Cowboy Trouble by Joanne Kennedy. ISBN: 978-1-4022-3668-6, 416 pages. $6.99 mass market paperback/ $4.79 Kindle edition. On sale March 2, 2010. Libby Brown always wanted to have a farm. That was definitely impractical while working as a journalist in Atlanta — not much scope in farming on your balcony. However, when her love life goes […]
Okay, I’ve posted here a few times about the fact that I’m chairperson for Capclave 2010 which is the annual convention for WSFA, the Washington Science Fiction Association. This year’s guests of honor are Connie Willis, Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer. The convention is being held at the Rockville Hilton in Rockville, Maryland from October […]
As usual, as we near the end of a month, I’m gearing up to get the ezines on line for the next. SFRevu and Gumshoe Review go live with new content on March 1st. It means days are a bit longer and with a bit more stress to add spice. Meanwhile, I’m also trying to […]
When I saw this article on BoingBoing, I could not believe it. Evidently, the laptops that students received from the school also contain software that allows school administrators to spy on them and their families. There is now a class action suit against the district because: The issue came to light when the Robbins’s child […]
When Al Gore wrote Inconvenient Truth about the dangers of global warning, he couldn’t have found a name for his book that could be any more indicative of many people’s reactions to global warming, its possible causes and potential results. Today, I came across an article in the guardian.co.uk entitled, “Utah delivers vote of no […]
My busy day I’ll admit is not the same as most people’s busy days. But for me I did a lot. (Remember I’ve got that whole lack of spoon things still going on.) Well, I did the wash, dried, folded, and put it away. I made bread. Okay so we’ve got a bread machine but […]
Today is Valentine’s Day and I suspect that many people will be sending cards or ecards to their special someone. Most will have X’s on them to represent kisses. I found this bit of an article on Valentine’s Day at How Stuff Works interesting: How about the “X” sign representing a kiss? This tradition started […]
Today we made cinnamon-ginger donuts. Came out pretty good and we remembered to get them in containers before they could dry out. Then it was some housework and picking up, followed by going out to do the shopping. We checked three stores looking for the 20 watt halogen lights that fit in our kitchen fixtures […]