My sister went to Mississippi to visit her in-laws and returned with a flea-infested, malnourished, worm-ridden kitten (Deb can pick 'em!). She definitely saved this little guy from a miserable (and very short, more than likely!) existence. I don't know that I've ever met a sweeter, more amazing little animal. It's as if he knows he was rescued ( Read more... )

Nineteen years ago today, my husband kissed me for the first time. *blushes* And although Thursday is our fifteen-year wedding anniversary, in many ways, I still view today as our true anniversary. We've lived together for these past nineteen years, and a marriage certificate never changed our level of commitment, one way or another ( Read more... )

In case anyone was curious as to the answers of the Ten Book Meme I posted a few days ago, here they are:

1. The Deep Blue Goodbye by John D. MacDonald (first in his Travis McGee series), as answered by melenka

2. The Time of The Hunter's Moon by Victoria Holt. (Ms Holt is a pseudonym for Eleanor Hibbert, who also wrote under the names Jean Plaidy, ( Read more... )

*wipes brow*

The epilogue has been posted.  A Murder of Crows is complete.  Wow.  The first fan-fiction story I wrote.  Actually, the first story I wrote, full stop.

Note to Dani: perhaps an epic isn't the best way to ease oneself into learning this craft-how 'bout you try for just a pinch of reserve and control next time, mmkay?

If I recall ( Read more... )

Just a teensy reminder to submit those SS/HG Award Nominations!

I can only imagine the effort involved with organizing these awards, and I'm sure the mods would prefer to work on them in manageable batches, as opposed to a data dump at deadline.

Sure, it takes a little time to nominate, but think of how much time (and love) the authors put into ( Read more... )

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Okay, so the lovely bluestocking79 posted some adorable kitteh pics, and now I have the mean kitty song stuck in my head.  I'm sure everyone has seen the video about little Sparta by now, but in case you haven't, I'll include it.

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(PS - Is it wrong to lust after a man simply because he writes a song about his cat?)

 
( Ready for your cut and pasting pleasure ... )

Chapter 25 of "A Murder of Crows" has been posted to the archives.  This means there are only seven chapters left!  (It's only taken a year ... or more.)  Of course, now I look at the first fifteen or so chapters and think they're ghastly, and I don't know how I'll rest until I've gone back and fixed them.  But one nightmare at a time ... That's ( Read more... )

I was just applying ice to my shoulder (which I injured whilst packing my cookbooks) when my doorbell rang and the postman left a package for me.  I opened it to find a lovely note from pyjamapants along with homemade cookies that smell simply DIVINE!  GingerSnapes!!!  w00t!!!

Thank you so much, dear PJ.  It makes the loss of Azkatraz so much more bearable.  I ( Read more... )