Review of Solaris, a science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem, first published in 1961, now available (since 2014) in a direct-to-English translation by Bill Johnston.
Author: Barbara W. Klaser
Shadows Fall
An invitation to read the blogger’s own book, Shadows Fall by Barbara W. Klaser, available as an Amazon Kindle ebook.
Reading in 2015
I don’t do resolutions anymore, but this list intrigues me. I read many of these books last year, and who knows, I might read the rest this year…. 26 Books to Read in 2015: I’m cheating and listing some of my reading in 2014 that I think fits the list with a promise that maybe I’ll fill in the holes in 2015 – I know I’ll be reading lots.
Rescued Kittens
We’ve been busy here raising some rescued kittens born to semi-feral and stray mothers, getting the adults spayed and neutered, and bottle feeding three litters. We’ve now found homes for all the kittens, and we’re keeping two. We’re very happy about this. But I sure wish there were never any homeless cats.
One for Sorrow
Review of One for Sorrow, the first in the John the Lord Chamberlain mystery series, by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer, which is set in sixth century Constantinople, also known as Byzantium.
Time passes so quickly
I did not intend to leave the blog hanging for so long. Blame it on the passage of time, which seems so often to run away from me these days. I’ve been busy, but with what I’m at a loss to tell you. I have not been writing, not fiction at least. I have become…
Dear Dad
My dad, Don R. Walker, passed away yesterday, with my sister and brother, Helen and Doug, by his side. He was 86 years old. As my sister mentioned in her message to relatives and friends, my dad was proud to be a veteran who served in the US Army during World War II. He was…
More cat blogging – Raven
I’ve been meaning to blog about our new family member, Raven. I wanted to wait until I’d uploaded some decent pictures of him, and he’s a bit camera shy. At first he was shy of us, and the camera was just a big scary eye staring at him. He ran every time he saw it for the first couple of weeks. Here he is at last, relaxing.
Move over piano man
From 2009, our cat Tara (now deceased) at the piano.
World Tarot Day
No, you haven’t landed on the wrong blog. Though I usually only post about Tarot on my other blog, Spirit Blooms, in honor of World Tarot Day, I’d like to share my love of Tarot a bit more broadly, and also to honor some of the people of Tarot, including writers and artists that I…