We’re back from Canada and the World Fantasy Convention. I had very little to actually do at the convention— I was on one panel, and my agent took me to a concert, and other than that I had nothing to do but enj0y myself. So I did.One morning I didn’t get to sleep till nearly […]

Here’s your cute animal photo for the day: two bighorn rams grazing by the side of the road. Canadian bighorns seem a lot more tame, or maybe stupid, than New Mexico bighorns. If these were New Mexico bighorns, they’d be over the next mountain by now.

We have spent the day surrounded by towering mountains, glacier-fed lakes, and douglas fir. This is a picture of Bow Lake, which is distinct from the other Bow Lake, and also from Lac d’Arc, which means “Bow Lake” in French. (Though Kathy’s theory was that Joan of Arc’s family moved here, and the lake was […]

“While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed through the worst — and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover. There has been no significant bank or industrial failure. That danger, too, is safely behind us.” – Herbert Hoover, President of the United States, May […]