Hey everyone~

Scooped up the kids, bought new puzzle books, packed the wagon FULL of stuff and am heading off to the woods.

Camping. In a tent. By a lake. With junk food.

S'all good.

See you when we return!

PS - RAHRAHRAVENCLAW! Hogsmeade pwnage. Do it for me Luna.

as articulated by Jan Frazier in her book, When Fear Falls Away.

But first, the background. The most recent Isabella Catalog had an intriguing selection of books. I promptly went to Half.com and got myself a bunch, including two by Lisa Tucker, Once Upon A Day and Shout Down the Moon, both of which I found unputdownable. Read the first one in ( Read more... )

From a letter she just sent to her students:

I’ve edited the bit under the cut for readablilty and length. The bold and italics are mine to emphasize bits that particularly speak to me. I’d be delighted to discuss.

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I have nothing of interest to say. I'm just tired of seeing that Ragamuffin graphic when my journal opens.

You may have noticed I've not been commenting much this past week. That is probably due to a combination of factors. Such as: spending most of my home computer time immersed in one of minisinoo's stories. I'm reading Special right now, and loving ( Read more... )

Seen first at bigevil's site. Goinked entirely for the amusement of shimmerdance because she loves it. I'm quite pleased with my result. What do you get?

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test...
The Ragamuffin

41% Elegant, 17% Technological, 20% Historical, 40% Adventurous and 66% Playful!


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This is a fun little meme. Alice in Wonderland is not really one of my favorites, even though I feel like it SHOULD be. ::shrugs:: I like being one of the more rare pieces though, so...

Your result for Which Chess Piece are You Test?...
The Queen's Knight

Congrats! Only 4-5% of the population score this!


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Why do I fall victim to these memes, when I swear I won't do them? Boredom? Curiosity? idk. Anywho, I didn't TOTALLY do this one. I only indicated which I've read, and which I definitely intend to read. None of this love/hate stuff. Far too subjective, and it all depends, and anyway, read some of them 30 years ago, so who the hell remembers ( Read more... )

LOVE IS THE FUNERAL PYRE ( Read more... )

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I'm besotted ( Read more... )