Moose and Ink

Over the Christmas and New Years holidays, I spent a lot of time reading about space. I used to be heavy into astronomy when I was young but I felt I needed to do some brushing up before writing Far Reach.  What I learned forced me to reconsider my perspectives…

Despite popular belief, I have not been kidnapped by my cat and established as the figurehead of a small European nation he overthrew earlier this week. I mean, seriously, who would believe that?  My cat would never expend the energy to travel all the way to Europe.  Heck, he won’t…

I had a dentist appointment this morning.  Normally, this alone would put me in a state of terror induced shivering that would take weeks to shake (my fear/hatred of dentists is the stuff of legends).  Today, however, my dentist decided to up the ante and informed me that I have…

Spent the day out on the farm with the in-laws. Lunch was great (everything either from our garden except for a chicken bought from a close friend) and then we headed out to do some snow shoeing.   A good time was had by all, especially Tucker. Merry Christmas to all.…

I’ve had a few people ask me why I haven’t posted anything to the blog in the past week.   The answer is because the past week has revolved entirely around snow. Avoiding snow.  Shoveling snow.  Walking in snow.  Shoveling snow.  Eating snow. That last one would belong to Tucker, by…

This is the Post-Snow Storm blog entry.  After a couple of hours of shoveling, I’m too tired for anything witty so here’s a quote from Steph : “We’re about an inch away from having to exit the house through the windows.”

A conversation with Tucker regarding the Snow Storm O’ Doom that is plowing through the Midwest. Yes, I see that. So I can see.  And it’s wet so it’ll be heavy to shovel. Well, it’s cold so I’ll let you stay out here and you can play. After distracting Tucker…