Monthly Archives: March 2007

It looks like a bunch of books by Charles Williams, about whom I’d been mildly curious, as well as several Doctor Doolittle books include some I haven’t read, are now available online. The downside, due to extended US copyright laws, … Continue reading →

If Eugene Field Could Row, or Thomas Eakins Could Write The weather forecast said drizzly and grey A foul sort of day for a row. But regattas are looming and I need to train, So there was no choice but … Continue reading →

I had a small revelation yesterday. I’d managed to think up a plot (all by myself!) that I think is complicated enough to support a children’s book. I could hear the narrator’s voice (or possibly one of two narrators, a … Continue reading →

I have a considerable amount of credit at Amazon UK, some left over from Christmas and some from my birthday, and would really appreciate suggestions on ways to spend it. As far as important SFF books of the past year … Continue reading →

I’ve just written an account of our trip, at enough length that I’m not going to repost it here. You can read it here, instead. I haven’t decided where to put it, but I need to write another entry soon … Continue reading →

Yes, the weekend did look up from there. We got to London Thursday night, and the only problem from there on was trying to cram 3.5 days of sightseeing into 2.5 days. Of course, being us, if we’d had the … Continue reading →

I am NOT supposed to be at home posting this. At this moment I should be on the Stansted express to Liverpool Station, heading to our hotel to drop off luggage before taking the tube to the V&A. I am … Continue reading →

One of my discussion lists has a tradition of posting 100 things about yourself on your birthday. Since I’ll be away for my actual birthday and may not take my computer, I’ve posted it today instead. This is my several-th … Continue reading →