Philip Brewer
I write science fiction and fantasy stories.
I also write about personal finance and frugality for Wise Bread.
I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.
Personal finance articles (at Wise Bread)- Interesting stuff
Category Archives: Photography
First flax flowers
Jackie and I visited our garden today, where we’re growing flax with an eye toward making linen. We were pleased to find the first flowers on our flax plants. Sorry for the crappy photo—I neglected to bring my camera, so … Continue reading
Pictures of me teaching taiji
As he describes in a post on his own blog, my brother came and took some pictures of me teaching my taiji class. (That link goes to the Flickr set.)
Posted in Fitness, Local, News, Photography
Tagged exercise, Fitness, Photography, tai chi, taiji
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Kal-Haven training walk #4
Continuing our series of long walks to prepare for a possible through hike of the Kal-Haven trail, Jackie and I walked 16.72 miles today. We walked to the University of Illinois’s arboretum, and then on through south Urbana to Milo’s … Continue reading
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Tagged art, endurance exercise, exercise, Fitness, hiking, kal-haven trail, Photography, public art, sculpture, walking
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The wonderful Spurlock Museum
A hundred-odd years ago, a lot of towns and cities had their own museum. In those days, international travel was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and museums saw it as part of their mission to bring the great artistic … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Local, News, Photography
Tagged art, museums, public art, sculpture, spurlock museum, Wise Bread
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Morgan Craig at the Parkland Art Gallery
Jackie and I were over by Parkland College to do the final harvest at our garden plot, and took the opportunity to visit the Parkland Art Gallery, where the current exhibit is a set of large oil paintings by Morgan … Continue reading
The Esperanto@UIUC table at Quad Day
The Esperanto@UIUC table, originally uploaded by bradipo. I was really pleased with this picture of Darcy, Dan, and Omar telling a couple of undergrads how much fun it is to learn Esperanto as a member of our group. The Esperanto@UIUC … Continue reading
Barefoot running—with shoes (and a ladybug)
I decided that I wanted to try barefoot running. Of course, I didn’t want to actually run with bare feet. That seems stupid (although I suppose it’s another capability that might be worth developing, just in case circumstances arise where … Continue reading
Today’s sunflowers
We went to the garden early, to harvest and water. (Right now, anything you want to do has to be done early, because of the heat.) We took a lot of sunflowers—and these are on top of the flowers we … Continue reading
A slug of fiction writing
I told Jackie, “I want to get a slug of fiction writing done, and then take a nap.” She said, “Does fiction writing naturally come in units of slugs?” And I said, “Yes. The slug is the natural unit of … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Process
Tagged fiction, slug stuffies, slugs, writing, writing rituals
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Rapunzel knows
Rapunzel knows there are some things that are just not worth worrying about. One of which is apparently waking up to find that someone has accidentally piled a heap of clothes on top of you.