Month: January 2019

  • Supreme Court Reinstates Transgender Military Personnel Ban

    Supreme Court Reinstates Transgender Military Personnel Ban

    I condemn reinstatement of this bigoted ban by the conservative majority of the Supreme Court.

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    🎥 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a fantastic movie! I love the energy, art style(s), story, and characters. If this is the future of the Spider-Verse (and Venom 2 turns out to be a major improvement on the first one), then I’m eager for the franchise to expand.

  • Alice Hatcher Craft Class

    Alice Hatcher Craft Class

    📚 I participated in a fantastic craft class today with Alice Hatcher, author of The Wonder That Was Ours. She was interviewed by Reneé Bibby, Director of the Writers Studio Tucson, and local students in the Master and Advanced workshops.

  • “What’s Done Can’t Be Undone” by Reneé Bibby and “CARBORUNDORUM > /DEV/NULL” by Annalee Flower Horne

    “What’s Done Can’t Be Undone” by Reneé Bibby and “CARBORUNDORUM > /DEV/NULL” by Annalee Flower Horne

    How does the writer of genre fiction approach difficult subject matter like sexual assault? Two excellent and potentially triggering recent short stories by two fearless writers suggest two effective approaches.

  • Space as Solace During a Government Shutdown

    Space as Solace During a Government Shutdown

    The recent space activities I’m writing and posting about provide solace during this government shutdown that has furloughed most NASA and related departments employees and contractors.

  • Meet Arrokoth

    Meet Arrokoth

    Meet Ultima Thule (later designated 486958 Arrokoth.)

  • New Year, New Day, New Image of Arrokoth

    New Year, New Day, New Image of Arrokoth

    During a morning press briefing aired on NASA TV on New Year’s Day 2019, New Horizons mission team leaders revealed the latest best image of 486958 Arrokoth.