1. Peter Mulvey, Jeff Foucault, and Kris Delmhorst = my musical OT3 forever. ♥

2. Watching truepenny's riding lessons is really interesting, even for someone as not-into-horses as I am. It's even more fun when June The Barn Cat naps in my lap the whole time. (Kitty!)

3. I miss truepenny and mirrorthaw. We lived practically in each other's pockets for so long that we got ( Read more... )

I am safely home from my peregrinations, having done my part to support the midwest's independent purveyors of books, music, food, and wine. I had lunch with my favorite former boss and dinner with two favorite former students. I watched truepenny work on posting and sitting trot and met June the Barn Kitten. I made truepenny and mirrorthaw watch Castle and Sherlock. I read a ( Read more... )

Friday I drove to The Big City and stayed over with
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Well, it's been A Year, hasn't it. For what it's worth, I am already looking forward to Awesome Good Times when I visit next month; said good times will include the trolling of bookstores, the eating of good food, the foisting of media, the meeting of Milo, and of course the attending of fantastic live shows, plus significant time sitting around ( Read more... )

1. The only problem with visiting truepenny and mirrorthaw is that my book collection begins to seem profoundly inadequate.

2. The flip side of #1 is that going bookstore trolling with truepenny usually makes me feel extremely virtuous, since no matter how many books I buy, she nearly always buys more3. Related to #2, I have purchased books at four indie bookstores in the ( Read more... )

I'm home at last, a day later than expected, and I am here to tell you: friends are awesome.

My train into not-exactly-Madison was delayed last week, which meant I showed up late and on a bus; truepenny and mirrorthaw not only waited patiently for me, they took me to my favorite used bookstore immediately afterwards, which effectively wiped all travel trauma from my ( Read more... )

Sip:
- Emo Crusoe poses for album cover
- Soft-focus flashback with rose petals
- Pensive look from Crusoe following flashback

Drink once:- Crusoe wears a new shirt ( Read more... )

Having truepenny here is delightful; she's been writing lots of words during the day (the cats are pleased that someone is staying home with them), and in the evenings we've been hanging out watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and discussing it. (I have really missed talking TV with her; there's really no substitute for sitting around tossing ( Read more... )

So a few nights ago I made pizza, which I haven't done very often this past year. One mushroom, one sweet onion and pattypan squash. Virtually every time I make pattypan squash pizza, truepenny and mirrorthaw and I end up commenting on how amusing it is that pattypan squash look like little UFOs. On this particular evening, Truepenny, perhaps inspired by ( Read more... )

Just so you know? When I get back, I'm going to be doing all the laundry in the world. [beat] And possibly the moon's laundry as well. - truepenny