I’m supposed to be on a low-carb diet, which means little to no pasta. Which is, you know, like, sad. But there’s always spaghetti squash, the miracle, magical food. And I found this video on Eating Bird Food about what really, truly, IS the best…

My Deal Me In short story reading challenge turned up clubs, which means Chekhov. For once, I read a Chekhov story about children that didn’t make me want to poke my eyes out. He can write the saddest, ghastliest stories about children! But not this…

In this sample, Aunt Libby, Loach (a mermayd), and Muriel have been exiled into the desert from the land known as the Eel. Muriel has been almost in shock. As she recovers from that, she becomes cruel. Why Muriel is Mean excerpt from THE WOLVES…