Carol and John's Comic Book Shop, my local comic book store, has, for years, had a holiday art show where they invite local artists to create custom comic book covers based on a theme; they then raffle off the covers at their annual holiday party, with all proceeds going to the Greater Cleveland Food... Continue Reading →
Usually, I celebrate Emily Dickinson's birthday by making her coconut cake recipe, or, you know, by putting on a white dress, sequestering myself in my study, and writing short, intense poems reflecting my views on nature, love, and the human soul. (Well, okay, not that second thing so much, but the coconut cake is fantastic.)... Continue Reading →
For the last several years, I've given my husband gifts of fancy chocolate on the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra, better known to many people as "Santa Claus" or "Father Christmas," and sometimes known as "Nicholas the Wonderworker." This ritual started, in part, out of some vague sense of wanting to establish our... Continue Reading →
The celebration of Thanksgiving is shrouded in a lot of myths and emotional baggage, but there is always something to be grateful for. One thing I'm grateful for is that Thanksgiving's signature entrée didn't end up being eel. People assure me that eel is delicious, particularly as a sushi component, but ... I just can't... Continue Reading →
I don't know who that anonymous Senator is, but I want to thank him or her. She-Wolf of the Lower Chamber! Tremendous witches! The best witches! The pizza from the national chain is for the journalists! Everywhere, apparently. That's a corn snake. They're harmless and beneficial. A follow-up to 2016's "Trump Tower of Terror." I... Continue Reading →
I have about eleventy billion things I need to be doing, so naturally I spent most of this evening getting inspired by a typo in a friend's message from earlier today, and noodling around with a stylus and a drawing app on my new cell phone. (My friend and I agreed that "van of worms"... Continue Reading →
Good news for the folks who helped out my friend Amy B. by donating to her GoFundMe: your special (unlimited) edition Night Cats trading card is on its way to you. (I told you the final version would be better than my original draft.) Would you like your very own Night Cats trading card? It's... Continue Reading →
A simple blog entry, for once: We were in trouble. We needed help. Many friends helped us out. We are more grateful than we can express. We can't thank them enough, but this is the design for the thank you cards our friends will be receiving. We are the luckiest people in the world to... Continue Reading →
After going to night school (get it?) for some specialized training, the Night Cats have returned to offer their aid and assistance. And giant tools. Yes, they should be wearing safety goggles and hearing protection. The Night Cats and I would like to use this omission as an opportunity to remind everyone that they should... Continue Reading →
Free Comic Book Day was on Saturday, May 4th this year; it's always fun when one nerd holiday coincides with Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth Be With You"), another popular nerd holiday. FCBD is hands-down one of my favorite days of the year, and I have no doubt that this is largely due to... Continue Reading →
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