Hen and Chicks Day Two   The hen took to motherhood like a duck takes to water.   I introduced the six chicks to her during the day today.  While she was sitting in the rafters protesting being moved from her usual brood box to the new (safer-for-the-chicks) location, I placed the chicks under a…

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UPDATED PHOTO: Here they are on Day Two…     Tomorrow or Friday Jackie and I are getting six new chicks. We’re going to see if we can introduce them to a brooding hen to see if she will adopt and raise them.   One of our Wyandotte hens has been laying on eggs like…

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  Oh my gosh… I just got off a Skype interview with the hosts of TrekMate, Wayne Emery and Jude Hawkins.  We spent an hour and fifteen minutes discussing the book and my long association and friendship with the Kelleys. They want me back, and I want to go back, too. What a fabulous chat…

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As many of you know, I was recently without a vehicle for a couple of weeks. Whenever I had somewhere I wanted or needed to go, Lisa would drive me. (She lives about a mile away and we often travel together, anyway, whenever we shop for groceries, see a movie, and pursue other mutually-beneficial pursuits–walking…

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The 50th anniversary enhanced edition of DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best has been out long enough now that I’ve begun to get private feedback from readers who LOVED LOVED LOVED it and wrote glowing reviews about it, but…   The “buts” have all…

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  This evening I got an order for an audio book and PDF version of DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal from a fan fiction Facebook page that is Spock-centric, SAHAJ CONTINUED. It isn’t a page that I previously considered within “my target audience” so I would have hesitated promoting my book there for fear…

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Once in a while (not often enough!) I meet an “affinity group”–people who feel instantly like they’re a part of my “tribe”. The Yelm Writers’ Circle is one of those.   These bright, inquisitive, talented people are young (16), young-at-heart (Baby Boomers), and everything in between. They’re accomplished, striving, interested and interesting people. They’re from…

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A SciFi Diner interview is confirmed for September 7th at 7 p.m. Eastern Time/4 PM Pacific Time. Not sure if it’s live at that time or will be prerecorded then. I will let you know as soon as I do…   Interesting side note: De and Carolyn were married at 4:20 p.m. Pacific Time on…

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  My Complaint-Free World bracelet is amazing in so many ways! It has revolutionized my life already.   Wearing it, I’m far more cognizant of what comes out of my mouth these days, and of what’s inside my mind that causes me to want to complain over things that either cannot be changed (one example…

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