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The Undertaker (Weekly Wrap Up)

Posted on June 20, 2014June 19, 2014Leave a comment

I should be writing a Flashback Friday, but I’m honestly not in the mood this week. If you’ve been reading my posts, you know I’ve had quite a sick kitty and quite a few sick family members and friends this Read More…

TagsAmaskan's Blood, Depression Lies, Digger the Undertaker, DiNozzo the Seizure Kitty, raven-oak, Six Gun Theme Park, Weekly Wrap Up


Rough June

Posted on June 16, 2014June 17, 20144 Comments

June has been…less than stellar. It should mean the beginning of summer. Sunshine. Outdoors. Happiness. We’re sixteen days into June and already, I wish it gone. I shouldn’t, because our time on this Earth is already so fleeting that to Read More…

Tagscancer, cat seizures, DiNozzo, life is short, raven-oak


A Dragon and a map

Flashback Friday: The Eyes of the Dragon

Posted on June 13, 2014October 14, 2016Leave a comment

I have an obsession with dragons. One that began long before Game of Thrones and George R. R. Martin. A friend and I were talking about this obsession a few weeks ago. We both blame it on Anne McCaffrey, but Read More…

TagsDragon Obsession, flashback friday, raven-oak, Review of The Eyes of the Dragon, Rules on Writing, Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon


All Aboard the Fail Train

Posted on June 9, 2014June 1, 2014Leave a comment

So this enormous, heavy pile 0f crap was our stove and microwave. Even though our place was built in 1991 and has an upgraded kitchen, the kitchen appliances are hideously out of date. And most don’t work. This stove, for Read More…

TagsEpic Fail, Home Depot, Home Depot Delivery Hell, Home Depot Sucks


Directly Proportional to Cats

Posted on June 6, 2014June 4, 2014Leave a comment

I’m going to take a break from Flashback Friday this week. My kitty, DiNozzo, is sick, and in honor of him, I’m going to link you to an awesome article I wrote about how my productivity as a writer is Read More…

TagsDiNozzo, Directly Proportional to Cats, raven-oak, The hazards of cat ownership, Writing productivity


Don't Panic

Adventures in E.R. Land

Posted on June 2, 2014October 14, 20162 Comments

Sometimes I think that a particular month is comprised wholly of fail, meaning that nothing in it or very little in it has gone well. The month of May was one of those months. It even ended with a bang. Read More…

TagsAdventures in E.R. Land, Epi-Pen Fun, raven-oak


Flashback Friday: The Empire Trilogy

Posted on May 30, 2014October 14, 20162 Comments

Raymond E. Feist, author of the quite lengthy Riftwar Cycle series (30 novels and 3 short stories in length), wasn’t my favorite author as a teen. In fact, I stopped reading the Riftwar Cycle somewhere around book 9, Shadow of Read More…

TagsAmaskan's Blood, Female Bad-asses in Fantasy, raven-oak, Raymond E. Feist, Riftwar Cycle, The Empire Trilogy, Xena: Warrior Princess


maya angelou

RIP Maya Angelou

Posted on May 28, 2014May 28, 2014Leave a comment

Greatness comes in many shapes, many forms, and doesn’t always flout its greatness. In fact, many would argue that the greatest in our world are those that just live. They live as themselves and give of themselves so that others Read More…

TagsAnd Still I Rise, Maya Angelou, raven-oak


My Real Job as Cat Herder

Posted on May 26, 2014October 10, 2014Leave a comment

I started this post with the intention to say, let’s be frank as in let’s be honest, but then…cat. So let’s be DiNozzo, here. According to my cats, I am not a writer. My real job is a cat herder. Read More…

TagsCrazy cats, Let's Be DiNozzo, Let's Be Frank, My Real Job as Cat Herder, raven-oak, Writer's Block


Flashback Friday: Gulliver’s Travels

Posted on May 23, 2014September 16, 2014Leave a comment

The first time I read Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (published in 1726), I was ten. My father and I were up in Michigan visiting my paternal grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I remember it was the holidays, and we Read More…

TagsBest Damn Christmas Present, flashback friday, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, John Pettypool, raven-oak, Raymond Pettypool


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