After a few long conference days, I played hooky for my last day in Zagreb. I visited a couple of museums I never found time for when I lived here: the Croatian History Museum (with a heartbreaking exhibit on the Homeland War) and the Zagreb City Museum. I also climbed to the top of Thieves’ …
My eating habits have become more eccentric than usual the last few days. Today I have consumed nothing but 5 espressos and 2 cheese strudels. I do have a cheese and tomato sandwich waiting for me, though, so I may actually ingest something besides caffeine and sugar eventually. Also, I think Zagreb loves me because …
Today you’re going to get a photo-heavy, two-nation post. Paris was just wonderful. I hope to go back someday. In addition to pornographic baked goods (mine was delicious, by the way), I managed to see quite a few sites. This is Oscar Wilde’s grave at Pere Lachaise cemetery. And here I am, looking awfully darn …
I’m still having a wonderful time in Paris. Tomorrow I fly to Zagreb. I’ll have more pictures later. But today I stopped at my neighborhood patisserie–the one I mentioned earlier–and made a purchase. Also, it’s very amusing to watch the bakery clerk pick one of these up with tongs and wave it around to …
I am very fortunate to be spending a few days in Paris, en route to Zagreb. This is my first visit here and I’m really enjoying it. I’m impressed with Parisians’ polite and even cheerful responses to my awful, awful French. I’m staying in Le Marais, right in the heart of Gay Paris. Which means …
I have my boarding pass in hand and I’m prepared for tomorrow’s trip to Paris (and then Zagreb). Now, I realize that sympathy may be a little thin for someone who’s about to fly to France and Croatia, but I’m going to complain anyway, because I hate packing. I have enough trouble deciding what to …
In my upcoming story, a guy named Tyler Wang encounters some mishaps (and maybe a little love) at a testicle festival. Yes, testicle festivals really exist. And yes, I may have giggled like a 12-year-old over Tyler’s last name. And then this morning I read this HuffPost article. It’s amusing anyway, but pay special attention to …
My next release will be my short story “Tyler Wang Has a Ball.” Poor Tyler runs into some problems at the Testicle Festival. The story will appear in the Dreamspinner anthology Don’t Try This at Home, which will be available in print and ebook versions on October 8. I like the cover. 🙂
I had a pretty crappy day yesterday. Nothing all that exciting–just the stress of my day job and some particularly frustrating idiocy on behalf of some of the people who work there. But then last evening I received an email from a reader who enjoyed some of my books and who said they’ve inspired him …
I was thinking today how sometimes I obtain an object that is so close to perfect, so extremely useful at doing whatever it is it’s supposed to do, and how satisfying that can be. Here are a few of my favorites: –Several years ago I knitted a clapotis (http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTclapotis.html). I don’t wear it often here …