Catalyst (The Passage of Hellsfire, Book 1)

by Anemone August 27, 2011 Aardvark Reviews

Four out of five stars. I really enjoyed the concept of the book Catalyst (The Passage of Hellsfire, Book 1). The world was well-imagined, and the characters were interesting. It followed genre conventions, but not so much that I felt there was nothing to anticipate or wonder about. Hellsfire is a young man growing up [...]

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Sole Purpose

by Anemone April 29, 2011 Poetry

Morning insinuation as two enter twain; one leather to sole and the other the same. Step for step in sync till end, each unshod again for night’s sweet dream. February 2010 This poem was written for a contest – the goal was to write a mysteriously prophetic quatrain about an everyday life event that was [...]

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Back in the Day

by Anemone April 27, 2011 Practice Makes Perfect?

I remember when the first company announced instant delivery. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t pizza. Carol and Josh and I were on a raid Sunday evening, and we’d eaten all the easy food in the house. I was considering relying on Josh to keep us alive and actually getting up to make something, when Carol asked if we’d heard [...]

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A Writer’s Motto

by Anemone January 25, 2011 Aardvark Reviews

This is great.   The Editor: A Writer’s Motto Anemone

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Escape Pod

by Anemone January 17, 2011 Aardvark Reviews

Escape Pod is a science fiction audio magazine which runs an episode every week. Last week’s story Schrödinger’s Cat Lady was a very fun jaunt into uncertainty and quantum mechanics. While not every story on Escape Pod is child- (or even adult-) friendly, they do have a rating system in place which closely approximates movie [...]

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The Common Room

by Anemone January 17, 2011 Aardvark Reviews

The Common Room is a blog by a homeschooling mother and grandmother. She writes about many subjects, but family, teaching, and political articles are all featured regularly. I enjoy reading about the humorous incidents which anyone with kids will view with shared enjoyment and frustration in various ratios. The a post on The Common Room [...]

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Practice A #1 Questions:

by Anemone October 20, 2010 Practice Makes Perfect?

Here are some questions designed to help me see whether I’m getting across what I’m trying to get across: #1. What is the main conflict in the story? #2. How can you reconcile the progression of Millie’s day from paragraph to paragraph? #3. What can you assume about Peter at the end of the story? [...]

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Practice A #1

by Anemone October 19, 2010 Practice Makes Perfect?

Millie’s alarm goes off, and she wakes up, throwing her arm sideways and banging her elbow on the nightstand. Pain ripples up through her elbow, but she’s still not really awake. She thumbs the snooze button and rolls over, cradling the bruised arm. She drifts off again. When she finally slithers out of bed, her [...]

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Day Seventy-Six

by Anemone May 24, 2010 The Atomic Garden

Today we will look at one category of decorative plants: evergreens. Evergreens are, as their name implies, colorful throughout the year, not succumbing to frost or losing their leaves at every little seasonal whim. Generally, however, as may also be divined from their name, they are relentlessly monochromatic. These traits are attractive to a subset [...]

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Day Seventy-Five

by Anemone May 15, 2010 The Atomic Garden

The Abiu, or star apple tree, is a great option for your garden area. It is not only visually appealing, but its fruit are sweet and caramelly. Your basil will love to be planted beneath an Abiu tree, and they will absorb any overripe fruit which drops to the ground.

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