Just a few short additions to the book list- I've been watching shows and reading fanfic a lot as a result, so the book reading has taken a side path. I also suspect there was at least one other book in here, read while I was up at my folks' place, but I didn't write it down and it didn't make much of an impact. Oh well.)

17: Death's Acre: Inside ( Read more... )

It has been proper spring weather for the last few days- cool and rainy, with brief periods of bright, warm sun. It's been perfect for my little seedlings in the garden. The sunflowers are mostly recovered from the trauma of transplantation, starting to stand up and head upwards. In the datura bed, I've got a bunch of little double blade leaf sets ( Read more... )

In reading classic literature, it generally struck me as a little odd how often a woman's forehead is praised by adoring men. A hundred years should go to praise thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze and all that. Mostly I just assumed it's because that for most of history, women's clothing has been fairly concealing, so there was a shortage of ( Read more... )

Via smckeown, Octopus story with a happy ending - an octopus steals a diver's camera while it is filming and he has to chase it down to get it back. Negotiations ensue. I like the music and I love the last few scenes a lot. Much with the happy making.

Some of you may have noticed that I didn't give an update on the outcome of the brown dress sewing project (previous posts here and here). Well, I had nearly finished sewing it at the last update, and in fact had it completed in time for the wedding, when I realized two things ( Read more... )

My big toes are sore and I have blisters on the pinky ones. This is an indication that I had a busy weekend of dancing ( Read more... )

So last year I watched the BBC Miniseries North and South based on sihaya09's recommendation. It was a lovely series. Today I finished reading the book (it's up free on Gutenberg and good for kindle reading, other than some minor typos, such as 'lust' for 'just' throughout the etext, such that one character or another was always being described as a 'fair ( Read more... )

Projects eat up my reading time, so I haven't been reading all that much, but here's some of the current list. I'll stop when I hit 50 for the year. It's been a bit slow lately. I'm also still leaving out the books I read less than half way before giving up out of irritation, which would have added five or six more to the list so far this year, ( Read more... )

Spring: it is SPRING! Last night I saw itty bitty baby leaves on a tree and this morning the cherry trees have started exploding and the willows are hazy with green and oh my god guys! you guys! It's SPRING. I want to go cavorting and gamboling and frolicking because it is SPRING ( Read more... )

Signal Boost: Lost Cat:

Attention folks in the Beltsville, MD area!

neadods's cat Mulder has gone missing ( Read more... )