Re: Out Of His League

When Neil DeGrasse Tyson turned up on the Daily Show and Rachel Maddow last night, you just knew he was going to talk about Pluto. I certainly did, maybe because recently enjoyed “Out Of His League,” by Bruce Golden on the Drabblecast. It’s about baseball, painting amusing portraits of the characters who play it. It’s […]

But wait there’s more Boskone

Does anything ever really end? Even coming home from Boskone and talking about it afterwards, my friends were still recommending more books to read.

More winter greenery

Once again the snow has receded, beaten back by savage wind and rain, and more sprouts pop up their greenness. The alpine strawberries have a new outpost.

Re: Where’s My Jetpack?

Way back in 2007, Daniel H. Wilson asked the question you weren’t allowed to ask at Boskone, Where’s My Jetpack? Short answer: The Smithsonian. Long answer: Here’s thirty things from the future that didn’t turn out nearly as cool as they were supposed to.

Boskone to the end

Naturally, the last panel I went to at Boskone was “How Do Endings Matter?” It was a small crowd eager to join the discussion with Debra Doyle, Toni L. P. Kelner, Jim Mann, and Peter Weston Toni L.P. Kelner opened with the classic definition of a good ending being one that leaves you surprised, but […]

Woo-hoo! Bread

Wow! Look at the loft in that bread! I finally baked a loaf that rose up in the oven.

Struggling orchids

Well, this doesn’t look great, but it doesn’t look as bad as I thought. I guess this is as open and as upright as it’s going to get. Keep trying, orchids!

YA at Boskone

Consider how many YA books were mentioned at the “If You Liked That, Read This” panel, I was expected even more recommendations from “Why Adults Love YA.” But Bruce Coville, Michael J. Daley, Sarah Beth Durst, Margeret Ronald, and Navah Wolfe pretty much stuck to the topic. Short answer: What’s wrong with liking books that […]

The Sourdough is dead

Goodnight, sad yeasties. And flights of bacteria sing you to your rest. I wasn’t using my sourdough starter often enough even before I went to Boskone. It kept drying out or forming hootch. I’ve seen worse science experiments in the fridge, but this one has gone far enough. You don’t want to see it, do […]

Beware of lurking crocus

Spring is sneaking up on us. Under the old, dry leaves, From the cold, hard ground, Out of the round, hidden bulbs, Crocus will poke us.