Thoughts Blessed Samhain Hail to the Beloved Dead who have passed in this year of pain and strife. Hail to our Ancestors! We ask for strength for the coming days. We call to the Ancestors who have been oppressed, who lived and died under fascism, who lived and died under dictators, despots, and
Novella It's a Blog Post! Woo! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve done a regular blog post here, but given what’s going on in the world right now, it’s been hard to update things. I suppose I’ve gotten to the point in quarantine where I’m accepting it until there’
Science Fiction Star Trek Fanfic: The Vulcan Harp The Vulcan Harp (1541 words) by worthyadvisor Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Enterprise Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Michael Burnham/Ash Tyler | Voq, Spock/Nyota Uhura Characters: Spock Prime, Ash Tyler | Voq, Michael Burnham, Pavel Chekov, Nyota
Novella The Four Keys is released! I am super excited to announce that The Four Keys is finally available for you all to read! For now, it is available electronically via Amazon (see link below), although, if would rather not read through Amazon, feel free to contact me to buy PDF version. Also, feel free to
Novella Finally a Release Date for "The Four Keys"!! It's been a long time coming, but I've finally got to the final stages of self-publishing The Four Keys, my mystic novella. I've been working on this story off and on for nearly 5 years. (Can you believe it?) It will be available starting
america What I Understand Now (or: Why I'm Giving Up on Facebook) There are so many things I understand now that I didn’t fully understand when I lived in the US. I now know how it feels to be an immigrant. I know what it’s like now to live in a country where I don’t understand the language and
Video I made a little time lapse video... A little while ago I put out bird feeders on our kitchen porch, and all the little birds in the neighborhood know that I put out the good stuff, apparently. This morning I was chatting with the wife saying that I should do a time lapse of the birds, so
Politics ProgCA Statement on #blacklivesmatter #translivesmatter The Progressive Christian Alliance, which I'm currently the Leadership Chair for, has released a statement on the current situation in the US. Click the link below to read it. https://progressivechristianalliance.org/index.php/2020/06/22/progressive-christian-alliance-statement-blacklivesmatter-and-translivesmatter/
Politics Yes, it really is that bad in the US. It’s 11:45 pm on a Saturday night here in Zurich, Switzerland. For several days now, I’ve been watching the protests in the US and realizing that there’s not a whole lot I can do at the moment. I’ve done the things that I can do,
Science Fiction Fanfiction: Londo's Pantheon I have a new short fiction up on AO3. This time I delve into my all time favorite scifi series, Babylon 5. This story takes place at the beginning of Season 4 when Londo has to make a very difficult choice. Let me know what you think! Londo's
Essays Quarantine Reflections I’ve been staring at blank screens for a few days now. It’s been hard to write and be verbally creative during this quarantine time. Like many folks, I’ve been in a kind of brain fog. It’s hard to watch the news (especially coming out of the
Photography 10 Weeks Quarantine As of this writing, the Wife and I have been quarantined for 10 weeks, and Switzerland has been virtually shut down for nearly a month. It hasn’t been easy for either of us, and I know my emotions have been up and down since the beginning. For those that
Photography Staying Home (COVID-19) I'm going to be real with you all, especially folks in the US: this shit is real. Right now, as I type this, Switzerland is pretty much closed up. People are only going out if they have to. There will be a press conference from the Bundesrat (Federal
Fiber Arts Back to the Schilthorn February has been a busy month, but it's been a good one for the most part. The recent highlight was that the Wife and I took a much needed trip back to Mürren. It's definitely one of our favorite places to go. So peaceful and incredibly
Uncategorized Sunshine Adventure This month's post is a bit late due to the fact that I went to Florida to visit my parents and celebrate my birthday with them. I swam a lot, got very tan, and even saw an alligator! The trip there was a bit of an adventure, since
Uncategorized Rutsch guet übere! It was a good holiday season here in Switzerland. The Wife and I went to London at the beginning of December and had a lovely time with our friend Bat. Our hotel was pretty swank, too, and I splurged on a mani-pedi at the hotel spa! We also went to
Uncategorized Does it count as a fail if it got me writing? I had every intention of completing NaNoWriMo when I set myself up at the end of October. I didn't. But in the first week I got a pretty nasty cold that took me about a week to get over. Feeling like crap is definitely not conducive to getting
cameras New Art Stuff! As I mentioned in my previous post, I have a new camera. It's a Fuji X-A3, and I love it! I have 12, 28, and 50 mm lenses for it. While I really liked The Wife's Nikon Df, this camera is about half the size (and
Novella Yes, I know. It's been awhile. To be honest, it's been a good, but hard (writing-wise) couple of months. August was hot, and I was trying to get some writing in, (I did manage some writing), but not the same momentum I had before my depression crash in May. I did get a lot
Novella So, yeah, that life thing... Sometimes you make a plan, and The Universe just laughs and sets fire to said plan. Yeah, it's been like that since I last posted. I am taking care of things and adulting around a bunch of stuff, so, at least at the moment, things are on even
Novella Priorities, Man, Priorities... Yes, I'm still around. I've just been neglectful of this poor blog because, well, I've been writing. I had an epiphany about a month or so ago, and I wasn't giving my writing the proper priority in my life. I was treating
Science Fiction Star Trek FanFic: The Ferengi of Wall Street I wrote another one! The Ferengi of Wall Street (4919 words) by worthyadvisor Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Ishka, Admiral Whatley, Original Characters, Rom (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Comedy, Ferengi, Starfleet Summary:
Thoughts Stop Killing Your Partner's Joy My wife asked me to write this because in a group she’s in on Facebook she hears many stories about partners (usually long term husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, etc) getting all bent out of shape about their partner taking the time to work on and enjoy their hobbies. Usually,
Thoughts The Religous Nerd Tour 2019: Introduction There are many things that make Zurich a wonderful place to live and experience, but you have to admit: if one is a clergy person, and particularly clergy of the Christian persuasion, Zurich, and Switzerland as a whole, is a theological history heaven. Because I’m both a history nerd
Novella Getting my Writing On: New Star Trek Fanfic on AO3 <!-- wp:paragraph --> So, this year I'm working on getting my writing mojo back, and I'm doing pretty good so far. Not only have I finished my mystic novella (woot!) I've also written a short Star Trek fanfic. The Wife and
