Mr. Moose was able to come home yesterday, though he still requires blood sugar monitoring and a battery of medications. He's eating normally and seems much more comfortable now. We're hoping he's going to do well for the duration, as we're feeling quite done with the trauma of having to take him to veterinarians both in and out of town. It's bad enough that it's so hard on him, but the financial burden is astronomical. He is family, though, and we're doing what we've gotta do under these circumstances.
It's a busy day all around for me. A little earlier, friend
Bob Issel and I participated in a chat with
Danielle Gelehrter (a.k.a. Penny Dreadful) for her Terror at Collinwood podcast. This one was about the release of Our Shadowed Past III, the massive;Dark Shadows book that Bob and I recently
produced (see
"Our Shadowed Past III Is in the House," November 4, 2025). It was a great conversation that ran about an hour, and it should appear
online within a week. If you're at all a fan of Dark Shadows, this podcast is for you. Of course, I'll post an alert when the episode is
live.
I've got another podcast at 7:00 p.m. EST this evening, this one with
the Lovecraft eZine group. It's to be a discussion of Roman Polanski's classic
film, The Ninth Gate. It's a favorite horror flick of mine, and Brugger and I watched it for the
umpteenth time just before Halloween. I believe the movie discussion is for
eZine editor
Mike Davis's Patreons only, and if you're not currently subscribing to his podcasts,
you really otter.
This afternoon, I'm hard at work on Freezer Burns, the newest collaboration between Elizabeth Massie and me. We can see
the light at the end of the tunnel, and we're hoping to have it finished up in
the very near future.
