Sleepy is upon me, and it is rendering all rational thought…not. I can tell you that I got through 10 more pages of Nightcraft Mother today, and that it’s going well, despite (or because of) the fact that I get to each scene, read it, think What the hell kind of character motivation is ‘I […]

I did an urban hike today with Thirdworld and his friend N., because we’d been checking the weather reports all week, and mucking about up in the Gorge seemed contraindicated. We chose well: we had, once again, All The Weathers. Snow, sleet, hail, rain, sun. Sometimes several of those things at once. But it was

Look what I just did! It’s not done…but I am. (For today, anyway!) I had to dig up and haul away a lot of sawdust that’s been there since late last summer when the tree came down. There’s more sawdust to be hauled, but my back said, Enough! Then I chose and lugged the chunks

I hear it’s raining like crazy in California. Which is funny, because it was actually a pretty nice day here. I even managed to get outside for two substantive walks (on the way to do things), and pulled some weeds in the garden, and filled the yard waste bin (mostly with things already pulled-or-pruned). Of

Mark left today for LA…I miss him. It was a really nice visit, I can’t complain about that; but, it’s always too soon when he leaves. Which I suppose is a good sign. 🙂 Anyway…My Dear Miss Q did a good job of keeping me entertained and distracted today; we went to see “Red” downtown,

Ooh, pretty cover art just released for the Gears and Levers anthology (in which Mark and I have our story “Night Without Darkness”): In other news: taxes are less than expected, car repairs are more; and thus goes the balance of life. Mark leaves tomorrow for LA. 🙁 It’s been a lovely visit, ending (as

This morning we woke up to snow again, spread prettily all over the yards and roofs. The streets were clear, thankfully, though I did have to scrape off the car again. It snowed again a few more times during the day, quite impressively actually; it’s sunny now. But looking like it might cloud over again.

Today I did my first “floor time” shift in the office. That’s where realtors sit at the front desk and answer the phones (and therefore pick up any potential new clients who call in looking for realtors). The phones did not ring once in my four-hour shift. I had sort of expected they might not…being

Deviled duck eggs: Not bad. Not bad at all. and very LARGE.

Oh WOW what a gorgeous day it was today! Truly, utterly, absolutely spring. Nevermind that it snowed two days ago–pay no attention to the snow! It is now spring! I weeded for an hour and a half in the glorious sunshine. I didn’t want to stop. But I had to go out and run errands…so