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July 2008

Still spinning…

Twas a busy day.  Well it would have been if I’d managed to stop shiny-thinging all over the place.  Got a lot done, but not all of anything; if you know what I mean.  I’d get started on something and the next thing I’d know I’d be off and onto another something and then off […]

Random notes…

Rose: The photo is of Paul’s chocolate rose. We’ve come to really like roses and this was one Paul wanted mostly for the name — it doesn’t have much scent. But the first year we had it, it didn’t really do much. The second year, we dug it up and put it in a fancy […]

Tour de Fleece — Day 1

Well, the Tour de Fleece starts today. I signed up because you set your own goal to achieve between the start and end of the Tour de France (site is in French). So, you have from July 5th to 27th. Sometimes I need a challenge and/or a goal to get me going on things that […]

Review: I Wish… by Hyun-Joo Seo

A young girl is left behind when her family takes a trip and, in her anger and hurt, she makes the kind of wishes for badness of one type or another to happen to them. Unfortunately, they are killed in an accident and Jin Ryu is convinced it is her fault. She hears of the […]

July Coffee Cup & Poison Ivy Redux

This month I have a lovely blue coffee cup. The picture doesn’t show it very well but it’s a deeper blue on the bottom and shades to a very pale blue at the top. It also has sea shells and rope and is a bit nautical. I figure if I can’t get to a beach […]

Finally, the zines are live and so am I

The marathon effort to get the zines up and live for the 1st of the month is now done. Gumshoe Review, SFRevu, and TechRevu are now all up online with new content.  As you can probably guess by the names, Gumshoe Review covers the mystery scene with reviews, author interviews, news items relevant to the […]