American Women Writers National Museum       You Are Cordially Invited to Hear Fantastic Women! Friday, May 11, 2012 FANTASTIC HEROINES OF SCI FI & FANTASY Literary Panel Sponsored by American Women Writers National Museum 11:30-1:30 p.m. at 1275 K St. NW @ 13th St. NW, Suite 102 Washington, D.C. 20005 (13th St.…

I just saw a map that showed that the jurisdictions in NC that voted against Amendment 1 were all college towns. This amused me because I could not think of anything I'd seen in a long time so likely to make both Liberals and Conservatives crow. The Liberals take this as proof that the educated agree…

May the Fourth — be with you.      

From All Girls Allowed. I am particularly sadded by the failure of our government to help. One of the things President Clinton did that I really liked was save another famous Chinese activist. At the end of last week, exciting news broke out of the escape of Chen Guangcheng, the blind attorney who was imprisoned…

  American Women Writers National Museum         You Are Cordially Invited to Hear Fantastic Women! Friday, May 11, 2012 FANTASTIC HEROINES OF SCI FI & FANTASY Literary Panel Sponsored by American Women Writers National Museum 11:30-1:30 p.m. at 1275 K St. NW @ 13th St. NW, Suite 102 Washington, D.C. 20005 (13th…

Things to Come: Appearing on a panel on May 11th at: http://www.americanwomenwritersnationalmuseum.org/ Also, appearing the next Friday at a panel at the Nebula Weekend in Arlington.

Spent yesterday at Longwood Gardens in PA with the Princess and the Cherubim. We met two of Ping-Ping's girlfriends from China. One who now lives in Maryland and one who now lives in Alaska, but who was in town visiting her grandmother. It was so much fun watching these girls chat together. They were all…

Orville, who was so convinced he could not do the Order of the Arrow ordeal that he voted against himself being a candidate, just came home from completing the Order of the Arrow Ordeal!!!!! He is now a member of the Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow!

I had trouble crossposting yesterday. If you missed this week's post with author Sarah Joy Adams — on Know when to Hold ‘em, Know when to Fold ‘em…  or when to turn your back on an offered writing project — y You can read it here.