An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
My husband and I both got our first Pfizer shots yesterday.
We’ve told the kids that in five weeks, after we’re fully vaccinated, we can go to Fred Meyer, wearing masks, and wander around simply picking out fun things to buy — snacks, toys, whatever. Continue reading “First Pfizer Shots”
Mom: how are you this morning?
Me: kinda tired
Mom: at least you aren’t [person from news article]
Me: …
Mom: [launches into detailed description of news article]
The seven-year-old has a theory:
Buzz Lightyear’s arch-nemesis Zurg made Covid-19.
If you can get the vaccine and choose not to, you have no business working in a public school. Continue reading “Surviving a Massively Multi-Player Life”
Brain: you know how someone can just start going AAAAAAAAA like a dinosaur, for no reason, and just keep doing it until people crack up? Let’s do that
Me: no
Brain: fine, I don’t need you. I’ll do it myself Continue reading “The Challenges of Brain Stewardship”
—one billion tiny toys
—chai from favorite coffee shop
—cat sleeping on computer
—dog under desk
—specialized playlist
—World of Warcraft aesthetically arranged behind Word doc
I wanted to rewatch My Best Friend’s Wedding, and we’ve been surviving the pandemic by inventing holidays…
Thus, the kids declared Wedding Weekend.
The 13-year-old spent all day making a cake, and the 7-year-old planned a renewal of vows ceremony for Woody and Buzz Lightyear.
My house smells like freshly baked croissants.
Because there are croissants baking. Continue reading “The Magic of Freshly Baked Croissants”
One of the best things about writing a book called “The Otter’s Wings” is knowing that I’m really doing the title justice.
As a kid I was constantly disappointed by titles like “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” NO CATS. NOT ONE. Continue reading “Earning a Title”
I’m writing a fantasy novel, called “The Otter’s Wings,” about an otter who has wings.
And if that’s not living my best life, I don’t know what is.
As a writer, it’s easy to get lost in the wash of goals and aspirations that always seem just out of reach… Continue reading “The Importance of Otters Having Wings and Writing About It”
As a writer, it’s easy to get lost in the wash of goals and aspirations that always seem just out of reach…
What I find that helps is to think of one of the novels I’ve finished, and remember back to what my very first inspiration for writing it was — a character? an idea? Continue reading “Seeds That Have Already Grown into Novels”