Gaming Away the Hours
Stories from a shelf of fifty-plus wargames: a winter afternoon of War of the Ring, hot chocolate, and good company.
Tag: Writing Life (Page 28)
Grief and LossThe Worst Month of My Life
Four weeks in 2003 watching Claudia nearly die in intensive care, written while the grief was still fresh and kept close to the original.
Grief and LossCigarette Butts: The Dark Cloud Over My Late Wife’s Health
A personal memoir about my late wife Claudia and the toll of smoking.
CreativityFantasy Miniatures
Goblins, elves, and an eight-inch Goblin War Giant: the patient hobby of painting fantasy miniatures from primer to final drybrush.
IT CareerHow I Got Into the Computer Field
In 1979 a nineteen-year-old with no plan walked into a computer store and walked out with a direction that became a 33-year career.
Personal GrowthScience Fiction Magazines
A twenty-five cent magazine with a spaceship on the cover, bought at a swap meet, started a lifetime of reading science fiction.
Personal GrowthFortune Cookies
Decades of collected quotations from books, plays, comedians, proverbs, and the old Unix fortune files.