wild_patience

Fun in the sun

wild_patience Jul 17, 2013 07:31

And, oh,boy, is there a lot of sun! We're currently in Ann Arbor, MI. We flew in last Thursday for Mythcon 44, which was held in East Lansing this year. It was lots of fun and we had a good number of first-time attendees. We're hoping they return next year ( Read more... )

Vacation Plans

wild_patience Jun 26, 2013 20:24

It's so hard to get away from work, so this summer I'm visiting Michigan (for Mythcon), Pern, Darkover, and Cougar Canyon. I'm not quite sure where that last one is, but it's where Zenna Henderson's People live, and I've loved those stories since childhood. Not even the cheesy TV movie starring William Shatner could turn me off from them. (Yes, ( Read more... )

It's what the heck have you been reading Wednesday again

wild_patience Mar 06, 2013 21:56

(And the answer is, a lot of things, not enough, and not quickly enough.)

I've about come to the conclusion that the "in" fairy tale for 2012 was the 12 Dancing Princesses. I have read (still reading one) a couple of YA's based on this. I rather enjoyed Merrie Haskell's The Princess Curse, which had a bit more complexity to it. I'm reading ( Read more... )

Maybe every other Wednesday

wild_patience Jan 23, 2013 21:10

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All the Cool Kids Are Doing It

wild_patience Jan 09, 2013 21:29

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books

O Christmas Tree

wild_patience Dec 25, 2011 18:28

Christmas was a quieter affair this year with my mother gone. For years, most of us had gathered at Righteous' house because it could be my mother's last Christmas. With her gone, that no longer applied, and the family scattered to their own celebrations ( Read more... )

From a month ago - LJ would not let me post then

wild_patience Dec 25, 2011 18:03

We buried my mother today. I had gotten sick over the weekend, totally losing my voice. It came back enough so I could cantor the funeral Mass today. Which was good because we could not get the sound system to work so there was no amplification ( Read more... )