I'm in Halifax! In Bliss & B's apartment, drinking tea. It's good to be back here; I've missed this city as my annual summer retreat.

Here's something I'll bet no one else did last night ( Read more... )

I am in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan.  If you don't know where that is, can't say that I blame you, but getcherself a map and check. Find Saskatoon, go SE, find Yorkton, go a bit further SE, find Saltcoats. My Mom grew up on a farm near here. Both my grandparents grew up on farms near here. My great-great grandparents homesteaded the farm my uncle still ( Read more... )

I have moved ( Read more... )

Seriously, what's your favourite kind of tape? Duct, electrical, scotch, packing, masking, painter's, hockey, bondage? Most everyone has a favourite type of tape, even if they've never thought about it before. This came up recently when I was helping Siouxsie Sioux & Q paint their bedroom. There we used green painter's tape, obviously, but my ( Read more... )

My very treasured and darling friend Chazella just gave me the best advice, and I'm passing it on to the rest of you. Chaz says, when re-reading and revising one's work, " Every third page or so one must stop and say 'I wrote that, I'm so hot.' "

Met with Historian #2. All good. He gave me very specific notes and pointed me towards a helpful (and nerdily interesting looking!) book. Considerably less assigned reading than Historian #1. I am now at peace with the historians. Now I just need to read a big stack of history, which is intriguing both in terms of its content (I am a big First ( Read more... )

Met with Historian #1. Went well. Historian helpful & congenial. Stack of useful points and clever historiographic articles to read. Must find some way to read and pack at the same time. Am sure this is possible. Meeting with Historian #2 tomorrow. This one is the one who really doesn't like my work. Shoplifters of the world, unite and cross your ( Read more... )

I'm recovering from my defence & revisions humiliation / overreaction / ridiculous self-criticism, thanks in no small part to all the cheers & logic from my support staff! I really should pay y'all better, shouldn't I? Or maybe get you a dental plan ( Read more... )

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