Today in 1629, the Dutch tall ship Batavia was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia, not too far from where I grew up. The photo, above, shows a replica of the Batavia, which was built in the Netherlands and is currently on display in Geraldton, Western Australia…where I grew up. The survivors of the …
Rubik’s Cube became super popular when I was in high school and I drove my parents crazy for weeks until they bought me one. It seemed like everyone in school was carrying one around, trying to solve them. My brother, who was mentally disabled, proved he wasn’t that challenged when he creatively peeled off all …
Today, as you’re reading this (if you’re reading it on the day it releases, March 9th), I will be at the Cross Cancer Institute all day, having a CVC line inserted. What’s that, you say? A CVC line is a big version of the PICC line I had inserted around Christmas time. The PICC line …
For the four people on the planet who haven’t seen Titanic, there are spoilers coming up. For romance lovers, it’s probably one of the more jarring notes in the movie Titanic when Jack and Rose both try to climb onto the floating door, only to nearly capsize it. So Jack hangs off the edge, instead, …
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Love your SFR? I tripped over a post on Amazon Stories the other day; “10 Science Fiction Romance Novels with Four Armed Heroes“. I had to stop and re-read the headline. Twice. Four arms??? I’m shaking my head a bit as I write this, still, because I keep learning about new niche and micro-niche romance …
When The Mists of Avalon came out in 1982, I was right there at the bookstore to grab my copy. A story about King Arthur? Count me in. I read the book, loved it, and put it on my keeper shelf. There was a TV mini series made of the book and I watched that, …
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What do you feel when you look at photos like this? What about when you’re on high balconies? Heights of any kind? Do you get the strange sensation that you could just…jump? Even if you’re not in the slightest suicidal? That sensation is so common, it has a name. The French call it l’appel du …
Hi guys: I got a question from a reader this morning, and my answer was long (because anything historical automatically becomes complicated). If you’ve read the Once and Future Hearts series, you might also be interested in the answer, so here it is. I have a question: why was switching sword/knife hands during battle considered …
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I’m stretching the fact just a touch. It’s actually only National Chocolate Cake Day in the United States, but c’mon…! It’s chocolate cake. Do you need a better excuse than someone, somewhere made a national day out of it? And to celebrate the day, I’m posting here my mother-in-law’s chocolate cake recipe, which is simple and …