Saturday, June 22, 2024 Recently I mentioned hosting a Christmas in July blog hop in celebration of my friends in the Southern Hemisphere. What got me interested in a celebration that might seem obscure to most of you? Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Before I saw the “Murder Under the Mistletoe” episode, where Phryne and company … More Happy Summer & More on Christmas in July
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 All aboard! In honor of The Delta Pearl duology, this time we have airships. The title of book-2 is The Geostrophic Pearl. It will be hard to avoid giving spoilers to book-1 if I go into detail, but a steampunk airship comes into the story. Once again, this post does double … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors: Airships
Saturday, June 8, 2024 I realize that this won’t interest everyone here, but sometimes it’s necessary to post such things. All of a sudden, I decided to host a Christmas in July blog hop in celebration of my friends at the other end of the planet… and folks near and far who like Christmastime maybe just … More Summer Planning
Thursday, June 6, 2024 Welcome, all. It’s no big surprise that summertime temperatures in the high desert southwest are once again “higher than normal.” The lack of rain made me think of the quirky-looking water tower in my town. Then I had the idea, “What about a Thursday Doors post with water tower doors?” But … More #ThursdayDoors — Water Towers
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Hello, everyone. I’ve noticed that lighthouses don’t tend to evoke neutral thoughts in people. It seems we either think of hope or terrible despair. So, I decided to include both emotions in my story. The “inspiration door” for my TDWC story this week is by fellow author, Noelle Granger. This vignette … More Whatnot Wednesday & #ThursdayDoors TDWC: I Awoke
Saturday, May 25, 2024 All aboard! My steampunk duology, “The Delta Pearl,” is now at the dock. Mystery and adventure await you. ♣ ♣ ♣ This post is more than an announcement for my steampunk duology. It’s also my weekend Vintage Vignette. Steampunk as a book genre has settings, ascetics, and a level of technology that is … More Announcing The Delta Pearl duology
Post updated to include series note at the end. Thursday, May 23, 2024 All aboard! Open the door to a voyage into opulence, adventure, and whimsy. My steampunk duology, The Delta Pearl, is now at the dock. Mystery and adventure await you. Also the books are at the minimum introductory price through this holiday weekend … More All Aboard! The Delta Pearl is here! #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, May 18, 2024 Welcome, all. My Vintage Vignette today includes a photo by Brenda Cox as the launching pad for my thought process. I was intrigued by the door’s pharmacy symbol. A few storylines went through my head. However, none of them were happy, and they were probably controversial too. Since I don’t blog … More Vintage Vignettes & #TDWC — Dolls
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Hello, all. Today I have a triple-duty post. This is about the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge (TDWC), drawing, a short story, and whatnot! The door images that were provided for the TDWC truly are inspiration for all sorts of creativity. Resa McConaghy‘s fabulous door above sent my imagination down a whimsical … More Whatnot Wednesday & #ThursdayDoors, #TDWC: The Rabbit Hole
Thursday, May 9, 2024 Welcome all, for another Who’s at the Door post. My guest today is from beautiful Vancouver, BC. She has hosted me at her various blogs several times. I’m honored to have been a guest and/or featured at her various blogs more than once. That includes Tea Toast and Trivia, where Rebecca … More Who’s at the #ThursdayDoors? (6): Podcasting
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Welcome, everyone. I prefer to post only twice a week, but I make an exception for Dan Antion‘s 4th Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge (TDWC). (Click the blue link for more information about the challenge and how to showcase your stories.) You see, I’ve had a “Who’s at the Door?” post waiting … More Wednesday Writing & #TDWC — I’ll Paint It Black
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Welcome, all. I confess that the seed of a story began to germinate the moment I saw this photo by Brian at Bushboy’s World when Dan Antion posted the rules for the 4th Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge (TDWC) — before the writing part of the event began. (Click the blue … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors Challenge — The Yellow Door
