Author Archives: Gordon DeLand

Am I allowed to be late two months in a row? Well, here I am, late. but… here I am! And here’s the news! Living Once again I’m catching up after the month ends. October was… interesting. I am about … Continue reading →

…so, I’ll keep this short and save the rest for later in October. Living September went faster than I anticipated. It is already gonegonegone.   It has been a month of unsettledness in my soul and it seems to be … Continue reading →

My how time flies! (he says tongue in cheek) The time has passed in stress and change and some fairly productive writing. But I let it pass without posting and that’s not a “best practice”! The ‘quiet’ was not due … Continue reading →

Distracted by Poison Plants So February is the month that seed catalogues come out, right? If you are a gardener you know this. Since my teen years I have been addicted to growing various ornamental and edible plants.  Little wonder … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day Today is that day some singles dread. I’m ‘single again’ and dread only the amount of sweets I see on sale tomorrow. I don’t need that temptation. And as for the ‘romance’ stuff… it looks too much … Continue reading →

Maybe that needs explaining. “Upstairs”, the sequel to Down Cellar, got put on a back burner when all the characters went AWOL from the Official Outline. They went on strike, because according to them, “that’s not the way the story … Continue reading →

A one minute story (takes just about a minute to read the whole thing) Thomasina? Sorry I missed you last night. Oh yeah… well it wasn’t exactly a date just coffee. I’m sorry I couldn’t make it to …my phone … Continue reading →