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February events — ConDFW XIII and Pflugerville Library

February 21-23, 2014 It’s official; I will be at ConDFW XIII this year, February 21-23. For more information on the convention, check out their web page. This is an excellent regional convention, and the guests of honor include Kevin J. Anderson and artist Alain Viesca. I’m looking forward to it. For many years I’ve been unable to make it to this convention, but this year the stars aligned. I’ll be coming in very late on Friday Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

New year, new beginning

The house has been de-Christmased at last, although it’s still a cluttered disaster. I have been reading everyone’s Facebook comments and had to laugh — we are all feeling a deep need to declutter and re-organize. Picking January 1 as the start of the new year may be artificial, but it still triggers a primordial desire to start anew, even if we are in the dead of winter. Well, except Austin’s winter is a bit Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

Busy December

This has been a busy month. I was fortunate to spend a week at my mother’s home in Connecticut. After a harrowing drive in a blizzard from the airport to her house, a drive that should have taken 90 minutes but instead took 4.5 hours, I made it safely to my childhood home. Thought process during the white-knuckled experience: “Well, we’re only going around 5 miles per hour in icy, snowy conditions, plus it’s dark, Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago