The Clarkstown Cemetery next to my house is one of the oldest in the U.S. and has had its share of spooks. My Dutch ancestors lived in the area granted to them by William of Orange back in the 17th century. They came here, as did many early Americans seeking religious freedom. Although the Dutch […]
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: October 2008
Bradbury Odds and Ends
Friday, October 31, 2008
I’ve finished reading Bradbury Books for a while. I read 11 books (I didn’t count Vintage Bradbury because it only has a couple of new stories). Here are two books with intriguing titles published in the UK. The titles are different, but the The Silver Locusts is really Martian Chronicles and The Day it Rained […]
A Morning Surprise
Friday, October 31, 2008
Gracie uses the bathtub as a storage place for her mice. This handsome fellow met me the other morning. I captured him in a washcloth and let him go outside. Sometimes Gracie’s catches are a little worse for the wear, but this one seemed unharmed and quite lively.
Clarkstown Graveyard
Friday, October 31, 2008
We don’t get trick-or-treaters. It is partly because we live next to one of the spookiest cemeteries in the county. I went over and took some pictures just as the sun set. The flash pictures came out, but the long exposures are often blurry because I could not hold the camera still enough. I wound […]
Ray Bradbury – Something Wicked This Way Comes
Friday, October 31, 2008
This is my favorite book. I’ve been reading it in October since I was 16. My edition is from 1967. I finished it for the forty-second time this morning. The movie was dreadful, did not follow the original idea, and I think may have caused many people not to read the book. Please do not […]
Vote Quote
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Robert Heinlein has to be one of the most quotable people since Shakespeare. Here is what he said about Voting: If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for… but there are certain to be ones you want to […]
THE LAST UNICORN
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn (Deluxe Edition) is nearly sold out. This has been voted one of the top 5 fantasy books of all time. These last few copies are still available for $20 and are signed by Peter. The last 50 copies will be signed and include a handwritten story by Peter and […]
15 Key Elements All Top Web Sites Should Have – NOT!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
This morning a web article appeared in Delicious.com. Delicious is a social bookmarking site and appearance on their front page indicates a very popular link. I will not link the page because I totally disagree with it. The article lists 15 most important elements of web design. I think that many are not very important. […]