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 A new addition to the menagerie is Stan, the Standings Day Gecko. I've kept many Day Geckos but never a Standings. Their markings-- gre...

 Caught it on the 23rd.  This is what it looks like from inside my yard-- in case you're wondering why I find it so striking.  I know re...

  The House Opposite That Lights Up at Dawn to Presage The Coming of Spring is back, baby! The owner's renovations worked and the dawn g...

 All this talk about vaccination reminds me of convalescent home s, a fixture of my parents' generation.  *** Poupée Doll I remember the...

 My newest short story "Twin Engines" is in Black Cat Weekly #217 , out today.  Cover of Black Cat Weekly #217 Twin Engines, by Ly...

Over the years I've posted many pictures of the House Opposite That Lights Up At Dawn to Presage the Coming of Spring (HOTLUAD).  Recent...

And here's another standout performance. The Rock/blues king is still putting it all out there. Jack White at the CBGB Festival, 2025.  ...

I haven't been celebrating music enough. Let's catch up.  

 As more an more magazines are scanned and come online at archive.org , more of my early stories are available to "borrow" from th...

RIP Mark Volman, one half of Flo & Eddie, The Turtles and Frank Zappa/T.Rex backing singers.  The joyous wails of Flo & Eddie in the...

When It Changed Introduction There’s a tendency in Science Fiction studies—and in Prof. ----'s class they proved remarkably good a...