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Today, we went to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It’s very different from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, of course. It’s not a regional but a national museum. We went specifically to see the new wing, which looks … Continue reading →

I just realized something. It’s been exactly two weeks since I created this website and started posting on my blog. In those two weeks, it’s gotten well over 2,000 hits. That’s amazing. (I know there are blogs that get thousands … Continue reading →

What I think about, mostly, is the cold.  It is incredibly cold here, colder than I have ever felt.  A stinging cold, until your face goes numb.  And then you start to worry, wondering whether you still have a nose … Continue reading →

I wish I could have taken better pictures of these drawings, but of course I could not use a flash, and my digital camera is quite old. This was the best I could do. I took them in the Virginia … Continue reading →

Aspiring writers are often told something like the following: you need to write a story, submit it, and start working on the next story. As soon as the first story comes back, submit it somewhere else. And don’t stop writing. … Continue reading →

I woke this morning from a night filled with nightmares – for the second time in two weeks. It comes, I think, from the stresses of the past few months, which have been some of the most difficult I remember. … Continue reading →

Jeremy Jones interviewed me for Clarkesworld Magazine: you can find that interview here. But there was enough of the interview left over for a second interview with Booklife, which you can find here. Doing these interviews started me thinking about … Continue reading →