Author Archives: mathdreads
Brewery Tour
I’ve always professed not to be a beer drinker, but I jumped on the opportunity to join a social group of 30- and 40-somethings for a nearby small brewery tour. I made sure that I arrived on the early side of noon since one of the social group organizers advertised that he’d have a canopy. I … Continue reading
1st Chapter Adventures Painting Revealed
Once one of my critique partners brought it to my attention that my latest work in progress, The Adventures of Infinity & Negativa, contained a fantasy element, I immeditately knew that I wanted those fantasy parts to be in graphic novel form. Although the best things are free, a graphic artist is not. A few … Continue reading
Juneteenth Celebration: Mattie Gilmore
On June 19th, 1865 Texas slaves in Galveston heard the announcement that they were free. For this year’s Juneteeth celebration, I volunteered to do a character interpretation of one of the newly freed slaves. Although I read through all the lively character interpretations, I was assigned to by Mattie Gilmore. According to her narrative, she … Continue reading
The Real Superman
In 1938 Superman was born. Now, I’m not talking about the Action Comics Superman that was published on April 18th and cover dated for June. I’m talking about the REAL Superman born on April 10th, 1938. The one who was heaven sent and grew up in Danville, VA—not the one from planet Krypton, raised … Continue reading
Firedancing!
You know I’m on vacation when I have enough energy to go to a morning capoeira class, two afternoon tango classes and then take a firedancing class in the evening. That’s exactly what I did this past Saturday and much to my surprise, getting eight hours of sleep and having virtually no stress means … Continue reading
An Evening with Walter Mosley
Although I was not planning to go listen to Walter Mosley, I’m glad a friend encouraged me to do so. He’s a prolific writer and of course a fantastic speaker–very down-to-earth and entertaining just like his books. I arrived at the bookstore early enough to get a good seat and briefly talk with a woman who had been … Continue reading
Cowboy Boot Shopping
When my sister and her husband said they were coming to visit me, I didn’t realize I would be a chauffeur to two shopping fiends! After concluding their business conference in San Antonio, I picked them up. That was after they’d hit two cowboy boot shops. A cousin of ours, the same cousin who had chauffeured them … Continue reading
Thirty Sixty Ninety
Many around the world had feared that the coming of the second millennium would be a technological doomsday that was going to throw us back into the dark times of…the pre-computer age. On New Year’s Eve I had full tank of gas, bottled water, canned food, and I had spent the night with some friends … Continue reading
And the Winner Is…
Years ago, I participated in an overnight bat workshop for teachers. One of the fun activities was a raffle with 14 must-have teacher gifts. There were 15 of us. Guess who didn’t win a prize? After that experience, I stated with much mathematical and scientific certainty that I had bad luck. This was beyond the garden … Continue reading
Austin’s Newest Gallery
When I intially started working on my second novel, The Adventures of Infinity and Negativa, on January 1st, 2010, one of my goals was to complete it in less than seven years–the amount of time it took for me to write Tribe of One. It sounded like a reasonable goal at the time since I … Continue reading