2023: The Year of Speeches

Speaking engagement plans for 2023 are shaping up: March 15-18: ICFA, Orlando, FL April 20-23: IMsLBB Piscataway, NJ May 19-22: MISTI-Con 10th Anniversary, Laconia, NH June 5: StoryStudio workshop online July 5-9: SABR National Convention, Chicago July 13-16: Readercon, Boston area August 20-23: EFACon, Alexandria, VA Okay, maybe it’s a bit of an exaggeration to…

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Duck Day 2022: Bistronomy

Now that I finally posted last year’s Duck Day notes and photos, I can do this year’s, which had the theme of “Bistronomy.” This year’s meal had the constraint on it that we were going to be in Singapore for the TwoSet Violin concert and wouldn’t get back until basically 6 days before Thanksgiving —…

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Paris: ADMO: December 2021

So, corwin and I went to Paris (yes, France) in December 2021, to celebrate our 30th anniversary and also to celebrate our latest booster shots and go somewhere that still had COVID regulations in place that made sense to us. (Of course we know so much more now about re-infection and all, but this post…

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My 2021 Lockdown /Snow Day To-Do List

What’s a work-a-holic to do when the To Do list is neverending and winter is looming? Make a new To Do list of “not work” things to do, that’s what. The truth of the matter is that it’s unlikely that my state or city will be going back into any form of lockdown this winter….

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