• MUSING 5/21/14 ~ RAY BRADBURY’S HOUSE FOR SALE.

      The home of Ray Bradbury was placed on the market on the 20th.  Although it’s very old. a classic in fact it’s in what is considered a very high-class neighborhood and is going for a whopping 1.495 million dollars!  The current listing is here: http://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/10265-Cheviot-Dr-90064/home/6795777. Damn I wish I had that kind of money.…

  • IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ~ WILL BE OFFLINE

    ***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT** Well, here we go again….looks like I’m going to be offline for awhile. For the past few days my PC has been acting up, so last night I did an update and am receiving a message – “Hard drive failure is imminent. Please back up all data and purchase a new hard drive!”…

  • Musing 04/27/14 ~ Nothing Really

    “A thing of beauty is a joy to behold!” I should be this a mini-musing because there isn’t too much going on.  But what you see before you is the new Orange Dreamsicle Cheescake and the Barnes & Noble Café.  I had a slice of this with a Caramel Frappuccino.  Absolutely fabulous!   As for…

  • MUSINGS 2/2/14 ~ I NEEDED A BREAK

    And after spending four more hours on Algebra I have decided it can wait until the end of the night.  So I took a little drive to Barnes and Noble and now I’m having a passion fruit ice tea and an Asiago Cheese Pretzel.  My brother is home cooking some of his famous BBQ ribs…

  • MUSINGS JANUARY 19TH, 2014 ~ JUST CHILLIN’

    I went out today for the first time since Thursday and it was fantastic!   I of course went to Barnes and Noble for the first time in at least five months and being amongst all those books it felt different somehow.  There’s a reason why that I’m not quite ready to reveal yet, but…

  • It’s 2014 ~ I’ve Got Some Old Stories That Need A New Attitude!

    Looks like Windows Live Writer works just find.  Hats off to Mr. Bill Gates.  Well the first day of the New Year is coming too a close.  Feel free to go back to your work duties.  I on the other hand am on vacation!  I’ve spent the whole day tweaking my site and Satin.  And…

  • Musings 12/29/13 ~ Queries and Changes

    OK, I’m trying out the Windows Live Service that’s comes with Windows 8 to see how well it works when I want to make a blog post.   In fact I’m finding many interesting software choices that I haven’t tried yet.  Since my chores are done for the night and I’ll be going to bed soon,…

  • MUSINGS 9/22/13

    Well just had a nice afternoon at Barnes and Noble and now have two new acquisitions: Phoenix Rising by Ryk E. Spoor (who seems to also be Eric Flint) Ah hah!  I’ve discovered his secret identity! Also The Scar by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko.  They seem like very interesting people if their site is any…

  • Musing 9/9/13 ~ The Next Step in the Submission Process

    It’s a new month and the children have all gone back to school.  Stay-cation is over and I’m back to work, which is actually ok.  It always helps when you like your job. If you’ve checked my Facebook page you know I recently finished a heroic fantasy novel, Tinderbox, which takes its inspiration from Andersen’s…

  • TINDERBOX FINISHED!!

    MY HEROIC FANTASY TINDERBOX IS COMPLETE AT 91,025 WORDS   http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/lwESraWEpSU&source=uds