All right, even I am having difficulty at times keeping up with all the news, so if I repeat something here, it just means you’re paying attention, well done, here’s a cookie! Soon I have to leave the glories of Alba for the um, gories? of Albany. Alas. Which means I have to figure out…
Category: reading
Drabble: Goin’ to the Chapel
Patti Abbott has made another challenge to her pals: a drabble — a story of exactly one hundred words — inspired by one of three pictures. Succinct, yeah? Here’s mine. “Goin’ to the chapel…” The parson looked nervous. Bart smiled to reassure him, then nudged him along with the Berretta. Now it was his wedding…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
This blog takes its name from my first film, Un Amor Peligroso or The Wombat’s World. I joked about my anticipating the success of The Artist by making a silent film back in 1978, but then there was also Mel Brooks’ Silent Movie about then, so I can’t take much credit. There may be something…
BitchBuzz: Why the Blackout Mattered
An unusual day: me away from the net. Be honest — you didn’t really notice I was gone, did you? It’s all right. I know occasionally I should take a break from yammering across all media. Besides, I took some more lovely photographs over in Salthill. Nothing jazzes up a photo like a happy, bouncing…
BitchBuzz and Over the Edge
I’m fighting off a cold that seemed to ride my coattails from London but if I’m feeling not too bad, I plan to head off to Over the Edge’s reading tonight at the library (where I am now mayor 🙂 and perhaps try out a new piece at the open mic if there’s room. A…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Way We Live Now
I have a great love for nineteenth century novels. Their leisurely nature and broad scope allows readers to inhabit their worlds entirely. It makes them perfect for long afternoons reading, but I’ve found, too, that they suit perfectly for piecemeal ebook reading as well, which may at first seem unlikely. The truth is that depth…
Soundcloud
A new way to spread sound — well, newish. It’s been getting a boost, mostly via other social media outlets and DJs. Of course now that people like me are starting to use it, the DJs are looking for something new. Way to suck the cool out, eh? My page at Soundcloud features things you…
Text as Art
Get a peek at the exhibit via the magic of video: choose your video outlet. We had a great time and it was fascinating to hear the genesis of the (all very different) projects. If you’re in the neighborhood, drop by the Arts Center and check it out. Text as Art from Kate Laity on…
Weekend Round-up
Here’s Kipper showing why it’s so easy to find excuses not to write. Good intentions often get trumped by someone who really wants attention right now and will sit on your pad of paper to make sure he gets it. One of the things I was trying to do on that paper was try out…
Meme: The Ten Books That Most Influenced Me
Via Patti Abbot’s blog (and a bunch of others) AKA a swift post as I rush through last minute things: Alice in Wonderland: the book of my life, the set me up for a lifetime of absurdity and nonsense — and wonder; Mary Poppins: ditto — the books have little to do with the wretchedly…