In April I enjoyed the privilege of being interviewed on My Bookcase Slays, by host and author Melissa Westemeier. It was a terrific conversation and she was very complimentary about The Harvey Girl. Thanks, Melissa! She was kind enough to send me a list of her questions in advance. See below for me putting my…
You’re a member of Congress, and according to the US Constitution in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, Congress has the power of the purse. Are you going to stand by and let Trump loot the taxpayers for a fund to make millionaires out of his MAGA followers? Asking for 342 million friends.
Two detective inspectors from Glasgow, one of them recently back from sick leave (possibly too soon?) are sent to investigate a death on Eilean Eadar, a very tiny, very remote Scottish island. The island’s inhabitants have lived and fished there for generations, they aren’t welcoming to mainlanders, and they resent the fact that the only…
Read more The wood on the island is dark and deep but it is not lovely
Quote: “The map of medieval Europe was redrawn, in part, because somebody forgot to close the toilet lid.”Dana sez, Richard I, unquestionably one of the most over-idolized figures in history. (h/t Laughing Squid) Quote: “In a Mar. 19 letter to members of the Legislature by Alaska Attorney General Designee Stephen Cox defended the state’s decision, saying the…
The receipts: Star Wars: A New HopeDirector: George LucasEditor: Marcia Lucas Pulp FictionDirector: Quentin TarantinoEditor: Sally Menke JawsDirector: Stephen SpielbergEditor: Verna Fields Taxi DriverDirector: Martin ScorceseEditor: Marcia Lucas GoodfellasDirector: Martin ScorceseEditor: Thelma Schoonmaker Lawrence of ArabiaDirector: David LeanEditor: Anne V. Coates
From one of the best albums ever.
If you’re a writer, you only wish you could write this well. Some excerpts: According to the news, Kyle Rittenhouse, the man who fatally shot two protesters during the 2020 demonstrations in Kenosha and then became the right-wing’s favorite little armed grievance goblin and mascot for gun worship and “self-defense” cosplay, was hospitalized after a…
A reread after many years, which holds up well. Not much style but a lot of substance—settlers fleeing a dying Earth emigrate across the stars to a planet in orbit around Rukbat. A story for our times for sure. Only—uh-oh—until…after they’ve landed and moved planetside they discover that an erratic body that transverses Rukbat’s solar…
Dana sez, I promise you, so well and wittily written that you will not want to skip ahead in reading this story to find out which restaurant does serve the best bread. On the other hand, at the end you may immediately click over to your air carrier of choice to book a ticket to…
It has been a long, cold, very windy winter, which has turned into a long, cold, windy spring, if indeed spring is ever going to come. April 26th, one brave bud of rhubarb, one insanely optimistic Himalayan poppy peeking up. May 8th. Left, more rhubarb buds, but still only buds. Right, now there are two…
