Author Archives: Pat Bowne

The Babbling Internet

I get a few hundred links a week in my RSS aggregator, and guess which ones I get the least out of? The ones that send me to a page with a two-line teaser and embedded video of a talking … Continue reading

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Unneeded Fantasy

Abigail Nussbaum’s most recent review over at Strange Horizons asks an interesting question — why use fantasy to tell a story?  It’s a question I’ve been asking about several of the novels I’ve read lately. Fairies have been enjoying a … Continue reading

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Dystopian visions — are you doing anything?

When I was young, there was a commercial my parents loved. It was for some allergy medicine or other, and it showed a bored little boy sitting on the porch steps. From inside the house came his mother’s voice: “Johnny, … Continue reading

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Corrected knitting chart 5

The summer knit-along folks pointed out a problem with my chart.  Great catch!  Here’s the corrected version: TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Cat’s Evening Song

Oh, oh, if you don’t let me out I will die. Oh, oh, if you don’t let me out I will die. I will moan, I will cry, I will sob, I will sigh, I will fall down and perish … Continue reading

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A New Favorite — A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

I was already looking forward to this book before it was published. Sofia was one of the first people to review my first book, when I met her I really enjoyed our conversation, and I always learn something interesting from … Continue reading

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How not to court donors

I give to a charity, so today I was called by a pollster who appeared to have been commissioned by them. The best I could figure from the multitude of questions he asked me was that the organization is having … Continue reading

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I’m back – with more knitting charts.

For those of you doing the lace knitting project, you must be more than caught up by now! It’s been almost three weeks – so I’ll post the next 3 charts.  Sorry for the delay. I was out having fun … Continue reading

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More knitting — chart 5

No sooner did I get chart 3-4 up than one of my knitting group told me it was really short! Maybe this will make people feel better. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Lace! Knitting! Summer break! Chart 3-4

These are little motifs so I put both in one chart. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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