This blog request was actually for me to “Describe the perfect dress,” but I’m altering it slightly. Why I like a dress is something impacted by many different things: body image, socio-economic class, generational styles, ethnicity. So, my perfect dress isn’t likely to be someone else’s. Still, yes, it’s a Read more…
When I was doing my project on women’s writing credits in science fiction over time, one of the big benefits was getting to see all these cool covers. I saved seven in particular, and here they are. 7. This Messy Queen I know, he’s wearing a lot of clothes for Read more…
Blog topic suggested by Nyla Bright. Recursive title is recursive! This year, I took on an adjunct teaching position, for fun and profit. Okay, also to get grad school credit toward a degree so people will consider hiring me to teach more. It’s my “active retirement” plan. Some people dream Read more…
When I first played D&D as a freshman in college, it was all I could talk about. My writing assignments for English 101 were all D&D-based. I re-wrote Red Riding Hood as play about a roleplaying group. “Wow, with that perception score, all you notice are what big eyes she Read more…
I’ve suffered bouts of depression as long as I can remember. I have a vivid memory of being eight years old, crying my eyes out on the upstairs hall carpet, wondering what was wrong with me because I had been feeling sad for days for no reason. I hammered on Read more…
Remember seeing the Matrix for the first time? How incredibly annoyed you were at the hackneyed plot? No? Just me? Ahem. Yeah, I was the only person in my friend group to leave the movie saying, “That was sooo lame. It’s a plot from a thousand old stories and twilight Read more…
This summer, I cleaned out my garage. We hadn’t done that, well, since moving in. There are still things from the previous owner. For context, we moved in in 2001! Anyway, it was a cornicopia of discovery. I found: But the biggest discovery came from the back left corner of Read more…