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Welcome, everyone, for topics of writing, creativity, and processes, and… whatnot. Creatives draw inspiration from all sorts of things. Sometimes we actively try to summon up that stimulation. Other times it just blasts into the mind. Today I’m elaborating on my process for creating image collages. In a couple of weeks, Dan … More Whatnot Wednesday #ThursdayDoors — Images, Inspiration, Process
Saturday, April 20, 2024 Welcome, everyone. I’m not complaining — just explaining. Because I haven’t finished The Path of Lilies, I must give you an explanation. The combination of back pain, allergies, and lack of sleep had me far enough under the weather on Friday that I wasn’t able to write a post for this … More Weekend Reads: April
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Welcome to another double-duty post. This is about lawn work, classic rock and roll, and of course, whatnot! Let’s be honest. My yard, front or back, looks awful. Today I thought maybe I could just imagine seeing something fun out there. So let’s set the tone with some music from Credence … More Whatnot Wednesday & #ThursdayDoors — Looking Out My Back Door
Thursday, April 11, 2024 Welcome, everyone. Some of you will recognize the person above. She is beloved by many small children. Others will know the lady who is right behind her, who is loved by countless readers in the blog-verse. ♣ ♣ ♣ Who’s at the door? Please welcome, mind-cultivator, teacher, and inspiration, Jennie Fitzkee. Jennie comes … More Who’s at the Door? (5) #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, April 6, 2024 Welcome, everyone. Finally, I have a new story to share. It’s science fiction. The video above added my vintage element. Now, you might ask what could the film Lilies of the Field have to do with a science fiction story? Read on — I tied it together. The nuns inspired an … More Vintage Vignettes: Path of Lilies part-1
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Welcome, everyone. To write these Whatnot Wednesday posts, I let my mind meander down a path of diverse but related subjects. The Scoobies are indoor cats, so I decided to give them a plant. That’s when they took over this post. Velma didn’t give a mouse’s butt, but Daphne went cray-cray … More Whatnot Wednesday: Cat Seeds
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Above, two chuckaboos? Or perhaps something more? Welcome, my chuckaboos! The vintage of choice today is Victorian. Some of you will remember from my posts (years ago) that “chuckaboo” was slang in that era for a dear friend. Those with great recall will notice that I posted this two years ago. … More Vintage Vignettes — The Letter A. #VictorianSlang
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Welcome, all. Vehicle doors are certainly “doors.” My guest today chose Land Rover doors. When my angel-bots from Hullaba Lulu heard, they insisted on coming along for the ride. ♣ ♣ ♣ Who’s at the door? Some of my readers are familiar with my guest through his mom, with whom he has collaborated … More Wednesday Writing & Who’s at the #ThursdayDoor? (4) A Doors Safari
Saturday, March 16, 2024 Happy Saint Patrick’s Day Hi, everyone. Yes, I’m a day early, so I’ll say happy St. Patrick’s Weekend. I’m back with Vintage Vignettes. This one really is a vignette, as opposed to a short story. Last summer I was preparing to write a novella for Halloween. I wanted it to be … More Vintage Vignettes: Lost Treasure
Thursday, March 14, 2024 Welcome, everyone. Who’s at the Door today? Throughout my blogging career, I’ve been lucky to know people who are generous, talented, and generally wonderful. Several of my blog friendships go all the way back to the first novel I published, Atonement, Tennessee. One of those people is at the door now. ♣ ♣ ♣ … More Who’s at the #ThursdayDoor? (3)
Saturday, March 9, 2024 WKRP’s Doctor Johnny Fever and the Red Wigglers commercial Welcome, everyone. I’ve been pondering what to do for my weekend posts, and nothing seemed right. Suddenly an idea popped into my mind for “Vintage Vignettes.” That gives me a broad range of topics. It might be a fictional vignette, a memory, … More Vintage Vignettes: the Red Wriggler
Thursday, February 29, 2024 Welcome, all. You might have noticed the image collage I made for my blog banner. That was awhile back. The thought came to me that the inside of my head was kind of like The Twilight Zone, and that image resulted. Just now, that inspiration carried over to a Thursday Doors … More #ThursdayDoors — Twilight Zone
