Shy Ghosts Now Haunt Smashwords

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

Recently, I added the electronic version of my book of short stories, Shy Ghosts Dancing: Dark Tales from Southeast Alaska, to the site, Smashwords.com. I consider this a noteworthy achievement, as it widens distribution of the book, and adds another successfully acquired skill to offer to others who seek to publish their own work.

Cover: Shy Ghosts Dancing: Dark Tales from Southeast Alaska

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Reaching for the Sea Stars

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

This morning, just before 9:00 am local time, we had a pretty decent low tide. Not an extreme low, as many news sources blithely reported because of the recent “super moon” (where do these people get their information?) just one low enough to get some important work done, -3.8 foot. That important work  is gardening.

sea stars under rock

The sea star, terror of the ocean floor, boon to the homestead garden (Photo: Michelle Zeiger).

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