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oh noes! I have been tagged....
.....and the little tag reads "Warm water wash, gentle detergent, air dry. Do not iron." Why would antennapedia hang such a thing on me? Oh, wait, the other side says "meme". Ah ( Read more... ) -
FIC: The Dance of Water and Stone, part 2
Rating: FRT Pairing: gen Author's Notes: Written for Summer_of_Giles. See Pt. 1 for full notes in header. Antennapedia is a Goddess. Without her this would be a tragic heap of format fripplitude.
( To Giles's relief, he found a large packet of geimacha tea in the top cupboard... ) -
FIC: The Dance of Water and Stone, Part 1
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National Poetry Month
Ack! How was it that I missed this memo? Well, I will beg the Muse's forgiveness and point to the 80" long shelf in the large guest room that is entirely full of poetry and poetics -- the first time in my entire life all those books have been together in one room, in one house, in one place. It was wonderful to greet them, to sense them greeting ( Read more... ) -
Chinchilla Pictures in my Gallery
Seventeen hours after the amazing event, I have a dozen pictures of the day, and the three fine sons, up in a gallery called "Chinchilla Kits." The usual -- go to "user info", scroll down to "pictures", and click for the four galleries. The entire furry family is doing well and I was unbelievably restrained in posting so few images because I am ( Read more... ) -
Update!
Not two babies, but THREE ( Read more... ) -
Babies!!!!!!
This morning, between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. Eleanor and Sam became parents for the first time. Eleanor is safely delivered of two fine babies, one silver [like Sam] and the other undetermined, because it's still quite damp and tucked up under her staying warm. I arrived on the scene at 7:15 when mother and babies were still soaking wet; I set up the ( Read more... ) -
Drabble: Socks
This is in honor of Write About Socks Day, with a side of Rupertus Domesticus. Just to get y'all fired up and ready ( Read more... ) -
Oh goody, I am apparently a Scab
I just followed the links on malnpudl's post to the rant from the current VP of the Science Fiction Writers of America about those who give professional level work away for free on the internet. You can read the rant here. The comments, too, are excellent and worthy. He used -- incorrectly -- the word "scabs" to describe those who distribute their work for ( Read more... ) -
Desire for invisibility thwarted by circumstance
Well, I returned last Monday from a pleasant Easter visit with my brother's family and found a note in my inbox informing me that "Blood Oranges" has been nominated at the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards in the categories of Best New Author, Best Characterization [Giles], and Best Plot. Voting is, I gather, now underway. This came as something ( Read more... )