Went out and snapped a few pictures at Bull Creek today, including this shot of the road that leads up to the park. The creek runs right over the road (this isn’t flooding or anything, it hasn’t rained in days). There’s a little sign post next to the road so that you can see how deep the water is. Today it was only about two inches deep.
The park was pretty scenic, and I got reasonably good shots of a grackle and a dragon fly. …
Rejection #60 – 111-days from Noctem Aeternus. The story got past the first round reader, and the final rejection was positive, with encouragement to send another story in the future.
And then, to keep my numbers up:
Submission #68 – to Chizine
So I still have 6 stories out, at: Cemetery Dance, Writers of the Future, Nature Magazine, Coyote Wild, Strange Horizons, and Chizine.
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Now, as promised, the stunning conclusion of the Tow Truck Saga…
How many tow trucks does it take to haul away a dead garbage truck?
Answer: Five.
– A white semi truck, on which to load the garbage truck. (Dies)
– A red semi truck, to tow the white semi and attached garbage truck. (Dies)
– A black semi truck, to tow away the cab of the white semi truck.
– Another black …
Around 9 o’clock this morning, in the apartment complex one over from mine, a garbage truck died. I heard the noise of the engine giving out — some pitiful whines and squeals and then nothing. The garbage truck guys called for a tow, and they loaded the garbage truck onto the bed of a semi. The semi truck, with garbage truck securely loaded on the back, attempted to go up the road (which involves a small, but steep, hill). The semi died.
So there was a dead white …
Submission #67 – to Strange Horizons, my 7th submission there.
(Strange Horizons will be temporarily closed to submissions from November 1st to December 31st, so I was happy to get something submitted there before they went on break.)
After spending several days making extremely slow progress on revisions for one of my Clarion West stories, I changed gears today and worked on a story idea I had last night. It’s now early afternoon, and I’ve finished the story (it’s pretty short, about 2k, but it still feels good to have finished something). I even did a round of revisions, so the draft is pretty clean.
Also, recently:
Submission #66 – To Coyote Wild (my first sub there)
and
Rejection #59 – A 98-day, round 3 rejection from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
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And now, back to …
The air is finally starting to feel crisp in the mornings and evenings, so I can almost believe that it’s fall. Mid-afternoon is pleasantly warm weather for hiking, so this afternoon Peter and I went to McKinney Falls park:
The water level was pretty low so the falls themselves were not especially impressive, but the park had a lot of scenic spots along the creek, which made for a pleasant afternoon walk.
R58 – 44-days from Analog
I am down to only 5 submissions in circulation at the moment, but I’ve got several stories in my ‘need revising’ pile, so hopefully I can get my numbers back up soon.
I had a pair of slightly overripe bananas:
So I decided to make banana pancakes this morning:
Recipe: Smash 2 very ripe bananas, stir until mostly smooth. Add vanilla extract, cinnamon, a tablespoon or two of sugar, and one egg. Mix together. Add about a cup of Bisquick. Stir to combine. At this point, my batter seemed a bit thick, so I added maybe a quarter cup of milk.
Serve with butter, and if you are a …
Turkey-Pesto Meatballs
Little tubs of ready-made pesto were on sale at the grocery store, so I bought one.
Some ideas for what to do with pesto:
– roasted root vegetables (Brush chunks of potato, turnip, carrot, etc. with olive oil and roast in a 400 degree oven until tender on the inside and golden brown on the outside. Toss roasted veggies with a big dollop of pesto and a little bit of butter).
– pesto butter (Let butter come to room temperature, stir in some pesto, …
