May the coming year bring all of you happiness, dreams that come true, good health, and much love. … [Read more...]

Via the Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts, this article by Ursula Le Guin on how fantasy is not just for children: To conflate fantasy with immaturity is a rather sizeable error. Rational yet non-intellectual, moral yet inexplicit, symbolic not allegorical, fantasy is not primitive … [Read more...]

“ABOVE ALL: the point of this novel is that it is ‘a book I want to read that hasn’t been written yet.’ Everything in it should be something I would want to read, something I would find exciting, entertaining, touching, intriguing. Of every passage I … [Read more...]

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”—Helen Gurley Brown Recently on Chinese television, Helen Gurley Brown was on one of the daily shows to give an interview.  I had never heard of her, but I suppose I should have.  She’s the … [Read more...]

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES: 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup shortening 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 egg 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal� all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon … [Read more...]

A Christmas Carol ~ George Wither (1588-1667) So now is come our joyful feast, Let every man be jolly; Each room with ivy leaves is dressed, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown … [Read more...]

This, from a young reader, reposted with permission:  Perhaps it’s just a short attention span but I cannot stay dedicated to something that I write. I wanted to know how you stay so dedicated to what you write? Do you ever get bored with your stories and your … [Read more...]

It’s a beautiful day out.  Birds are singing, sun is shining, dogs have been walked, petted, fed, and mollified.  Cats have new kitty litter.  All is good.  Though, I had to laugh when I read Kristopher Reiz’s post this morning, which involves dogs … [Read more...]

”We are all of us in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde Novella for Avon is off and away.  Must rest fingers for a good twenty-four hours.  And eat.  Eating is good.  And doing dishes.  Cleaning.  … [Read more...]

“When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.”—Dolly Parton “kichenbich” is this morning’s winner on our third day of Christmas.  Congratulations! *** Alison Kent has … [Read more...]