DS joined us - took the bus to the ferry; there were two boats running! On time, even! - and as he came in, he laughingly said "I could smell the curry at street level as I was walking up!" The vegetarian stew turned out wonderfully; he ate a huge bowlful over basmati rice, half the garlic naan and a very large piece of pie. We watched the Bake-Off ( Read more... )

A friend on a forum discussing "green living" posted this yesterday:

'Tis the season to be silly, I gather. You know the one. Black Friday sales - that's where there's getting rid of the tat that hasn't sold. Then there are the "offers" of food and decorations for Christmas following. Then there's the possibility of Boxing Day sales, to get rid of ( Read more... )

Who wrote a thing! And wanted to read about one of her characters introducing one of mine to pizza:

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A staffer in Sephora asked, in a friendly voice, if they could help me find anything ( Read more... )

The flood warnings and evacuation notices have been coming in since late last night; Sound Transit cancelled the north line commuter train between Everett and Seattle due to landslide risk. Up in Skagit Valley, crews put up the flood wall panels along the Mount Vernon Riverwalk and the fire stations sent out a call for volunteers to fill sandbags. ( Read more... )

I'm sorry, the days got away from me ( Read more... )

If you have not yet had the pleasure of reading Becky Chambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built, take yourself to your local library and ask to borrow their copy. The dedication is "For anyone who could use a break". Nothing bad happens in this book. The closest it comes to anything scary is someone losing a handhold and skidding a little ways down a ( Read more... )

Dear Friend H.'s socks were snagged.

No, we didn't find an actual nail - the studio's floors are, hilariously, the same Teragren bamboo that we have here in the flat and floating rather than nailed - but something took a swipe at H.'s favourite socks. Namely, the Blue-Q "I'm a delicate fucking flower" socks I gave her for her birthday a couple of ( Read more... )

Haven't been able to get in the last day or so, will be catching up on all your lovely comments in a bit ( Read more... )

DS sent me a link to this and we were as one in our reaction, which was "Did their history classes not include the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?" Seriously, how is this thing getting past California building codes?