Crucial vote tomorrow
Last night, the Washington state House Judiciary Committee passed by a vote of 7-6 the bill to extend the freedom to marry…
Read moreLast night, the Washington state House Judiciary Committee passed by a vote of 7-6 the bill to extend the freedom to marry…
Read moreClearly the producers have taken on board the popularity of Peter Dinklage and his character, Tyrion. Also, the palette looks much darker….
Read moreParthenon (Cornell) Parthenon (Brooklyn Museum) These two photos were taken a long time ago. But this is how the Acropolis looked when…
Read moreThe huge news that MS is a metabolic disorder and not an autoimmune disease hit the web afresh this week. On Thursday,…
Read moreThis morning I woke up to a lovely surprise: I’ve been awarded the first Galactic Suburbia Award for activism and/or communication that…
Read moreA student of mine, Eric Nguyen, has edited a marvellous book, Resilience: To be queer and young is to be STRONG. To…
Read moreThe Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards are awarded annually for works of speculative fiction translated into English from other languages. There…
Read moreYesterday was an astonishingly sunny day here in Seattle. I was serenaded by a fat bird at breakfast: And in the afternoon,…
Read moreAbout an hour from now, the Washington State legislature will open hearings on two identical same-sex marriage bills, HB 2516 and SB…
Read moreFans of Green County Public Library (Ohio) made this supercut of scenes from TV and film about libraries. Libraries rock. If you…
Read moreA picture of our street taken Friday Thursday afternoon by our favourite photographer, Jennifer Durham (who took these snapshots with her phone),…
Read moreIf you believe Teddy Wayne, I am, as a writer, unspeakably privileged: I’m a woman. In “The Agony of the Male Novelist,”…
Read moreStill snowing. Huge icicle hanging outside our kitchen could probably take down a mammoth. There’s an ice storm warning in effect for…
Read moreIt started snowing in earnest first thing Tuesday morning: It stopped yesterday, but everything stayed frozen. Today it’s a little warmer, but…
Read morephoto by Riva Lehrer, January 2012 This photo is by the artist Riva Lehrer. It’s low-res and not well-lit because it’s just…
Read moreSnow is coming down. It will come down all day. Tomorrow there will be a lot more. I won’t be able to…
Read moreToday is a snow day. I’ll be watching this and thinking about Hild: I’m grateful for modern conveniences: light, heat, the ability…
Read moreIt’s been a while since I gave you a peek behind the curtain. So here are some relatively arbitrary statistics about this…
Read moreHere’s a photo taken earlier this week–Wednesday afternoon–looking out over Puget Sound. The long low bit is Bainbridge Island. Behind it, the…
Read moreI’ve always believed that writers do their best work when they are unhooked from the financial hamster wheel. Finally, I’ve found someone…
Read moreWikimedia Commons Yesterday I started rereading Gillian Bradshaw’s Arthurian trilogy. I’ve always loved Hawk of May. And I like Kingdom of Summer…
Read moreThis is the kind of thing I’m eating for dinner on my new food regimen*: steak (grass-fed, and cooked on a Foreman…
Read moreAt the end of December the Guardian ran a story about reading and empathy: Psychologists from Washington University used brain scans to…
Read moreIt’s been a busy day. All bandwidth taken. I forgot to blog. Ooops. Oh, well. As someone not a million miles from…
Read moreJust what we all need for a relaxed Sunday: soothing video of Donato Giancola, a popular f/sf artist, creating an oil painting…
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