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I write sf, fantasy and (a little bit) horror. Want to go to space and solve murder mysteries, or live in a world where dwarves make each other from stone? Yes, that's me. I also love poetry - of various kinds! ...and, I draw.

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Creative Writing > Songs Songs: My dreams: 5 of 5
My dreams are in the summer rain Fallin'... fallin' I can't think I'll never see you again, So I keep on believin'! (chorus) It's true My dreams belong to you And I... I am nothin' As long as I love you. My dreams are in a forgotten past Snowin'... blowin' I feel like they could never last, But I keep on believin'! (chorus 2... More..
Sciences > Zoology Assessing the role of fungus in the extinction of dinosaurs: 4 of 4

The death of the dinosaurs may have been helped along by fungi, scientists now speculate. This isn't so hard to fathom, really. Going along the food chain, fungi have always fed off plants, herbivorous dinosaurs fed off plants with the fungi, and then carnivorous dinos ate these. So it's a logical explanation. The question i... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Duty: 3 of 3
The thirteenth cat lived in a museum of glass and twine, where everything was for sale. Mistress was an artist, and the museum was a house, a miraculous house with false walls because they were constantly being sold off. They were made of the doors of cars, bits of plywood and aluminum siding. . . The front door, in fact, wa... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American American history: The Mayflower: 3 of 3
I used to visit the famous Rock in Plymouth when I was a kid; always wanted to touch it and of course wasn't allowed (too many bars). Of course, a six-year-old doesn't quite comprehend such things. The writer in me now waxes poetic thinking there must be some ancient genetic link that made my little hands ache to touch the s... More..
Pets & Animals > Ferrets Hunting with ferrets: 3 of 3
Hunting with ferrets is a good way to ensure you'll get your game. The clever fiends may be called "little thief" in Latin, and for good reason as anyone who owns one knows. However, they seem to have been domesticated for hunting in the beginning! An example of just how useful ferrets can be, when properly trained, is the f... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews Is America's Next Top Model the best reality show on television?: 3 of 3
I like patterns. This is just how my mind works; sometimes I'm brainless from CNS lupus and patterns are very good things. "America's Next Top Model" has a very strict pattern, and I love it for that. So I basically fell for it when I was ill, during a bad flare, and ever since that's been the way of things. I also like how ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Board Games Go: An ancient chinese board game: 3 of 3
When I was a kid, well all I recall about Go from back then was that I had an unholy fascination for the pieces. I thought they were amazing, the texture, the shape - everything. I think I drove my father crazy with that. Those pieces feel like china - even if they look like black and white M&Ms. I do not know what possessed... More..
Pets & Animals > Birds Bird orders: Introduction to the strigiformes: 3 of 3
Hoo! Hoo! The call of the Great Horned Owl is probably the best known of that of any bird of the order strigidae (Sibley, David Allen "National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide to Birds" p. 271). All owls belong to it except the Barn Owl which is order tytonidae (ibid). They're not so easy to spot since most are nocturnal -... More..
Food & Drink > Fast Food History of the hot dog and hot dog bun: 2 of 2
The hot dog is an amazing invention when you think about it: a mess of meat, neatly packaged, portable, good hot - or cold, as college students know - in a bun, chopped into bits with some veggies or with spaghetti. Relish, ketchup, mustard, sauerkraut, on a stick even. There are many ways to eat it and the millions of Ameri... More..
Hobbies & Games > Role Playing & War Games The history of Wizards of the Coast: 2 of 2
Wizards of the Coast, the gaming giant, started out small: REALLY small. Peter Adkison, its founder, was fascinated by games like Dungeons and Dragons as a child, and he started Wizards in 1990 in his basement! Hard to believe it's come so far as to now produce movies and publish books as well as give us some of the greatest... More..