Congrats to truepenny & kijjohnson

truepenny's short story "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" won the 2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short Fiction. The story was based upon a necklace of that name that elisem created. (Click here to see truepenny wearing the necklace. matociquala gave the acceptance speech for her).

In other happy news, kijjohnson just sold a novelette "At the Mouth of the River of Bees" to Ellen Datlow for scifiction.com.

Congratulations to both! I have such talented friends.

Change in plans

I will not be going to that 25th high school reunion after all. Rob's father is very sick with cancer, which is going to necessitate several trips out to Phoenix. Air travel is expensive, etc., and spending money on the reunion trip just doesn't seem to make sense.

Maybe the 30th.