Where you been, John?
Posted on Oct 5, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 19, 2008
my three month absence explained
writing, blogging, aging, Great Northern War, Stockholm, Helsinki
ON AGING, Part 2
Posted on Mar 17, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008
more about senility
old age, health, personal history, senility, strokes, the brain
ABOUT AGING: Part 3
Posted on Jun 16, 2008 | Last Updated Jul 23, 2008
My mom
family, old age, health, personal history, senility, strokes, the brain
ABOUT AGING, Part 1
Posted on Mar 9, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 5, 2008
opening commens on senility (03/09/2008)
old age, senility, health, personal history
Review of an Afterword by God
Posted on Sep 9, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 12, 2008
irreverent worldly wisdom from the deity Itself
wit, wisdom, religion, reverent irreverence, God
Maundering of an octogenarian
Posted on Jan 26, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008
warning, old man thinking
geriatrics, history, winter, snowshoeing, culture, brain, science fiction conventions, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, language, Swedish
CREATIVE WRITING 101, PART ONE
Posted on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Jul 21, 2010
Reviews, Reviewers, and Writing Fiction
reviews; critiques; truths; rules for writers; books on writing; Mitford; Karon; tell, don't show ; golden rule of writing; focus; story arc; data dumps; dialog ratio; norse sagas; ethnic character
People, Politics, Plots, Paradigms -- and Stories
Posted on Jul 25, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 3, 2008
Metaphor and Reality
Cosmology, Philosophy, Science Fiction, Writing