Brother Love 5 — A Face

Looking forward to what happens with Tammy and the "Bird Lady".

Brother Love 4 — A Domino

Birdie know the most wanted person, definitely want to know more!

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Note: Last week I mentioned Dan was working on his own post about his part of the inspiration for the Doug Armstrong character. That is Dan’s Saturday post this week at his blog, No Facilities.

Various names on different colored cards in fancy text Chuttersnap at Unsplash

Welcome to my sanctuary at the crossroads. Relax and sit for awhile. It makes no difference what your name may be. Although there is oh so much in a name.

I tend to obsess about character names. In stories with a real world setting (even if they are also fantasy) I try to add authenticity through the names of some characters. With Atonement, Tennessee and Atonement in Bloom, I consulted a (public) government database that will show the most popular names, for a state, in a given year.

Last time in A Hymn, we met two new characters, a woman and a little…

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Brother Love 3 — A Hymn

Jinx and the guitar player has definitely piqued my interest.

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Saturday, May 11, 2019

Brother Love promo image Brother Love composite by Teagan R. Geneviene

Welcome back to the crossroads everyone!

I should probably begin with a disclaimer. This story is not about religion, nor is it a social commentary — that’s just part of the setting. I also want you to understand that I approach this aspect of the story carefully. While the story includes ways that I knew well and was involved in as a child, as an adult I acquired my own unique spirituality.

That said, last time in A Shadow, now you learned some of the backstory for the Doug Armstrong character. Today I wanted to tell you how his character came to be.

You already know that Dan Antion provides photos to inspire me and illustrate this story — and that he gives me two of the “three things” that drive each episode of this…

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Brother Love 2 — A Shadow

Hmmm, that left a little chill. Looking forward to the next meet at the crossroads.

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Saturday, May 4, 2019

There are many things on my mind that I want to share with you today. If I had known about the most recent one before yesterday, I would have done a midweek post. First let me welcome you…

Study area in the Cathedral of Learning, by Dan Antion

Welcome to my sanctuary. The sanctuary may be found in a quirky Tennessee town called Atonement. It might be at a diesel-punk train station with an outrageous flapper named Lulu. Or it could even be found at a steampunk submarine port, with an alchemist named Cornelis. For now, my sanctuary has moved to a crossroads in a rural Mississippi town sometime in the late 1950s to early 1960s. So, I also welcome you to the crossroads.

Yes, my blog is my sanctuary — a place where I can feel safe from the world. It’s…

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Jazz Age Wednesday or Hidebound Hump Day — What’s going on?

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Magpie wall mural by marina-salles Marina Salles, Unsplash

Happy May Day, my chuckaboos! I hope your month is off to a pos-i-lutely fabulous start.

I continue to settle into my high desert cottage, painting walls, pulling weeds, and generally getting adjusted. (The weed pulling led to a bad allergic reaction that I’m still trying to get over… I’m looking a lot like the Creature from the Black Lagoon, particularly around my eyelids.) So, for the time being, I will not be doing a midweek series.

Crystal n Robs Sunset Crystal with one of Rob Goldstein‘s images.

However, for you weekday readers, I want to let you know that I do have a new feature! Each Saturday Dan Antion and I collaborate for Brother Love, my new spontaneously written serial. He provides photos to inspire me and illustrate the posts. He also gives me two of the “three things” that drive this unplanned serial. …

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