For those who may not know, my father had his left hip replaced on Monday. So this week I’ve been in caretaker mode. Luckily my family has been awesome with helping, but the upshot is that I’m working from his house and sleeping in my old bedroom for the week. Interesting times indeed.
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Names from the List of Witnesses Signatory to Murad I’s 1365 Vakfiye
Posted on August 13, 2017
Introduction This article contains the names of forty men who signed the vakif in 1365 of Murad I. A vakif,or waqf as it is called now, was a document that endows property to a religious institution. There are both Christian and ex-Christian names included in the signatories, showing that the early Ottoman empire had made …
(advent) Day 9: Decorations are not always what they seem
Posted on December 9, 2016
Friday, December 9 Lily normally enjoyed school, but today, the clock seemed to move at half-speed all day. She spent most of her afternoon staring out the window, watching the wind blow the swings and hearing the whisper of the promise of freedom. The weekend seemed so far away. Finally, however, the last bell rang, …
(advent) Day 5 – What treasures we find…
Posted on December 5, 2016
Monday, December 5 Lily sat at the table in the tea room after school, supposedly doing her homework. In reality, she was absently twirling her pencil in one hand while she watched Kaylee and Gideon work on a puzzle at the next table. Schrodinger and Jack were napping in the big cat bed next …
I wasn’t going to write
Posted on July 25, 2016
I wasn’t. I just got home, after a long day at work, and staring at the computer was the last thing I wanted to do. Especially since I would have had to unpack it and then write. So I went upstairs instead, fully intending to sleep. But that voice in my head, the one …
(blog tour) Rolling on!
Posted on May 25, 2016
Junebug does not approve of my lack of posts lately. So I’d thought I’d share her disapproval with you. It’s been a bad Crohns’ week. But there’s more coming! More posts! If you follow me over on Facebook, you can see them as they come up. And you’ll be able to follow mine and …
(blog tour) Guest Post – Lai Zhao
Posted on May 25, 2016
Edited to add: This was supposed to go up on May 21, when I was over at her blog. It’s been a rough week. – Val Today, while I’m over at her blog posting about how my next book wasn’t supposed to be Molly, Lai Zhao is here! Talking about a demon common to a …
(personal/writing) Working through the grief
Posted on March 28, 2016
The picture above is 4 generations of my family, taken four years ago (I believe). Since then, my grandmother (on the left) passed away two months before her 99th birthday, and just this past Tuesday, my mother passed away, barely 2 months past her 65th birthday. I won’t lie – it’s been a …
(advent) December 14
Posted on December 15, 2014
Sunday, December 14 Molly glanced around the room, making sure everything was in order. The armchairs had been moved aside to make room for the large white chair, almost a throne, covered in ivy and red ribbons, that would very shortly be claimed by Santa himself. Schrodinger, Lily, Jack and Zoey were down in the …
(advent) December 4
Posted on December 4, 2014
Thursday, December 4 “Molly! Schrodinger! You’re a sight for sore eyes!” Heidi beamed at them from behind the reception desk at the Gate station, and her large grey cat Porter got up to waddle over and touch noses with Schrodinger. Molly smiled at the receptionist. “It’s good to see you too, Heidi! Is everyone in …