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What have you tripped over here?
It's the blog of a tall, incredibly sexy red-headed woman living in Melbourne, who is:
Wife of lederhosen, mother of da_norvegicus, natural mother of quatranoctal, now owned by Bilqis and Alopex
Former owner of dogorcuton and Basil. (Those two worthies are now sleeping quietly, somewhere...)
If you're looking for me on the Other site, look hereEnjoying living on top of basaltic plains, ( Read more... ) -
I am so far behind ...
And for most of it there is no excuse.
Anyway -
1) My Yuletide piece is written, edited and submitted. I'm quite happy with it, and especially that I was given a prompt that matched a story I have wanted to write for years! I just hope my recipient likes it as much ( Read more... ) -
If you read Livejournal through Optus
You will notice that you haven't been able to lately.
This is because Optus have blocked Livejournal.
You need to use another connection, or a VPN.
Optus will not say why. Just that they have.
FYI -
Gnight, Dad.
Yesterday morning, my father George Richards died about 5 years after his massive stroke. We are sad, but not sorry.
There's an article about him on the Sydney Morning Herald site. (I may have annoyed the journalist a little - it's taken three edits for me to appear in as more than an afterthought ( Read more... ) -
When I am lucky enough to have a friend fulfil a wish for me!
Amazing artist Mywitch is sweet enough to draw special Harry-Potter themed gifts for some lucky lucky people each year. This year I asked for Severus Snape babysitting young Weasleys or Potters in the style of the 1960s Hanna Barbera cartoons.
I got one in the style of Top Cat.
Please, go look, send love.
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I ficced again
Were you aware that, in the plethora of various daily quizzes like Wordle and Numble and Flagle, that there's a quiz based on using logic to solve a murder mystery? It's called Murdle. It's rather fun.
My Yuletide request this year matched on my willingness to help the greater good (the greater good) and write a Hot Fuzz fic ( Read more... ) -
My Yuletide gift has landed and it is wonderful.
Imagine, if you would, in Sense and Sensibility, that the ending was different. Marianne succumbed to her horrid fever, and despite the Palmers leaving in great haste, Mrs Palmer and the baby also fell victim to the foul disease ( Read more... ) -
This is why we march.
This is Why We March:
The ugly reality of anti-trans hate in Australia. Because hate and non-acceptance and prejudice and intolerance lead to dark, dark places. By the lovely Maz, who used to post on LJ as crazyjane13 (not very active here any more), also known as Beanieflower on Twitter. -
So I ficced. Yuletide 2022.
Three times.
Scene on a Balcony. Lord Peter Wimsey and Miss Harriet Vane have just married, and the reception is getting a little ... heated. So Eiluned Price slips out to the balcony for some fresh air, and makes a new friend.
Not My Assassination. An Assassination Bureau fic set some years after the film, where Ivan is lamenting the return of ( Read more... ) -
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Pay it forward...as stolen from many others ( Read more... )