Craig Brownlie
@craigbrownlie.bsky.social
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Recently:
Behind the Music
A Book of Practical Monsters
FusionFriends and the Purple Cow
A Barbed Quill
Recently:
Behind the Music
A Book of Practical Monsters
FusionFriends and the Purple Cow
A Barbed Quill
Just yesterday, I was writing about Jimmy Cliff for my November newsletter... I'm pretty sure The Harder They Come is my desert island disc. And the opening riff captures the sound of me getting off my butt to accomplish something. (Link in the comments)
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Just yesterday, I was writing about Jimmy Cliff for my November newsletter... I'm pretty sure The Harder They Come is my desert island disc. And the opening riff captures the sound of me getting off my butt to accomplish something. (Link in the comments)
NOLA where Halloween meets Thanksgiving meets Christmas
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
NOLA where Halloween meets Thanksgiving meets Christmas
What to do with swizzle sticks from the vampire speakeasy???
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What to do with swizzle sticks from the vampire speakeasy???
And you don't have to buy online!
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And you don't have to buy online!
Annals of perusing stuff: The bottom half of this picture shows Aaron and Suzanne on our 2011 trip to India. The top half shows them standing in front of a Colorama print at the Eastman Museum in 2020.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Annals of perusing stuff: The bottom half of this picture shows Aaron and Suzanne on our 2011 trip to India. The top half shows them standing in front of a Colorama print at the Eastman Museum in 2020.
Arriving home yesterday evening with the first snowfall of the season.
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Arriving home yesterday evening with the first snowfall of the season.
That's me on the left rocking the technicolor coat in Lexington. Let me stop you right there. I believe this was just how we dressed to set foot outside.
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
That's me on the left rocking the technicolor coat in Lexington. Let me stop you right there. I believe this was just how we dressed to set foot outside.
Annals of sorting papers- this is a keeper 😀- A card from my brother, Barry Veverka-Brownlie's family when Suzanne and I engaged. We lost Barry at the start of the summer. These reminders of him and Suzanne and their personalities 🌈.
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Annals of sorting papers- this is a keeper 😀- A card from my brother, Barry Veverka-Brownlie's family when Suzanne and I engaged. We lost Barry at the start of the summer. These reminders of him and Suzanne and their personalities 🌈.
Our weird bench (where no one ought to sit) has apparently become an altar where the squirrels bring their offerings to Autumn.
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Our weird bench (where no one ought to sit) has apparently become an altar where the squirrels bring their offerings to Autumn.
Very blustery day here; both new skeletons are strapped in.
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Very blustery day here; both new skeletons are strapped in.
Aaron & I ventured out on this rainy Thursday to see the lowered U of Rochester flags in honor of Suzanne.
My sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
-Robert Frost
My sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
-Robert Frost
October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Aaron & I ventured out on this rainy Thursday to see the lowered U of Rochester flags in honor of Suzanne.
My sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
-Robert Frost
My sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
-Robert Frost
I was blessed to have the decades I did with Suzanne and I'm still amazed at her reach; Suzanne would be appreciative, pleased, and astonished at flags at half mast in her honor.
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I was blessed to have the decades I did with Suzanne and I'm still amazed at her reach; Suzanne would be appreciative, pleased, and astonished at flags at half mast in her honor.
A little collage about the past four years...
October 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A little collage about the past four years...
My feet aren't yet under me, but I'm reading some shorter works for now-I'm hip deep in Looney from @kozeniewski.bsky.social and @gavindillinger.bsky.social ; Five Raging Hearts is heading for an end of November release; & last night I started a new story for the first time in months=more to come...
October 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My feet aren't yet under me, but I'm reading some shorter works for now-I'm hip deep in Looney from @kozeniewski.bsky.social and @gavindillinger.bsky.social ; Five Raging Hearts is heading for an end of November release; & last night I started a new story for the first time in months=more to come...
Also, there has been outpatient knee surgery. The leg is healing well.
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Also, there has been outpatient knee surgery. The leg is healing well.
My wife, Suzanne Brendze, died yesterday afternoon after a multi-year fight with cancer. The link to her obituary with funeral arrangements is in the comments. She was a remarkable, beautiful woman who spent decades as a physician.
September 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My wife, Suzanne Brendze, died yesterday afternoon after a multi-year fight with cancer. The link to her obituary with funeral arrangements is in the comments. She was a remarkable, beautiful woman who spent decades as a physician.
Nearing publication of Five Raging Hearts: Splatterpunk for the Soul, which means it needs a publisher. Logo by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social ! Book includes @roxanellanque.bsky.social @mathewlreyes.bsky.social @judithsonnet.bsky.social @texascthulhu.bsky.social @bitterkarella.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Nearing publication of Five Raging Hearts: Splatterpunk for the Soul, which means it needs a publisher. Logo by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social ! Book includes @roxanellanque.bsky.social @mathewlreyes.bsky.social @judithsonnet.bsky.social @texascthulhu.bsky.social @bitterkarella.bsky.social
The world(?)- California(?)- neighborhood(?)- famous book tunnel of Los Angeles.
July 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The world(?)- California(?)- neighborhood(?)- famous book tunnel of Los Angeles.
Always a good policy to have one of you carry the conversation while the other keeps an eye out for cameras
June 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Always a good policy to have one of you carry the conversation while the other keeps an eye out for cameras
Red sky over the Northeastern boathouse.
June 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Red sky over the Northeastern boathouse.
Signature stickers (we all want a full set) for Five Raging Hearts! Designed by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social. Two months from now, grab the full set [email protected], @judithsonnet.bsky.social @texascthulhu.bsky.social @mathewlreyes.bsky.social @roxanellanque.bsky.social Chris ! & me
June 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Signature stickers (we all want a full set) for Five Raging Hearts! Designed by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social. Two months from now, grab the full set [email protected], @judithsonnet.bsky.social @texascthulhu.bsky.social @mathewlreyes.bsky.social @roxanellanque.bsky.social Chris ! & me
When two or more family members gather, there ought to be ice cream.
June 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When two or more family members gather, there ought to be ice cream.
We had to make a couple stops last week. With Matt at Norman's Rare Guitars.
June 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We had to make a couple stops last week. With Matt at Norman's Rare Guitars.
Miraculously last week I met up with Tim Reed after 35 years of not being face to face. Tim played the lead in a JC Superstar that I directed way back. He played the piano at our wedding. He moved to the West Coast not long ago... the last two weeks happened-- Tim gave me a couple hours respite.
June 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Miraculously last week I met up with Tim Reed after 35 years of not being face to face. Tim played the lead in a JC Superstar that I directed way back. He played the piano at our wedding. He moved to the West Coast not long ago... the last two weeks happened-- Tim gave me a couple hours respite.
My brother, Barry, died last night. Before the last few years took him away from friends and family, he was always good for a visit and a talk. He leaves a son, Matt, who absorbed a lot of music from his Dad’s immense record collection. Barry took immense pride in how far music has taken Matt.
June 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My brother, Barry, died last night. Before the last few years took him away from friends and family, he was always good for a visit and a talk. He leaves a son, Matt, who absorbed a lot of music from his Dad’s immense record collection. Barry took immense pride in how far music has taken Matt.