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Fun Puzzle

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , on May 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Here’s a puzzle based on one of the illustrations in the forthcoming Writers of the Future Volume 39 (coming out May 16th!). Both the writer and illustrator of this piece are great artists and lovely people. Can’t wait for you to meet them both in Volume 39, but until then, enjoy Death and the Taxman!

Have fun with this story illustration from Writers of the Future Volume 39 depicting the Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, who must regain his powers before he faces judgment for his original sin. Take a good look at the image before you push the re-start button at the lower left side of the page!

— Galaxy Press newsletter

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Photo by Antoni Shkraba on Pexels.com

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More More More

Posted in Holidays, tagged , , , on May 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Boring Covid update: More coughing, more tiredness, more urges to curl up on the closest floor and sleep. These elephant seals from the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery know what I mean about that last bit. Here they are basking in the sun.

Photo by J.R. Johnson, and nature.

We went for a soggy visit to Hearst Castle and after, drove a few miles north to the Rookery. We arrived between bouts of light rain. It’s molting season and the beaches were crowded.

The beaches are even busier today. Check out the live webcams for updated views.

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Many Times, One Special Place

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

This article is for the Tolkien fans among us. Hello all you beautiful hobbits elves dwarves wizards ents

 people!

Middle-Earth isn’t a place. It’s a time in (English) history

Although Middle-Earth is most definitely a fictional place, this does not mean it is completely unrelated to reality…. This interpretation argues that the various regions of Middle-Earth visited in The Lord of the Rings were inspired by, and intended to represent, specific moments in English history.

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Photo by Simon Forster on Unsplash

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Knitter vs. Spy

Posted in Other, tagged , , , on April 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Phyllis Latour Doyle: The Forgotten Spy Whose Knitting Helped Pave the Way for D-Day | A Mighty Girl

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Photo by Jordan Bigelow on Unsplash

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Eco-Friendly Fiction

Posted in Writing, tagged , , on April 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Five SF Stories Set in Eco-Friendly Futures | Tor.com

In case you need some reading suggestions. I think we could all use a bit of climate optimism, don’t you? 

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Photo by Kourosh Qaffari on Unsplash

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Women Who Dared

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , on April 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

This piece is a longread with a wide range of links to “stories of solitude-seeking, mountain-climbing, jungle-running women adventurers,” including many that were new to me.

There She Goes: A Reading List on Women Adventurers

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Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash

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The Real Things

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on April 14, 2023| 1 Comment »

“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” 

― Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Photo by Ali Karimiboroujeni on Unsplash

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Going Places

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

— Albert Einstein

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Photo by Ricardo Frantz on Unsplash

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Past Is Future

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on April 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

What did the futurologists of a century ago think our era would be like? And how close will today’s predictions be in a hundred years?

See predictions for 2023 from 1923 newspapers

“Watch-size radio telephones will keep everybody in communication with the ends of the earth,” they added, hitting the nail on the head.

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Photo by Kristian Strand on Unsplash

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Be A Unique Egg, Not A Perfect One

Posted in Holidays, Writing, tagged , , , , , , on April 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »

May you have a creative and happy Easter!

Ukrainian newcomers teaching the art of pysanka ahead of Easter

“I think that the main thing for the artists is to show their feelings, express their feelings, with the lines and with the colours and with the style they’re using. When you will be focusing only on the process and just your aim will be to get the perfect pysanka, at the end you can lose something. You have to look inside—what you have inside—what you want to show in your piece. Maybe your feelings, maybe your sadness, maybe your happiness, something to share with people. And you can show it on the surface of pysanka. This is the most important. And we don’t need ten perfect pysankas, we need ten unique pysankas with unique feelings on it.

— Oksana, Ukrainian who came to Canada in 2022, at a pysanky-making workshop in Ottawa

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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

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