closed out my 2012 cycling season by taking part in the Mount […]
It’s October, but it doesn’t mean it’s a good month for investments. “October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.” ~Mark […]
With apologies to Mr. Poe: Once upon a midnight dreary, while kitten asleep and dachshund weary,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my cat flap door.“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my […]
A little while ago, I mentioned that Thomas & Mercer and Brilliance Audio bought the rights to several of my books. That contract included new books as well as some of my backlist. Well, next month, T&M/Brilliance will be releasing six of […]
This pretty much nails it. 🙂 “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” ~Groucho Marx
On occasion, conversations will start like this in our house. “Julie, will this kill me?” “No, that’s a daddy longlegs.” “What about this?” “That’s a twig, Simon.” The problem is that there aren’t any dangerous animals in England. Obviously, there’s the fabled […]