Science fiction with soul
I flew an airplane today. I'm still kind of in awe of this. It's strange to fly as a pilot in 2021, when, for all intents and purposes, I can't fly as an airline passenger. It's even stranger to be at the controls again when I'd all but given up hope of renewing my medical … Continue reading When Life Doesn’t Imitate Art
I picked up Chik-fil-A for lunch today. You know, the home of the original chicken sandwich, peach milkshakes, and, “my pleasure”. And when I grabbed my salad and Diet Dr Pepper in the drive-thru lane and said, “thank you,” she replied with . . . My pleasure. Stay safe. I’m pretty sure I screwed up my nose in … Continue reading We Need to Stop Saying “Stay Safe”
The day after Christmas is always a little bit of a letdown for me. Right now I’m sitting here staring at an empty tree, unwilling to brave the 35 degree weather outside, telling myself it’s a great time to write something. Something fictional. But the words don’t want to come for some reason—I’d love to … Continue reading 2020 Recap
It's going around Twitter, so you know I had to post. Only as a huge bookworm, there was no way I could narrow it down to four! I preferred heroines even then, it seems!
A while back, I went down a Twitter #WritingCommunity rabbit hole of trigger warning discussions, and...yowsers. Nothing I read surprised me much, since I’d briefly dipped into the OCD community a bit, then backed off when I discovered the deep desire on social media for trigger warnings, avoidance, and enabling compulsions. a triggerfish, not a … Continue reading The Problem with Trigger Warnings