Author Archives: Aya Katz

About Aya Katz

Aya Katz is the administrator of Pubwages. When she is not busy administering, she sometimes also writes posts like a regular user.

Supporters of Project Bow: Call your State Legislators to Defeat SB 666

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Aya Katz

Help stop SB 666! Call your Missouri state senator today! Continue reading →

Posted in Animals and Pets, Apes and Language, Opinion Pieces and Editorials | Tagged apes, financial burden, legislation, Missouri, missouri politicians, Non-human, Non-human Primate Act, people responsible, Primate Act, Project Bow, SB 666, Senator Muntzlinger, state intervention in private matters | 14 Comments

Review of The Secret of a Long Journey by Sandra Shwayder Sanchez

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Aya Katz

Like a tapestry woven over centuries of history, The Secret of a Long Journey (Floricanto Press 2012) by Sandra Shwayder Sanchez weaves in and out of the old world and the new, covering and converging stories from sixteenth century … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Politics and Philosophy | Tagged Christopher Columbus, crypto Jews, Crypto Jews of the Southwest, magical realism, Marrano, native American traditions, Russell Means, Sandra Sanchez, Sandra Schwayder Sanchez, The Secret of a Long Journey | 15 Comments

The Few Who Count is now on Kindle

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Aya Katz

My first novel, The Few Who Count, came out in 1985. I started writing it in 1977, when I had not yet turned seventeen. I finished writing it when I was not quite twenty-three. After two years of sending it … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors | Tagged autism, autistic characters, autistic spectrum characters, Aya Katz first novel, Books by Aya Katz, juvenilia, libertarian novel, novel of ideas, psychological visibilty, The Few Who Count | 7 Comments

You Don’t Need to be a Pacifist to Support Ron Paul

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Aya Katz

Many people support Ron Paul’s domestic plans, but they balk when they listen to what he has to say about foreign policy. It does not help that many of Ron Paul’s supporters are in fact pacifists who talk about how … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Philosophy | Tagged constitution, declaration of war, letter of marque, letters of marue, pacifism, peace, reprisal, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Foreign policy, war | Leave a comment

Children’s Books for Christmas

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Aya Katz

It’s that time of year again. Christmas is a time for gift-giving, and it is especially a time to buy gifts for children. As an author of three titles for children, naturally I would like you to consider the following … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Child Rearing | Tagged adopting a baby, adopting a baby chimpanzee, adopting a chimpanzee, Aya Katz, books about new baby, Books for children, books for kids, bringing a new baby home, chapter books, children's picture books, Christmas presents for children, In Case There's a Fox, learning a language by total immersion, new baby, picture books, Ping & the Snirkelly People, sibling rivalry, total immersion, wholesome books for children | 2 Comments

Decorated Boiled Eggs: A Pre-Feast Snack for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Aya Katz

When Thanksgiving Day comes around, there’s lots of work to do before the big feast. But who wants to wait until late afternoon to eat anything? Should the non-cooks starve while the cooking experts in the family put all their … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Crafts, Food, Eating and Cooking | Tagged before the feast, boiled eggs, decorating eggs, egg people, eggs as snacks, faces on eggs, festive snacks, Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day Ideas, Thanksgiving Day snacks | 4 Comments

Chinese Healing Traditions: Ginger Eggs and Cough Suppression

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Aya Katz

This pub is inspired by Marie’sTips right here on pubwages. Marie wrote a pub called Ginger and Women’s Health. After reading this article, I began thinking about all of the other interesting things that I had heard about the healing … Continue reading →

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A Hammock for Christmas: Gifts for the chimp in your life

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Aya Katz

I once had an elaborate plan to make Bow a chain mail hammock. Why? Because Bow destroys most everything he touches. He has gone through a lot of hammocks over the years, and he never shows any remorse. Bow is … Continue reading →

Posted in Apes and Language, Recreation & Outdoors | Tagged a hammock for Christmas, Amazon hammock, cheapest hammock, conservation of resources, disposable hammock, hammock for chimp, inexpensive hammock, La Paz Hammock, portable hammock, Texsport hammock, Texsport La Paz Hammock | 4 Comments

Books by John Wheatcroft: The Portrait of a Lover

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Aya Katz

There are many books by John Wheatcroft. If you are a long term fan, then you may have already read most, if not all. But there is a new novel about to come out this December: The Portrait of a … Continue reading →

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Making a Place in Your Heart for Someone Who is not Going to Stay

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Aya Katz

At Inverted-A Press, we are gearing up, slowly but surely, for the publication of John Wheatcroft’s The Portrait of a Lover. The current projected release date is in December of this year. The interior typesetting is done, but we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Opinion Pieces and Editorials, Relationships | Tagged asocial love, book by John Wheatcroft, John Wheatcroft, lack of reciprocity in love, limerence, limerent love, love and limerence, love as an emotion, love without commitment, one-sided love, the Portrait of a Lover, unconsummated love | 6 Comments