Hi all. Happy 2025!
The year started well for me with a non-fiction publication acceptance from SolarPunk Magazine. It’s an article on how to create Monarch Butterfly byways through cities. I have done it and it’s easy and cheap.
Sadly, my butterfly byway was destroyed after I left Los Angeles – but it worked once and can work again!
Also, my biggest and best news- my novel GODS & MONSTERS which has been serialized for 10 months on MetaStellar Magazine is coming out this month! You can pre-order here– or on Amazon here the paperback will be available soon.
I painted the cover and I really love how it came out!
Other stuff…
I love living in Barcelona! Life is so much better than in the USA.
I have Eurasian blue tits outside my window!
On a more somber note. The fires in LA are so horrible, but not unexpected. We have already reached and surpassed many so-called “tipping points. And now the US has a science denying government.
The silver lining in the LA fires is all the people, hospitals, pet shelters, hotels, etc. I see posting free help.
It reminds me of a part of Gods & Monsters. I wrote about the great earthquake and fire of 1906 in San Francisco,
” Tragedy creates equality. Madam and matron stand side by side, taking sustenance from the open air kitchens that sprout throughout the city like geysers of benevolence.
“It’s one of those brief windows in history when tragedy unites, not divides… They never last long, these brief moments of connection, I don’t know why, and I suppose I never shall. It’s only the dead who no longer fight.”
That’s all for now. I hope this post works! I’m still testing out this new, improved website!
Stay well and safe, everyone.