margaret mitchell | greygirlbeast

"Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining."

greygirlbeast Jan 01, 2019 12:37

Falling asleep in anger, waking in anger. And the clouds are still here, and they will be for days. Smothering. Currently, it's 61˚F.

I have nothing anyone wants to hear about the coming year.

I had in mind that I'd make a list of the novels I read this year, if I can focus long enough to do that one thing. Likely, it will be the only thing I ( Read more... )

january, anne rice, philip pullman, charles portis, anger, new year's day, larry mcmurtry, 2018, ray bradbury, reading, margaret mitchell, mark witton, michael mcdowell

Sky and Walls the Same Shade

greygirlbeast Jun 23, 2018 11:30

A rough night, poor sleep, nightmares, and then I awoke to a thunderstorm hammering the mountain. These grey walls devour almost every photon, and cloudy days are like the last moments of twilight. It's cooler today, more storms on the way, but the sun will be back tomorrow ( Read more... )

loss, dragons, jada, friends, margaret mitchell, gone with the wind, missing pieces, moving the office, jennifer, too damn many books, not enough sleep, birmingham, rupaul's drag race, thunderstorms, goliath, then vs. now, good tv

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greygirlbeast May 10, 2018 11:31

Sunny and 61˚F.

Yesterday, I wrote "E is for Elder Things," which came to 497 words. I'd planned to write "E is for Enchanted Wood," but I'd just used a Dream Lands locale for the letter D. And I packed fossils and casts of fossils. And the signature sheets for The Dinosaur Tourist arrived while we were having dinner. Spooky says they might be the ( Read more... )

roseanne, now vs. then, moving, money, the horror clown, signature sheets, the eldritch alphabetos, futureshock, margaret mitchell, lovecraft, gone with the wind, the dinosaur tourist

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greygirlbeast Apr 22, 2018 13:42

It's not unpleasant this afternoon. It's sunny and 59˚F, with no windchill. My office window is open. The high is forecast at 61˚F. Trees are finally beginning to show color ( Read more... )

research, 1938, "day after tomorrow, warmer weather, insomnia, trees, rhode island, margaret mitchell, the wide carnivorous sky, gone with the wind, outside, geology, 2004, charles portis, true grit, the flood"