We take young couples who are thinking about having kids or just about having sex and we make them, male and female, go through pregnancy. Yes, the whole nine months. Induced water retention, nausea, mood swings, and then add weighted bellies for them to live in. It's one of those reality show houses they can't leave. No alcohol, no smoking. And ( Read more... )

Crow, a regular visitor, follows me around Wallingford, visits my balcony, and waits for me to wake in the mornings. He, or She, is not a natural poseur. I wait patiently at my windows hoping for a good shot.

I took these...


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I did a lot of reading this year. A few of these are re-reads like the George R.R. Martin books--I need a character chart for those books. More audio this year although I failed to note all books I read by listening. A few standouts this year--not necessarily books published this year but books I finally got around to reading. Mostly genre fiction ( Read more... )

Good morning!
Ishmael and I (and the crows) had a fun Skype call with Sharon November. She just missed the hummingbird. Both Sharon and I had tea and were still in pjs. Tis a fine way to start the day.

Now I'm making another cup of tea and then will dress, pack and head north to spend the next couple of days with my folks. Ishmael is coming too. I ( Read more... )

Ok. Egged on with words of encouragement, a pot of Peet's Solstice Blend tea and Holiday spirit I've decided to indulge my inner Julia Child and bake. So my plan is.
Christmas cut out cookies--rolled shaped, decorated sugar cookies
Maple pecan refrigerator cookies
Amaretto tea cakes
Ginger snaps

I may cut out one of the nut cookies or not depending. ( Read more... )

No bras acquired, yet. Instead I Did errands. Picked up new orthotics for my twisted feet. Got all the paperwork in and went in for my yellow fever shot. Got the vaccine once I made it to the correct pharmacy. TBI girl went to the shiny pretty pharmacy first before realizing she was at the wrong place. But that's done. One step closer to Egypt.

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So. None of that stuff I meant to do got done. Except for laundry, sort of. It's clean and dry. Can someone come put it away please?
Anon

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I'll sleep better tonight.
Anon

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It's Friday night and I've wandered the parties. Chatted with John Clute about Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe and the Out of this World Exhibit we saw at the British Library last year. David Hartwell suggested that H. Ryder Hagaard was the first serial writer but Clute and I think its Doyle. None of us turned to the Internet. It wasn't that kind of ( Read more... )

Technically this is the first day of the convention but my second day in Toronto.

No problems with my flight. I even was bumped up to first class on the way out--I instantly felt a novel sense of privilege such that I had to order a mimosa. It came in a glass rather than a plastic cup. They also gave me extra blankets. My flight from Chicago to ( Read more... )