Category Archives: science

what a pain…

Posted on September 16, 2019 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: Hello, dear readers and people who have stumbled across this blog by accident. This is my post for September 2019, which as I promised back in ye olden days of January, is being published on the 15th 16th. … Continue reading →

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imagining pain away (or, it don’t work that way)

Posted on January 30, 2018 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: I started this post – well, I can’t remember when – and I’ve been working on it ever since. Even if it’s not quite “ready”, and I can’t think of a better headline, I’m just gonna publish it… … Continue reading →

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It’s not the forest … It’s the leaves

Posted on October 26, 2017 by dSavannah

New: Follow my blog on the app Bloglovin. You can also follow by putting your email address in the first box there on the right, and then see my new posts via the WordPress app or in your email. And, … Continue reading →

Posted in #dSavannahDefects, health, illness, insomnia, mental illness, perseverance, science, shining a light, the dark places, wishes | 2 Comments

Advice for the Over-Extended

Posted on May 14, 2016 by dSavannah

I’m now in a group on Facebook for people who fall in the INFJ spectrum of the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The indicator is an interesting way to learn more about yourself or the people around you. I fall into … Continue reading →

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#dSavannahDefects – G is for…

Posted on April 8, 2016 by dSavannah

Hello my dear lovelies, It is 11:53pm EST on Thursday, 4/7, and for the first time this challenge, I have written exactly ZERO words for the next day’s post, which is this post, for G (Friday). I have caught up … Continue reading →

Posted in #AtoZchallenge2016, #dSavannahDefects, childhood, community, family, health, history, illness, memoir, memory, nature, science | 30 Comments

The Questions with h. l. nelson: writer, editor, former mannequin

Posted on September 22, 2012 by dSavannah

I just met Miss Nelson online two and a half months ago. On our mutual birthday. You know how sometimes you meet someone, either in real life, or online, and you just get each other? That’s me and h. l. … Continue reading →

Posted in author, birthdays, books, childhood, drawing, dreams, editing, fantasy, feminism, fiction, inspiration, literary fiction, poetry, publishing, sci-fi, science, The Questions, writing | 2 Comments

Where’s My Transporter?!?!?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by dSavannah

No, seriously. I’ve watched and read enough sci-fi to see things that came out of an author’s imagination appear in the real world. Just google sci fi inventions that came true and the search engine comes back with “About 3,590,000 … Continue reading →

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