Best part of eclipse — loaning my glasses to about a hundred people on campus so they could take a look. The yearning look followed by delighted surprise and the “oh, wow!” Brief moment of wanting to be an astronomer. 🙂 Photo at close to max for Chicago (94%). Lots of students out on the […]
Eclipse dressing for teaching today. Alix Mikesell, this is the pendant I made in your class. 🙂
I admit to being a bit mopey to miss the total eclipse today, but it just wasn’t feasible — I’d have had to cancel classes, and I’ve had enough conference travel that I’ve used up my ‘teach remote’ options for the semester. Alas. Also, I’m hearing reports that it’s taken some locals five hours to
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Fritillaria uva-vulpis, commonly called the fox’s grape fritillary.
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I am losing my mind. I was going through some old material, and realized I CANNOT REMEMBER what happened with the Blowfish erotica anthology I edited back in 2005, Blowing Kisses, to be published by Fishnet. I see a lot of blog posts where I discuss the editing process, stories I’m excited about publishing, etc.
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Many of my fiction writing students have taken to sending in their stories to be critiqued along with suggested soundtracks, and sometimes cover concept art. It’s adorable. 🙂
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SLF workshop next weekend, Writing the Science Fiction and Fantasy Novelette with Alec Nevala-Lee:
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Quick note that I just rewatched Sherlock (on Prime, free if you have Britbox, otherwise you have to buy it, $10 / season), which I haven’t done since it first aired, very enjoyable overall. AND I learned that there was a special episode, The Abominable Bride, that happened between season 3 and 4, which I
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Huh — that’s interesting. There are a lot more Indian restaurants that deliver to us than there used to be. Still none of the best-reviewed ones for Chicago, except Kama Bistro, which is pricey. But nice to have more than 2 options! Are restaurants extending their delivery ranges due to the economy?
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I told Anand as he was getting ready for school this morning that I wanted to give him a heads-up about something the school board was planning; he’s an 8th grader, and will be starting high school next year. The school board recently decided that there’s just too much learning loss over the summer, so
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