Silence Killed the Dinosaurs by Lucy Grove-Jones

Tag: cartoons

  • Baby Out

    Baby Out

  • The Crepening

    The Crepening

    Crepe myrtles are trees that flower in late summer. Sorry if you already know that. I don’t like to assume people don’t know things, but if you don’t and I don’t say, then this story won’t make much sense. Besides, it’s a huge understatement. Saying crepe myrtles are trees that flower is like saying cats…

  • I Like Gardening

    I Like Gardening

    I have been doing something new and weird. I have been learning how to exist happily. Before I had my daughter, I spent four years dealing with infertility and having miscarriages. I was in survival mode. Before that, I spent four years with significant chronic fatigue syndrome. It ended my life and my future as…

  • Robot Vacuum

    Robot Vacuum

  • Rejected

    Rejected

    When I started writing this novel, I made myself a deal that I would keep going until I got a rejection from a publisher. I was not allowed to give up before that…

  • Knitting

    Knitting

    Knitting is productive fidgeting

  • A Tree Fell On My House

    A Tree Fell On My House

    (Yeah, I knit. What of it.) I was absolutely certain from the noise. It was like one of those radio noise-guessing shows where they play a sound and I call up and say ‘that noise was definitely a large branch from a gum tree cracking and breaking away from the main trunk and then crashing…

  • PTSD

    PTSD

    It isn’t over. I typed those words at the end of the long essay I wrote about my first two miscarriages, Expecting, the one thing I have written that drew some real attention. I know a few long term readers found me then. I remember a few comments about they would stick around to find…

  • Living With an Artist

    Living With an Artist

    I have been very absorbed in my art lately. But I am seeking balance, and hope to get back to making little comics and stories for this website a little more frequently again.

  • Parenting Tips No One Tells You (except me, of course) #2

    Parenting Tips No One Tells You (except me, of course) #2

    Your mileage may vary with toddler attention span, toddler mood, availability of paper-wrapped rolls (highly recommended for this trick), presence of guests in the house, and novelty of this trick to the toddler.