The dining room/office was radically transformed with the assistance of my Dad. In one of the white cinder block photos, you'll see a c...

I'm having some frustrations getting my photos to appear in the sequence I want them to on the page for some reason. But, below are bef...

I bought Laura's refridgerator from her parents. It had three or four magnetic poems she had composed on the side. I didn't have the...

I am so exhausted. Drywall is exhausting stuff to work with. It's heavy and dusty and crumbles with the slightest bump on a corner. Bu...

This is a before and after photo of the kitchen. I took my "before" pictures of the house before I bought it, during the home ins...

I'm spending crazy hours at the new house, but making good progress. The paint job in the kitchen is probably the nicest paint job I...

There's a place in the living room where I think a lamp once sat that has left an interesting pattern on the wall. It looks a bit like a...

So, not to brag or anything, but I felt particularly manly for a moment yesterday as I removed my grungy old bathroom sink using nothing but...

I'm a homeowner again! Closed on a house in Hillsborough this afternoon. I'll eventually post some before and after pictures of my r...

The Solaris website is finally starting to get some content. I'm especially excited to see the covers and blurbs of some of the books t...

Left flowers at Laura's grave today. I was driving home, listening to 9-11 remembrances, and suddenly felt the need to run into a store ...

And now four months have passed since I last held Laura's hand. This last weekend, I went to Atlanta to attend Dragon*con. I spent much...

What a blur, these last two weeks. I finished Bitterwood, pushing it up to 116k words. I feel confident in saying that Bitterwood is the mos...

This blog will return to its sporadic postings soon, I promise. I'm swamped with my Bitterwood rewrites; this weekend is the effective ...

The yard sale went off today, moving a tremendous amount of Laura's stuff. I had held yard sales here in the past that always had poor...

I took Simon and Veronica to Laura's grave today. It was a brief visit; very hot, not a lot of time spent sitting around in contemplati...

I saw "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" last night, and the Pirates of the Carribean sequel today. PotC came highly recommended, but I was...

On the codex forum, a question about what elements of the writer's craft I possessed from the start. Did I have some inate gift for dia...

When the world crumbles beneath your feet, you may experience a freefall plunge. With any luck, you might fall far enough to enjoy the feel...

It's been two months since Laura passed away. I intended to come home tonight and write another article about her, or, more honestly, a...