Tripping the Tale Fantastic

Tripping the Tale Fantastic: Weird Fiction by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers. Christopher Jon Heuer, Editor. 198 pages. 5.25 x 8 trade paperback. ISBN: 978-1-941960-08-0 $22.00 Publication date: October 15, 2017 Preorder your copy now (with FREE shipping) and get it by mid-September! (For international orders and PayPal users, please use this link instead.) …

Writing as a Deafie

I used to blog a great deal about hearing loss. Haven't done so in a couple of years. At times it feels as if I'm simply saying the same thing over and over, so why bother? I can't remember a time I didn't experience hearing loss. In fact, I don't understand how the hearies of …

Writing Conference ​7/15/17 in Tyler, Texas

Link to East Texas Writers Guild If you are a writer and are interested in learning more about the field of writing, this is an excellent one day workshop opportunity in East Texas. The East Texas Writers Guild is an active and involved group with a philosophy that a rising tide raises all boats.

The Fate of a Rubber Bumper at -55°F

Fairbanks, Alaska gives new meaning to the word cold. The winter of 1989 still numbs my mind. There was, I thought, a distinct possibility I’d been transplanted to the McMurdo Station on Ross Island in Antarctica while I was asleep. Only at the time, McMurdo was experiencing balmy weather in the 50’s since it was …

Something Extra

I've been a photoblogger for years. I'm an iPhone photography addict and have managed iPhonePhotoMaven since 2012.  The free site is running out of space, and it's time to move it despite having over 500 followers. I'm going to post this there, and maybe they'll move to the new MJPhoto blog that is barely set …

Denali is a dangerous climb

Part of Recollections of a Tundra Dancer discusses Denali and part of that discussion has to do with mountain climbing. Denali is a dangerous climb. Mountaineers underestimate it because they've summited the Alps or even some of the lesser peaks in the Himalayas in Nepal and think this is the same. It isn't. A few …

Flying With the Fishes

During the time I lived in Alaska, there were some legendary air tales, but the one that sticks with me best is when an Alaska Airlines 737 taking off from Juneau was intercepted by a fish in mid-air. What makes it remarkable is that it isn't just another fish story that grows with every telling. It …

Recollections of a Tundra Dancer

Have you ever wondered what Alaska is like? When I was a teenager and Dad was talking about transferring to Alaska I thought it was one endless snowfield dotted with igloos and infested with swarms of mosquitos the size of small dogs. Imagine my surprise, years later, to find myself living there. No endless snowfield. …