My name appeared in the Independent Weekly in an article about the closing of the Jockey Lot. They quoted me toward the end of the article ...

Dragons have been sighted here in North Carolina. First, there's this photo, taken right here in Hillsborough. This is...

I got my contributors copy of the Prime Codex anthology in the mail today. Last week, I got 4 contributors copies of the UK version of Bit...

So, apparently the weekend I reported about the Jockey Lot was the last weekend they were open according to a news report I learned of this ...

#7, the Jockey Lot. Not technically in Hillsborough, but only a few minutes away, the Jockey Lot is a big flea market on Buckhorn Road just...

This weekend sees the debut of Prime Codex ! This is an anthology collecting the best published short stories of the Codexwriters group. Y...

I came home Monday and found a skink sitting on the end of my bed. Skinks are small, slinky lizards, this one about 6 inches long. They ar...

With my last entry being one about Laura, I've been feeling a little restrained on my next blog posting. I couldn't think of any gr...

Laura died one year ago today. I remember that morning, driving home from the hospital, listening to "The Coroner's Gambit" on...

If you go to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me website, you will discover on their May 14 show in the "Not My Job" segment a mentio...

Back in February, I started a series of blog posts called "top ten reasons to move to Hillsborough," which I stopped at #2 after g...

I stopped at a bookstore yesterday and left my phone number with the folks at the information desk in the center of the store, hoping to arr...

I just got back from Ravencon. It was a terrific con with nearly 700 attendees and I highly recommend it for any of you con attending types...

The reactions to yesterday's ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the partial-birth abortion ban passed by congress have been interesti...

I read this morning that the phrase "Ismail ax" was a hot phrase for search engines yesterday, for obvious reasons, since the Va T...

My house is fairly bland when seen from the street. The landscaping of my yard is best described as minimalist, with no trees, bushes, flowe...

When I got up this morning I discovered it had snowed, leaving a light but quite thorough dusting of the white stuff all over my yard. Snow...

If you're interested, here's a link to Gail Z. Martin's site for her novel "the Summoner." She has a feature called ...

I have very complicated feelings about the American health care system. I was talking to a friend of mine this week who's been buying h...