Going Where the Writing Road Beckons
This week marks ten years in Nevada. My perspective has changed greatly since 2012, in large part due to where I resided for the first seven. I was fortunate enough to have been a local newspaper columnist for the final three years of a soul-stifling existence in Lyon County, and in many ways this blog […]
Planetary Plague: Ludicrous Lack of Self-Awareness
Today is Earth Day. I’d planned to write about it and myriad environmental issues addressed in my Other Worldly novels. But I recently attended a homeowner’s association board meeting in my over-55 community and realized what a microcosm it is of everything currently happening in greater (or not so great) society. One might even call […]
Weaker Sex? Speak For Yourself
Feminist food for thought on this Good Friday as observed by Christians: One female member of Congress is apparently neither a feminist nor the devout Christian she claims to be. There is scant that is good about what she represents, including her recent assertion that women are the weaker sex, conveniently based on a biblical […]
Supreme Court, Not Aliens, Aims to Destroy Earth
On April 6, the not-so-Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision that weakens protections provided by the Clean Water Act, otherwise known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Perhaps these five foul-play justices think this means they’re supposed to perpetuate, as opposed to prevent, pollution, but who can tell? Because these fascist five issued this […]
Humans Playing the Fool
April Fool’s Day, or April 1 on the calendar, plays a role in my Other Worldly novels because it’s post-middle-aged protagonist Rowan Layne’s birthday. I couldn’t have her be born on just any old day. Fact is, April Fool’s Day, rife with pranks, is one of the most widely recognized non-religious holidays in the Western […]
No Republican Einsteins: Infinite Stupidity on Display
“Only two things are infinite. The universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” So said Albert Einstein, born March 14, 1879. That date was ten days ago, therefore I’m late with this post, but these days for me, time is relative. I know, a groan-worthy pun. But has anyone else had […]
Season’s Change: The Circular Nature of Time Passage
This St Patrick’s Day marks one year for my author website and this blog. Henceforth, in honor of this Other Worldly and Luna Moth Woman anniversary, let’s talk time. There’s an interwoven Celtic/Gaelic-themed thread in my novels, and a recurring subject of time passage, including Earth’s lunar cycle. Also, the passage of time known as […]
A Protagonist Who Paper Crafts
Are there other authors out there who shamelessly projected their own hobby onto a protagonist? In my Other Worldly novels, Rowan Layne is a paper crafter of greeting cards made for family and friends, and also an avid rubber stamp collector, including snarky sayings and fantastical images. It turns out, mentioning some of those rubber […]
Tribute to a True Believer in UFOs
I’m still catching up on happenings during my residential move, so I’m delayed in honoring a Nevada icon lost late in 2021, Senate majority leader from 2007-2015 and a champion of environmental protection and energy conservation. For that alone, he is and should be lauded, but I have another reason for the focus of this […]
Healing Power of Curling Horns
Three years ago on this day, I took this photograph, and in seemingly spiritual ways the experience forever changed my life. I unexpectedly encountered these marvelous creatures known as bighorn sheep in Nevada’s oldest state park, Valley of Fire, near the petroglyphs at Atlatl Rock, just as I prepared to leave. Valley of Fire is […]