My Mom Died
So, it’s been a while. I realized that when I thought about getting back on the blogging horse, and checked this site. Not only has it been a while, something big happened since I last posted something here – my mom died. Talking...
I went on a Mother’s Day anti-FTD rant – aka Don’t Mess With My Mom On Mother’s Day
Sunday, I found myself on a rant for a few hours on Twitter. Why? I’d used FTD to send my mom flowers from me and my brother for Mother’s Day. Which, as it turns out, was a massive, massive mistake. I’d gotten on FTD’s...
Feel free to let up, Universe… Seriously…
Well. I’d intended for this to be something I would record and put out on The SF Signal podcast, but time has caught up to me on that. Life is an odd duck these days, and on the one hand, great things are happening for me – things I have...
Basketball and hot summer days
I don’t know why, maybe it’s the snow we’ve gotten the past couple of days here in Denver, but I found my brain wandering back down some very old roads, leading me back to Fresno. Maybe it was my chat with Mark Oshrio that...
Life, updates and new things
A few updates. Mom I’ve been talking a lot lately about the stuff going on around here, especially with my mom. Not a lot has changed. I’m concentrating on one step at a time with her. She is very resistant to any more doctors, which...
I broke my coffee cup and my mom spent a week in the hospital, not necessarily in that order
Well. Last week was an adventure. On Thursday the 5th, my mom – who lives in my house – wasn’t feeling well. My brother – who moved in about a year ago to help me with mom, who isn’t as mobile as she used to be – and I...
Just about Life
So. It’s been a crazy couple weeks around here. This will be a long post. Let’s start of with the good. On Sunday, August 17th, at LonCon3 – the 2014 WorldCon – I won a Hugo award for Best Fancast at 1:43 pm local...
Photo Friday: Happy Birthday Mom
Today, December 7th, is my mom’s birthday, so I thought I’d offer up a couple pics. Here I am with my mom on the right, and my aunt Pat on the left: That shot was taken in Chicago just after WorldCon. (Yes, I had the hat with me...
Photo Friday: Sword
Remember when a toothpick (or plastic) spear in your food was a sword? My mom was a bartender and she always had the little sword spears around. I would take these and my G.I. Joes or Star Wars action figures became sword fighting pirates! Do...
Serving Size
Mom’s had a few checkups recently – these are her regular checkups plus her post-cancer surgery ever-6-months-for-the-rest-of-her-life full body scan checkups. In her regular checkup, her doctor told her that her blood pressure was a...
Conversation with mom
Mom’s comments about the movie, ‘Angels & Demons’, which takes place in Vatican City: *sorta spoilery but not really* Mom: “Ooo. That was a good movie.” Me: “Yeah?” Mom: “I really liked...