Prof. Ornery Talks Politics

The ornery ramblings of a former political science professor turned fiction author

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

She stared at the screen and sighed. She’d expected this, but having it in writing, staring […]

Starting 2023

It’s Sunday morning, the first day of 2023 and I’m drinking cappuccino and thinking about the […]

A Living Prison

What the hell was going on? We had landed with no problems. The previous host had […]

Merry Christmas!

I am enjoying my first Christmas with family in four years. I’d almost forgotten how much […]

Falling Roses

Roses. What was it with roses and Gran? Lina stared around the kitchen. Between the paper […]

Book Review: “Bowl of Red” by Sarah A. Hoyt

Bowl of Red is the fourth book in Sarah A. Hoyt’s shifter series. Kyrie Smith and […]

Fear of Money

Earlier today I saw something about Elon Musk and one of the first comments was something […]

Odd Prompts: Invisible No More

I stared at the house. I had grown up in that house, but it held no […]

Exploring the Wild

Wandering along the ridge top, Mikhail admired the view. The chain of mountains stretched east and […]

Thanksgiving 2022

This time last year (well, the equivalent weekend, if not the date), we were having Thanksgiving […]