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Hello, all. Happy Valentine’s Day. I’m delighted with the responses to the writing exercise I shared last week. I asked everyone to look at a favorite photo, painting, mural, or other image. Drink in the feelings that it brings to mind. Then write something related to the image. Short or long, … More Wednesday Writing — Responses to Favorite Photo Exercise
Monday, February 12, 2024 Hello, everyone. First, something good. Today is the first anniversary of the day Velma and Daphne arrived. I wanted to use names of a fictional detective duo. During the night before they came, my mind had briefly flitted across the names on which I eventually settled. However, if Chris The Story Reading … More Things change — and usually not for the better. Announcement
Saturday, February 10, 2024 Welcome back to the strange town, Atonement, Tennessee. Today’s soundtrack is Strange Magic, by ELO. The song was suggested by Dan Antion, who also offered up one of his favorite photos. Midweek, Dan’s photo inspired me to do a post offering a writing exercise/challenge. You’re still welcome to come out and play … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode- 7: Strange Magic
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Welcome, all. This weekend, Dan Antion offered to let me use one of his favorite photos for my weekend serial, Atonement, Bad Bishop. “(It) is one of the best photos I’ve ever taken,” Dan said. His remark got me thinking… Pictures and other images are doors to memories and feelings. They’re also … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors — Favorite Photo Exercise
Saturday, February 3, 2024 Welcome everyone. Today’s soundtrack tune was offered by Liz Gauffreau. It’s our second song by “Cream” — Strange Brew. Be sure to click over and check out Liz’s blog. Previously With the sun to one side, I shielded my eyes, squinting into the distance. As the black mist reached the ground … More Weekend Serial — Atonement Bad Bishop, Episode 6: Strange Brew, featuring Liz Gauffreau
Thursday, February 1, 2024 Welcome, everyone. This year, I had the idea to do an occasional blogger feature, called Who’s at the Door? Today we have the second installment. The kitty above is not one of my “Scoobies.” No, that’s Leo, who belongs to our featured blogger. Readers of my Atonement: Bad Bishop serial will … More Who’s at the Door? (2) #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, January 27, 2024 Welcome everyone. Horsefeathers! How can it be that January has gone by so fast? Yesterday (as I write this on Friday) I emailed several people for ideas for another soundtrack song. Thanks to everyone for the great song ideas. I’ll be choosing one of those for next weekend’s episode. However, right … More Weekend Serial — Atonement Bad Bishop, Episode 5: Riders on the Storm
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Hello, everyone. People, friends, readers, often remark on my imagination. Some ask where all those whimsical, often outrageous stories and characters originate. I guess they come from the same place as the kind of things about which I never write. This post is a look into the other things that are … More Wednesday Writing — Welcome to My Nightmare
Wednesday, January 17, 2023 Welcome, everyone. I hope your week is going well. Maybe it’s just that it’s early in the year, but I was feeling a little reflective. If I had never written my first published novel, Atonement, Tennessee then I would have never started this blog. I wouldn’t have written any of the … More Wednesday Writing: A Snippet from the first appearance of the Atonement Pigs
Saturday, January 13, 2024 Welcome back to the strange town, Atonement, Tennessee. Today’s soundtrack is Tales of Brave Ulysses, by Cream. It made me think of Donny Metatron and his predicament with the sirens. However, the otherworldly pigs took over it — at least for this episode. The song was suggested by photographer and cat-dad (and … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-4, Tortured Ears, Featuring Tim Price
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Welcome, everyone. As you probably know, I typically only do two posts per week. When it fits, I sometimes combine my Wednesday Writing topic with Thursday Doors. This year, I had the idea to do an occasional blogger feature, called Who’s at the Door? Moments later, a generous blogger had emailed … More Wednesday Writing & Who’s at the #ThursdayDoor? (1)
Saturday, January 6, 2024 First, a big thank you to Dan Antion for making a post of the writing exercise I did on Wednesday — and giving my books a double shout-out, with Speak Falpper and Hullabal Lulu, a Diesel-Punk Adventure. Don’t miss Dan’s post. Since Daphne was being such a character (if not a … More Weekend Serial, Characters
