I spent my entire day yesterday scrubbing my front deck from top to bottom--siding, floor, windows railings, spindles, the whole shebang. Today's job was to get back out there and freshen the deck stain on both the porch floor (covered) and the half dozen steps leading up to it (not covered). I just finished this about a half hour ago and came ( Read more... )

I reconnected with an old friend today. She's a fannish friend whom I'd lost touch with and frankly had little hope of finding again. She was the one who introduced me to fandom, nudged me into writing my first fic, and then cheered me on all the way through that terrifying first publishing ordeal. I don't really know exactly why or how we lost ( Read more... )

Okay, so yes, it's been months since I've posted. I'm still here, still alive, and when I get a few minutes, still reading everybody else's blogs, even though I've not posted on my own. I have, however, accumulated some stuff that I want to share with anybody out there who might be at all interested.

( cut for whose who don't care what I'm watching )