Here’s Miriam Makeba with her biggest hit, “Pata Pata,” as performed on the Ed Sullivan show in 1967 (she’d been singing the song for at least ten years before this). From the quality of the video I suspect it was recorded off someone’s television. Pata pata was the name of a dance popular in Johannesburg’s […]

UPDATE: Turns out I got my mental calendar turned around and posted my Father’s Day tribute a week early. But you know what? Now my dad can have a whole week! For Father’s Day here in the States, I post a photo of my dad on a fishing trip taken before I was born. I […]

Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, had been postponed past 2020 due to COVID. It’s now been rescheduled, for September 5-18, 2021. Until we determine how many of the original players can attend, we will be accepting no new applications. Keep watching this space for more information.

Since I’m vaccinated and the world is opening up again, I’m busy trying to tick off all the items on my to-do list that were delayed by the pandemic. And I’m not getting a lot of help. I think that people who have been in lockdown have just forgotten how to do their jobs. The […]