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Welcome, 2024, and welcome to all of you. It’s a new year, but I’m trying hard to get back to my old posting schedule and consistently do two posts a week. Doing that was helping me. From very early in my blogging life, I’ve done writing-related posts. This is my first … More Wednesday Writing — Year 24 Exercise
Saturday, December 30, 2023 This is my last post of 2023. Before I do anything else, let me wish each of you a sparkling New Year. Honeybell, Moccus, and Deme are having a party to celebrate. Today’s soundtrack is White Rabbit by Grace Wing Slick and Jefferson Airplane. It fit Pepper Riley’s disoriented state, now … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-3, Logic and Proportion, Featuring Roberta Cheadle
Thursday, December 28, 2023 Welcome, everyone. If you need a break from the roundups, accomplishments, resolutions, and goals, then you’re in the right place. I don’t have any of those things, especially this year. (Besides, with my particular “stuff,” goals can be a very, very bad thing.) (Video below: “Rear View Mirror” song as performed … More #ThursdayDoors: 2023 in the Rearview Mirror
Monday, December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas and happy anything else you might celebrate. If you don’t celebrate anything at all, then we’ll simply celebrate the day. Frankly, I don’t really do much for holidays. At least, not nearly to the extent that most people do. That’s just the way my life is. However, this is … More Meowy Catmas & Happy Holidays
Saturday, December 23, 2023 It’s wonderful to see you in Atonement, TN and reading this serial. Whether you love the holidays and are happy that it’s only a couple of days before Christmas — or if you’re glad it’s finally almost over, I hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season, with joy to in your world. … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-2, Both Sides Now, Featuring Geoff Le Pard
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Welcome, all and happy hump day. It’s been a while since I did a “writing” post. I hope you’re in the mood for a ramble. Did you ever have to find your way to a rural or remote place? I mean the kind of destination where you have about 30 turns … More Wednesday Writing — the Unlikely Path to a Character: Enoch Metatron
Saturday, December x, 2023 Welcome back to the Atonement, Bad Bishop serial. I’m glad you’re here. Like they say, great minds think alike. This time, the random reader things, which drive this episode were from the “soundtrack” offerings. Two of you suggested the same song — I’ve Seen All Good People, by the group Yes … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-1, All Good People, Featuring Dan Antion & Kerfe
Saturday, December 16, 2023 Thursday Doors Badge Contest Hello, everyone. This is not exactly an extra post from me today. You know that I participate in the Thursday Doors blog challenge — as often as possible anyhow. With the new year, comes a new badge/logo for it, and a chance to submit a design for … More #ThursdayDoors Badge Contest
Thursday, December 14, 2023 So… is that an extra doorknob on the lower panel of the green door? And look at that low placement of the doorknocker on the red one. Interesting. If you go to a restaurant in New Mexico, you’re likely to be asked this question, “Red or green?” The first time I … More #ThursdayDoors: Red or Green?
Saturday, December 9, 2023 Welcome back to Atonement, TN. It’s good to see you. This time, the random reader things, which drive this episode were from the “soundtrack” suggestions. Resa McConaghy suggested Hotel California. It seems like if a song fits my mood, the ability to write arrives soon after the tune gets embedded in … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Prologue 2, Featuring Resa McConaghy
Saturday, December 2, 2023 Book-2 Begins Now Welcome everyone, and welcome December. Wow…how did it get here so fast. Wasn’t it just March? Just an eye-blink ago wasn’t it September, when I finished Book-1 of the Atonement serial. Believe it or not, I’ve been thinking about the serial all this time. I keep changing my … More Atonement: Bad Bishop, Prologue-1 Adelle’s Diary
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Yes, that’s another of my Designed & Ready Book Covers. I held back on using it for myself because I wanted to show it as an example of my portfolio. However, it did inspire a short-short story. I’m sharing that today as an early Valentine from me to all of you. … More Wednesday Writing — Cat Seeds
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