Author: hmelton

Most of the activities at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival are for Mary Ann. She goes off to see the birds and I stay home in the RV and work. But today, I came along. The event of the morning was a canoe trip down the Rio Grande at the Santa Ana NWR. We’ve… Continue reading The Canoe Didn’t Fit

We’re now down in Harlingen, attending a Birding Festival. When we loaded up and headed out, in addition to our luggage and gear, was four mouse traps, two sticky traps, and assorted poison blocks, and one Illinois mouse. I’d gotten used to him, almost. I’d cleaned the RV more than I’d ever done before, and… Continue reading A Well Traveled Mouse

WFC has come and gone. It was fun. Different cons have different personalities. World Fantasy is close and friendly, and very bookish. Some cons have gaming, some are into costumes, or comics. World Fantasy is totally into books. Practically all cons have a Dealer Room. Many have books, or jewelry, or swords, anything that could… Continue reading The Smell of World Fantasy