I lost two pounds the last time I walked around Rockland Lake. I went over to Rockland Lake and did it again this morning. This time I took a camera. It was the first day of spring and Erica and I were practically alone. The path around the lake is three miles, and even though […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: March 2005
Little brother circa 1970
Sunday, March 20, 2005
This is Larry playing an old Fender telecaster around 1970. (That guitar is probably worth $10,000 on eBay. I wonder who has it now.) That’s our backyard in Nyack, NY. The apple tree is gone and the 1958 VW bug died and went to bug heaven a few years later. Larry didn’t cut his hair […]
Andre Norton Passed Away Yesterday
Friday, March 18, 2005
Science Fiction writer Andre Norton died in her Tennessee home, early Thursday morning, March 17th. Andre Norton was my main inspiration for writing Science Fiction when I was a boy. At age 12 when I was stuck in the San Francisco airport during a strike, I bought four Andre Norton Books from a blind shop […]
Another Year
Monday, March 14, 2005
I am 54 years old today. Another year. I am surprised to see an old man in the mirror, when I expect to see a 12 year old boy. I am not fond of this growing old crap, you would think that the creator could have come up with some alternatives.
Sale: The Hand of Zorgo
Friday, March 11, 2005
About ten years ago, Larry, my brother, and I found a mechanical hand in a dumpster. We hid it so we could get it when we got back. We never did find it again and Larry told me the story of the alien hand that we found. I wrote this up and sent it to […]
Over at Aji’s House
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
My friend, Aji Palappillil, took some pictures outside of his house the last time he was home. I am struck by the beauty of the idyllic Indian countryside. It is a strange coincidence that I am also listening to the audio book Queen of the Elephants by Mark Shand.
Audio Book Reviews – Uttley, Heinlein
Monday, March 7, 2005
A Traveller in Time, by Alison Uttley, read by Imogen Stubbs I was able to purchase the last copy of A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley from http://www.bookcloseouts.com. It was a two-tape abridgement of the classic children’s story. It is more of a mood piece, switching back and forth between the life of a […]
Roomful of Blues Tonight!
Friday, March 4, 2005
I just got a pair of free tickets to see Roomful of Blues. RFOB is a largish brass blues band out of Rhode Island that plays down here frequently. I first saw them when the harp player Sugar Ray Norcia was fronting them and Ronnie Earl was the guitar player. They've had many great musicians […]