Everyone, it is hard to compose a story in a language that is so different from your native one. I don't even know for sure if everything's grammatically accurate so far.

It is also hard to compose a story entirely in one's native language, but the challenges are somewhat different.

I reasoned to myself, the only way to learn the art of writing is ( Read more... )

Last night I visited the local hospital, and was sent home after just a few hours. I remember few concrete details except that the nurse called me by my mother's name. Also, I was very thirsty.
While it's true some people have confused the two of us at the end of my mother's life, she and I have separated in certain distinct ways. For example, my ( Read more... )

I spent all day yesterday (which was my actual birthday) with my father at the Philadelphia Zoo, because as of last week he and I got year-long memberships, as that was something my mother insisted upon - raising all the animals of the world. It says that part of the membership is linked to others, but I haven't gotten into that yet because I am ( Read more... )

As some of you may be aware, I have been trying to use my status as a double-reed student to travel abroad to the University of Cambridge.
But also, they've been giving me interesting research about whales and snakes and such creatures that my cats - well, Tilly more than Cora - love to read!

I remember playing Ecco the Dolphin! ^_^
Just the ( Read more... )

It is so peaceful here in West Chester at the moment. I have been watering my unexpectedly-deceased Mother's plants according to plan, or as close to it as possible, given the shock and surprise of what happened one very difficult November not so long ago.
(I mean, I suppose since she is no longer here, they are now my father's, sister's, and my ( Read more... )

I am excited to learn more about bird migratory habits! That is the primary reason why I signed up for eBird today. (I read about it years ago in a book from the library, long long ago.) I told them, or at least implied that it would augment my knowledge of birds. I don't remember too clearly ( Read more... )

The Japanese word of the day that just came into my inbox is onchi! (音痴/おんぢ ( Read more... )

I was there fangirling over CJ Cherryh's Cyteen and it erased all my post... oh well. The story is that tomorrow I am getting Neal Stephenson's Fall or Dodge in Hell from the library, which promises to be an audiobook not unlike a book I ADORED in 2015 or summat, and that's what is so incredible ( Read more... )

This is just a stirring to indicate I am still alive ( Read more... )

I've been... busy.

Secretarywork, Latin, Greek, Oboe, Bassoon, and maintaining some form of "presence" on campus.