Monthly Archives: June 2008

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about or planning blog posts: they tend to be pretty spontaneous. Yesterday morning, though, I was sitting around thinking about blogging about short fiction generally, and the recent short fiction of Peter Beagle specifically. Beagle is a wonderful writer, but wasn’t really known for his short fiction … Continue reading »

Well, Jessica and I went to visit Sophie and Marianne in the hospital.  I saw Sophie, who looks happy, full of energy, and very much ‘herself’ – she was even up and walking, if a touch unsteadily at times.  I spoke to her doctor, who has given her a clean bill of health cardiologically, neurologically … Continue reading »

Well, not much sleep last night.   Spoke to Marianne, who’s still at the hospital with Sophie.  They’ve done some tests, all of which were clear.  They think it could be some kind of virus, but don’t know yet. Sophie’s not been out of bed yet, so we’ll see how things are then.  Marianne should see … Continue reading »

…quietly freaking out. My eldest daughter is fast asleep in bed. Marianne has taken our youngest, Sophie, to hospital to get checked out. She had a great day and was well and fine throughout, but about three quarters of an hour ago she came in complaining she had trouble standing up, she felt sore and … Continue reading »

Spontaneous Derivation is doing a fun overview of this year’s Hugo Awards and Hugo Nominees, providing profiles with photos, links to blogs etc.  You can see me and my peeps here. I think I need a new photo.