I first read Outlander back in my freshman year in college. I used to own the series in 1st edition hardback. Then life happened. I lost a lot of things, including that series, over the years. Including those five books. Heck my Herman Wouk books are among the missing and I loved Winds of War! Anyway I picked up a battered paperback of Outlander ( Read more... )

I admit I like food. I'm not the best cook, but I am a decent baker. And my Challah is very good. I've been meaning to learn period cooking and thanks to an SCA Arts & Sciences class last night I have recipes. And links. And I've read an entire SCA cookbook, well cookbook with lessons on SCA heirarchy, knighthood, regs, thoughts, ideals... I ( Read more... )

I made it, finally, to one of the whale festivals ( Read more... )

Wow. It's been two years since I've posted? Sheesh. Didn't realize it's been that long. What's happened since then... I got a job in July 2011 and I've been working. I've moved twice. Liz moved out and is doing fairly well in TN, goes into AmericaCorp this winter. I've been lots of places in CA - enjoyed most of them. Love living here because the ( Read more... )

Yep. Me again. Twice in a week is oddly prolific for these days. But there is a reason ( Read more... )

JUNE:
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Why May? Because I thought I updated that at the beginning of June but it seems I didn't. This hit and miss updating when I have internet access sucks big time. I miss my nice, affordable, local Internet through QIS. California net services are horrendous. There is ATT - very expensive and my friends with it constantly are having issues, as in ( Read more... )

I hate to admit this but the main bookstore here is very disappointing, and it's even my preferred of the mainstream bookstores. I went in a few months ago and found what I was looking for - no problem. Yes, I had the author's name and the book title which is a rarity, because I usually only have one or the other. So, I went in last week with ( Read more... )

The rest of the stuff we've been up to since the arrival in California.

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Life is still being rather chaotic. It's been in parts fun, crazy, annoying, stressful, etc. But we've kept busy. I've been averaging a couple of aps a day and one interview a frigging month in response. Which is quite dreadful. Not happy about that but still searching. Good news is Liz has not had any serious asthma attacks and I've had three ( Read more... )