How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 26 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… Mina shuddered, almost choking on her fish and earning an alarmed look from Hedwin as a thought came to her: What if the humming was all acolytes were allowed to start…
See Previous | See Next It’s been a bit (more than a bit) hot this week, so things are blooming, but are also looking a somewhat draggled-y. In other news, the incredible bloom on my redbud this year has now resulted in an incredible lot of dangling seedpods along all the branches. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows off all sorts of pretty peonies and roses and other flowers to distract from the heat of actually being out…
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 25 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… “By itself, it would have been a terror. It is sure some would have been lost, no matter what. But after fighting the storm, and with so few of the acolytes…
See Previous | See Next The roses are blooming! The roses are blooming! All the lots of pretty roses are blooming! (And I’ve shown the prettiest two here, but there are others very close on their heels for prettiness!) Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years also shows off the (very fluffy and pink) peonies, which are in fact also blooming at this time. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years anchors us with the pretty phlox that showed off…
As I am writing this, I’m getting close to a hand-off point, when I’ll have just wrapped up one of my latest SSCS’s (the Serial Stream-of-Consciousness Stories that I work on periodically as a break from my more directed writing) and will then be needing to add a new SSCS onto my docket (I usually have three running at any given time). That begs the question: What should I use as my seed for the next one? The story ideas…
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 24 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… “I can teach you the First Hum, now, while you cook,” the priestess said. “First, though, do you want to know how your parents died?” …How to Catch Flying Pigs, and…
See Previous | See Next It’s June and there are lots of sunny flowers out! (And yes, more pictures of irises too, because I really like my irises.) Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows that, despite the irises, this is a season for plenty of pink flowers! Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years implores us to remember the pretty plum blossoms and tulips of earlier, but also promises lots of roses are one the way soon. …This…
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 23 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… “Have you put the spire to rights, Mina?” The voice was low and scratchy, but the priestess’ own, and Mina, feeling suddenly drained, answered without thought. “I’m not sure how, gran-Tom.”…
Last weekend I accidentally hiked to the top of a mountain. Now, whenever I turn that direction and see it, I feel like it’s taunting me.
See Previous | See Next Yay, the first rose of the season is blooming! For me, that’s the Austen Copper, bright and red-orange and beautiful. Austen Copper blooming the same time as the irises always makes my front garden so very nice and cheerful. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years also shows off my lavender phlox and purple-blooming creeping thyme that are also blooming right now. And while I don’t expect yucca blooms this year, yes, my beautiful pink…