Restart

It looks like I've effectively taken the summer off from blogging. It was accidental, I assure you. I am a chronic procrastinator and, as any good procrastinator can attest, the longer you put something off the harder it is to begin doing it. So here I am. No excuses. Probably fewer readers, but oh well.

Read This Blog!
I have been reading blogs. Today I read one I wanted to comment on and found the comment form deactivated. Instead I link it here and say: Thank You Seraphim. That was beautiful.


The Summer
I've had a moderately uneventful summer. I didn't take any extended vacation, I used up half my paid days moving in the spring and didn't want to be left without paid leave should I contract bird flu or West Nile virus (I kid, I kid). Sophie had a great summer. She, along with my mom, sister, aunt, and 2 cousins, went to a family reunion for the descendents of my maternal Grandfather's parents (Evans). She loved driving to South Dakota. Paul was happy that Grandma brought him a t-shirt from Sturgis. At 3-almost 4, he loves motorcycles.

Mount Zion Speculative Fiction Review
Issue 2 of MZSFR is being sent to contributors and subscribers right now. The 2nd print run should happen this week, enabling us to activate the PayPal link. This issue is billed as our Spring issue, hah! Several real life events managed to intrude and delay s heaped upon delays...The good news is that the third issue is about 1/2 full and we expect to get it out in a timely manner. If the 1st issue was all about figuring out how to do things I think the second issue was about finding the resolve to keep going. The third issue should be the best yet. Mike and I are reinvigorated and ready to move forward.

Recent Reading

I've continued reading Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels. I'm on The Truelove. Reread some Lord Dunsany stories. That guy had one heck of a vivid imagination.

And Finally
Well, I've broken through the barrier now, hopefully I can keep this up.

Peace,
Raphael