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COLD TRAIL: Available to preorder on Amazon

By lifstrand | May 11, 2026 - 12:31 am |May 11, 2026 Writing Business

Wahoo – progress! COLD TRAIL is availble to preorder right now on Amazon (Kindle)!

Artemis II

By lifstrand | April 4, 2026 - 11:30 pm |April 4, 2026 Misc blather

The Artemis II crew just got done with a media Q&A session an hour ago or so. What’s interesting is that all the questions to crew members were basically, ‘what do you feel about…’ They were not being asked about what they were doing, but what they were feeling. We… Continue reading →

From OH NO to OH YEAH!

By lifstrand | March 28, 2026 - 10:51 pm |March 28, 2026 Art

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My 2026 annual art workbook is full of ugly art and other experiments. Sometimes the ugly duckling becomes the swan, but that’s not the point of the workbook. The point is to experience making art and to stretch the envelope in order to grow as an artist. This is the… Continue reading →

New author blurb – what do you think?

By lifstrand | March 12, 2026 - 4:43 pm |March 12, 2026 Upcoming book

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I updated my Goodreads author blurb, because the next book in my Mangas County Mysteries series is still on track for late April/early May release. I’m pretty sure the final cover is good to go, but I’ll share only when it’s absolutely for sure! Lif Strand’s first novel, Evolution Device,… Continue reading →

Reading update – March 2, 2026

By lifstrand | March 2, 2026 - 11:57 pm |March 2, 2026 Books, Other Authors

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A week ago I posted this photo of my book stack on Facebook. Here’s a report on the books: > Archangel – returned unread because when I asked the library for it I didn’t realize it would be my third reread… and I remembered too much of it. > The… Continue reading →

Detente

By lifstrand | February 10, 2026 - 5:43 pm |February 10, 2026 Critters, Homesteading

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Poppy, Daisy, and Sadie testing the interspecies relationship waters. Daisy gave it a try, too. We’ve got a ways to go.

Critter update – Sadie

By lifstrand | January 3, 2026 - 7:00 pm |January 3, 2026 Writing Business

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01/03/25 Saturday Sadie has been here for one week today. Tedi, from Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary texted me yesterday to ask how it was going with the new adoption, and that reminded me that she might not be the only person curious to know. Read more at https://www.lifstrand.com/stories-stuff/critters/

Critters

By lifstrand | December 31, 2025 - 7:25 pm |December 31, 2025 Misc blather, Website

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I just created a new sub-page on my website, a menu item under the Stories & Stuff tab, called Critters. (See navigation column) Rather than blog about the critters – my housemates, barn critters, and wildlife – my plan is to keep all my primarily critter-related posts on one page…. Continue reading →

Resolutions are for the unresolved

By lifstrand | December 30, 2025 - 8:03 pm |December 30, 2025 Critters, Misc blather

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This year I resolve to make no New Year’s resolutions. Why bother? Either I’m going to do the things or I’m not – and if I am, I don’t need to make any special resolutions about them, much less… oh wait. That first sentence is a resolution, isn’t it. Yeah,… Continue reading →

COVID/histamine connection

By lifstrand | October 24, 2025 - 7:50 pm |October 24, 2025 Public information messages

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This is information about what you can do if you test positive for COVID. It may improve your chances of a full recovery and lower your long COVID risk. The short version is to immediately begin taking both a h1 (Claritin, Allegra, Zyrtec) and h2 (Pepcid) antihistimine (available OTC) as… Continue reading →