Oops. Suddenly realised and I am far behind posting my fic chapters here.

In which people still have to do their jobs, notwithstanding having had a major mystical experience

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My own elderly relatives are sensible people; I do not worry about them ( Read more... )

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1 A couple of years ago while visiting family in Melbourne, I went to the op-shop where my aunt was volunteering, and just to be nice, bought several little ladies' watches from I think the 1930s. Tiny, delicate things, with either gold-plated or silk cord straps. AUS$1 each. Early ladies' watches were so small that they didn't have space for all ( Read more... )

I like pizza. My housekeeper makes a nice Margarita, with fresh tomatoes, though we haven't been able to get that crisp crust. I never understood why pizza is so implicated in making people fat, because for me a pizza is basically something like an olive-oil cracker with a thin layer of tomato and cheese (or mushrooms or whatever on it). There just ( Read more... )

One thing I've noticed, now that I am writing Star Wars fic. Why is it always "redemption" for the villains, rather than "reform ( Read more... )

In which Rey learns new things and the Senior Officers' Meeting goes in an unexpected direction

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There is nothing more uninterested than a cat who is uninterested in your cat toys.

Chapter 17: In which Princess-and-General Leia Organa thinks the unthinkable, and the First Order has another meeting.

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Ch. 16 In which we meet more people and Grand Admiral Sloane chairs a meeting

And this is where I start putting in bits of stuff from "The Rise of Skywalker", which, since this is an AU, will not go anywhere remotely where the film went. Just in case readers had not already realised it.

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