Yvette Keller

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  • Thomas Fire: Day 5 and Evacuation Opinions

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    Good morning, and welcome to good fire news! Winds are cooperating and the fire did not move much overnight. It is still only 10% contained, but uncontained in unpopulated areas. I grieve for the trees and wildlife of Los Padres National Forest, but am glad the coast is safe. Air quality in SB is much…

  • Thomas Fire: Night 4

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    Emergency preparedness, CHECK. I’m missing some water bottles, but otherwise the list looks good. I’ve staged true emergency items. Will pack a bag with clothes in the AM. I also began to contemplate how photos and photo albums could best be transported, and decided the answer is old luggage and duffel bags with handles and…

  • Thomas Fire: Day 4

    Thomas Fire: Day 4

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    Thanks to the WiFire tool, it is possible to scare yourself shitless while waiting to see whether your beloved city will be destroyed by fire. From their website: WIFIRE is an integrated system for wildfire analysis, with specific regard to changing urban dynamics and climate. The system integrates networked observations such as heterogeneous satellite data…

  • Finnemore Fridays: Train Travel

    Finnemore Fridays: Train Travel

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    Amtrak and I have a love-hate relationship. I love the uninterrupted (except by beautiful views) work time. I often choose the train to travel so I can QC audiobooks, write, and occasionally catch up on sleep from late-night recording sessions. Something about the Ca-Chunk, Ca-Chunk rhythm (modern trains do not clickety-clack, alas) and the camaraderie of…

  • Finnemore Fridays: Interfaith Conference

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    Thanksgiving is about friends and family coming together, sharing a meal and gratitude, regardless of their disparate beliefs or points of view. I adore the smarty-pants nature of this Finnemore sketch that brings beings together, called “Interfaith Conference.” It is especially poignant right now, after the end of Daylight Savings Time, when the sun simply…

  • Finnemore Friday: National Debate

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    We The People… …seem fine about having replaced discussion with insult slinging in the comments field. Maybe we need a National Debate? Finnemore Style?      

  • Finnemore EXTRA: Election Day!

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    A haunting reminder about the importance of voting.  

  • MOXI REPORT: Nerdy Good Time on a Friday Night

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    Yes, I’m a big nerd, and my idea of a fun Friday night is a science lecture. With a side order of dissection. Fair warning, there are pictures, so avert your eyes if filet of cow eyeballs isn’t your thing. My friend Lisa invited me to a member only night at MOXI, The Wolf Museum…

  • NaNoWriMo Inspired DSF

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    If you are not already a Daily Science Fiction Subscriber, but you are a WriMo, I highly recommend popping over there and checking out Friday’s Story for an excellent giggle.    

  • My Second Short Fiction Publication!

    My Second Short Fiction Publication!

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    My next vignette from a loosely related Coven of the Bowler series is available now! Once again The Utah Pagan Society Literary Journal has chosen to include my story about magical Santa Barbara. Entitled Cernunnos, 2016, the piece was last year’s submission to the Edhat Halloween Contest, in the same world as 2015’s Roundabout Protection. Later…