What I Learned on my Autumn Vacation

So, 25 days early, here I am, sitting down at the ole’ compy with a cup of tea and Janis Joplin (Pearl) on the Wi-fi Hi-fi. I’m feeling slightly sheepish about coming back so early, but mostly relieved. I need blogging like I need bad black tea. Not like, I’ll die without it, but I [...]

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Gone Fishin

Well, I wanted to leave y’all with something big to chew on while I was away, but this is all you get. Some pictures on flickr will eventually be going up (hooray for batteries!), there will be a few asinine twitters and I will (probably) post occasionally. Regular transmission, however, is about to cease. I [...]

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It’s Getting to That Time

Our culture is funny about death. We try not to talk about it, we don’t usually see it. When my gran died just over ten years ago, I only knew because I heard it from my mom. I never saw her corpse or even her casket. I don’t actually know where her ashes were buried, [...]

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*grumbles*

It’s cold, it’s raining. I decided it would be OK if I had a cup of coffee about twenty minutes ago because, heck, gotta stay warm somehow. And it’s not like I’m sleeping anyway. Because I’ve been thinking about Onsen. Onsen. On October 28th, with November three days away.
I hate you, Brain. I hate you.

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Tonight

While the husband is at school writing an exam I am:
Doing dishes
Eating the leftover pear and chocolate bread pudding
Drinking coffee (decaf, promise)
Doing interview questions for Lorna Suzuki
Listening to the BBC’s Ramblings program (the most British thing EVER)
Blogging
Nerd ADD? Got it.

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Coconut cake

Under the weather again. (Obviously this is what comes of working too much for too long. Let that be a lesson to me.) Fortunately, I have the day off. In fact, my only appointment is at 6 pm when Jenny Amber and I will be making Ina Garten’s recipe for coconut cake. I love coconut [...]

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A Procrastinatory Entry

Have been putting off getting back to Bill at BWS about a submission he sent me, oh, on Saturday.
I have read the story, or as much as I could of it, and I know I have to bounce it, but one of the things we do is give feedback with every bounce (I know, [...]

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Tori Amos, apple picking and hot chocolate. Perfect day, actually.

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Apples and the Coming Hiatus

Mood much improved by remembering that tomorrow I’m going apple picking with my friend and occasional beta reader Sarah and her lovely little kiddo. Hopefully we’ll get a bushel full of apples, and won’t get rained on too much.
Incidentally, and apropos of nothing, I’ve decided to make something official today: I’m taking the month of [...]

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A list of complaints

Wow, I have so not decompressed from work. Usually my walk is enough to settle me, but just before I left I got something that reminded me (once again) that sometimes people use words that may not mean what they think they mean (if this is untrue then the company in question is misrepresenting itself, [...]

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