I got word last night that my cousin, 4 years younger than me, passed away in his sleep yesterday afternoon. :(

We weren't particularly close although he and his sister lived with us for a couple years when we were younger, and I haven't seen him in several years mostly due to the fact that he still lives/lived in our hometown and I don't, but it ( Read more... )

Fuck, yeah! But also ugh.

( Politics ahead. Scroll on by if not interested. )

I have a feeling this is going to get long, so (Be ware of "Lucifer" spoilers behind the cut. I tried to double-cut them, but apparently that doesn't work on DW?) ( writing and fandom rambling ahead )

Oh, my. Has it been that long since I posted? Oops. :)

Guess it's probably because not much has been going on, though I did go on a quilt retreat a few weeks ago. Just nine of us went this year - usually we have about 22, but COVID put a damper on that. The nine of us had a good time, though, and did our best to stay socially distant and in a bubble ( Read more... )

No, I am not "crazy" as the old adage implies, nor do I have a belfry. But I DO have an attic and I bet you can guess where this is going...

( Bats are awesome! )

So, as I've said, I've been rereading the Poldark novels. Finished "Warleggan" aka "The Last Gamble" last night, and I'm not going to talk about it other than to say my opinions about the characters remain the same.

But... When I picked up "The Black Moon" this morning, I noticed that the author had included a note about taking a long time between ( Read more... )

Just watched the astronauts who went to the ISS in March splash down on their return home, and, boy did that take me back. :)

Back when I was a kid, long before the days of space stations, let alone space shuttles, we would watch the Apollo astronauts splash down on their return home. The locales were a bit different - middle of the ocean instead of ( Read more... )

So, this weekend would've been SDCC, except - like most things - it was canceled due to COVID19. :( Not like I would've gone anyway, because getting tickets has been next to impossible for years now - and we won't talk about all the other expenses involved. Still, it's always been fun to watch the panel videos after the fact, and it looked like ( Read more... )

So, it's been a few weeks since I posted last, but nothing much has been going on. Still staying home a lot. Wearing a mask when I go out. Cases are rising here, but not anywhere as badly as in other places. One of my quilt guilds was going to try an in-person meeting this coming Monday, but the governor just put the kibosh on meetings of more than ( Read more... )

So, yeah, gonna get a bit political here, so pass on by if you're not interested.

I've been seeing outrage all over Twitter, with links to click-baity articles in the NYT, WaPo, and probably WSJ among other media outlets, about the reduction of polling places in Kentucky, and it's not as bad as they make it seem!

First off, our primary was supposed ( Read more... )