Category Archives: Personal
RavenCon Schedule
Did I mention I’m going to RavenCon? No? Okay, this weekend, I will be attending RavenCon. RavenCon is a weekend convention celebrating the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. There will be authors and artists and discussions and workshops. In addition to attending, I will also be participating on several panels of which I’m [...]
Waving to the Queen and a visit to the White House
Years and years ago when I was a little girl I remember a day when my mom got me ready early in the morning because we were going out to meet the queen. For those of you who may not know, I was born and raised in Bahrain, a small island in the Arabian Gulf [...]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Inclusion and Achieving the Dream
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. For those of you outside the United States, it doesn’t seem to sound like much, just another federal holiday marking the birthday of some other “famous personage.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (it always sounds odd to my ear to have both titles in there) was a [...]
The New Year and Dred Scott
Happy New Year! (Or it was when I began thinking about this post…even if I did finish it just today) Like the rest of the world, I too tend to “wake up” at the first of the year and try to go from 0 to 60 at the chime of midnight. Like the rest of [...]
