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The Obligatory Birthday Post 2024 – with Bonus Skeletor

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Cora

April 18 was my birthday. And it was a somewhat weird birthday this year, because last year for my birthday I had lunch with my Dad at a local restaurant and then visited my Mom at the care home where … Continue reading →

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Secrets of Eternia: A Photo Story or Watch Cora Play with Action Figures, Part 1: The Secret Identity of He-Man

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Cora

Easter Monday was my birthday. There wasn’t much of a celebration, because my Mom is in hospital for hip replacement surgery, so it was just me and my Dad. Though I did get a nice haul of books, which you … Continue reading →

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Cora’s Adventures at Flights of Foundry, the Obligatory 2021 Birthday Post and Some Other News

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Cora

Life has been busy this last week, so here is an overview post about several of the things that happened in the meantime. As you may recall, I took part in the virtual 2021 Flights of Foundry convention last weekend. … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s Hugo Finalist – and Some Birthday Stuff

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Cora

Hugo finalists are not exactly common in Germany (I think there are only three German Hugo finalists altogether and none of them live in North Germany). And so, I was interviewed/profiled by both local papers in my region last week. … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory 2019 Birthday Post

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Cora

April 18 was my birthday, so this year’s birthday post is two days late, because the weekly link round-ups for the Speculative Fiction Showcase and the Indie Crime Scene as well as the review of the Star Trek Discovery season … Continue reading →

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A Birthday and a Book Promotion

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Cora

First of all, there is currently a big multi-author speculative fiction cross promotion going on. Over sixty authors are involved and all books are 99 cents. There is a list of all participating books here and if you scroll down, … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory Birthday Post 2016

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Cora

April 18 is my birthday. Though I didn’t get around to celebrate a whole lot today, because I had to work. And so I spent the whole afternoon teaching German as a second language to refugees. The class is brand … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory Birthday Post 2015

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Cora

So today (well, yesterday actually) was my birthday. Since my parents had to go to the 50th birthday of a colleague of my Dad’s in the evening, I had lunch with them instead at a local Thai restaurant (which is … Continue reading →

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Birthday Photos Redux

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Cora

Today, I finally got to have that birthday lunch with my parents and aunt and uncle that was scheduled for last week, but had to be postponed due to my aunt having a doctor appointment. In fact, I lucked out … Continue reading →

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