See Previous | See Next This week the wild mass that is my front garden is being very persistent with its late-summer blooms – sunflowers and echinacea and Queen Anne’s lace all tangled together. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is rather a mish-mash, but with more emphasis on roses than how things are looking at present. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 has more roses and more emphasis on fruits (plums and pears) than what I’m presently seeing. …
So! Did you catch that? I just published a short story (technically, at just over 10,000 words, some people would call ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’ a novelette – but I’m not sure I’m ready to consider myself quite that fancy). Now, you might be asking: Published? Where? Answer: Here. On my blog. This really does count as publishing. Merriam-Webster defines ‘publish’ as “to disseminate to the public” (and it defines ‘disseminate’ as “to spread…
See Previous | See Next This week things in the garden are getting a little leggy and/or drying out in the heat of the Colorado summer. But, the fruits of the summer are also starting to appear, so the birds and raccoons are probably happy at least. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is trying to hint at more roses to come, but I’m not so certain that’s what this particular summer has in store. We’ll see. Looking back…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 31 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The desert is made up of losses, and now they number in the thousands, in the tens of thousands. That is enough. The desert is death, and…
So. I super-dooper love the Chinese fantasy drama The Untamed. The show is set in an ancient kingdom both during and after a great war between the clans, where the main character, who is gifted in black magic, has created a powerful, dark artifact to vanquish his enemies and help his side win the day. It’s 50 episodes long, but the actual war, from start to finish, comprises only about 10 of those, because who wins a war – and…
See Previous | See Next This week my liatris are even prettier than last week (and the lamb’s ears absolutely taking over the back corner garden have produced a sprawl that is undeniable). Purple liatris and yellow daisies are the super colors of bright, hot summertime. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years also shows you a peek at some raspberries, which are also doing their thing this time of year (i.e. about three berries every couple of days). Looking…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 30 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The OneVoice subsumes. The OneVoice knows only itself, has stolen thousands of voices so that they will sing to it of itself, building a choir only in…
See Previous | See Next This week my echinacea (despite stiff competition) is working hard to steal the front-garden show. But also, front and back, my liatris are blooming! I’m not sure why I like liatris so much, but I do, and Yay! they’re here! Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years confirms that this is definitely the time of the liatris! (Also echinacea.) Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years highlights the echinacea a little bit more. (Also the…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 29 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The desert. It is an emptiness that grows wider, more still and vicious, and presses itself outward from their void. Its voice was taken by a sky…
See Previous | See Next This week there are more lilies! Day lilies and asiatic lilies. Though some other bits of the garden are showing the heat. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows more July colors, and the way my garden gets rather a going-to-seed look this time of year – but with colors! Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years makes my garden almost look put together – always show the pretty side. …This week, my garden…