A couple of years ago when several of us on LJ who are friends of Kit Kerr's devised an online celebration for the conclusion of the Deverry series and I was one of the moderators who "cleared" people to post in the pages for group we'd created, I was flabbergasted one morning to find that Suzette Haden Elgin wanted to be a part of what we were ( Read more... )

Wishing a Happy Birthday to sfmarty!

The thing about the old, retired firehouse dog of course is that when the alarm sound goes off, he still tries to get himself up to ride on the front seat of the firetruck ( Read more... )

I hope that 2012 is a better year than 2011 for all of us.

My apologies for not writing an update sooner, but the past few days have been very busy ones for me as I try to get the house ready for Steve to come home this Friday. Complicating these arrangements has been the fact the hospital and the insurance will not actually make the decision that he can come home before Christmas until sometime Thursday ( Read more... )

NY Times has an article today about the colors and coats of the horses in France's famous cave paintings ( Read more... )

It certainly looks like the first snow storm of the season will arrive sometime tomorrow, perhaps starting during the night. I have seen predictions for 4 to 8", 6 to 10", and 10 to 15" of heavy, wet snow that will probably bring down tree branches (since the leaves aren't all gone yet) and that is likely to cause power outages ( Read more... )

http://www.fluevog.com/code/?w%5B0%5D=gender%3Awomen&w%5B1%5D=attribute%3ABoot&p=27&pp=2&view=detail&colourID=3163

SFW, but not safe for one's wallet and/or credit card.

You know you you are. ;->

Thanks to seachanges for this one.

You were born during a Waning Crescent moon

This phase occurs right before the new moon.


( Read more... )

For a refrigerator.

Our current one is 16 years old. It still runs fine, but it has no "modern" features like an automatic ice maker (and I am tired of having to empty and refill little ice trays all the time) or even a cold water and ice dispenser in the door. A newer fridge would also be more energy efficient.

The complicating problems: ( Read more )