Diana Wynne Jones died today after battling cancer for more than a year. The magic of her stories has lived with me ever since I first read Charmed Life at age 9 or 10. I believe that reading her books and stories has enriched my life, and I'm so sorry she is gone. Peace to her, blessings upon her.

Spring is coming. ^_^ The vernal equinox arrived yesterday, heralded by crisp, sunny weather and cheerful purple crocuses. Have you seen any exciting signs of spring, or done something fun to celebrate St. Patrick's day?

I celebrated St. Patrick's day and spring by taking in a Solas show at the Iron Horse. It rocked! Seamus Egan, Winifred ( Read more... )

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
-- William Wordsworth, "Daffodils", 1804I am looking forward to the coming of spring. I love check for changes each day in the garden, and watch bulbs send green shoots ( Read more... )

"Monday Monday sometimes it just turns out that way";
or In Which Our Heroine Breaks Silence to Gloomily Grumble and Lament.Last Monday I woke up with a sore throat and knew the end was coming ( Read more... )

I just posted a list to facebook, but since it's about books I thought I'd put it here as well. it is that 15 books meme ( Read more... )

hello, hello! this Friday I shall be getting on a plane and flying to Madison, WI to attend Wiscon. it will be my third Wiscon and I am very excited; eager to see friends I've spent time with at previous cons and hopeful of meeting more awesome folks. I've been a bit indrawn over the past month, and so it will be delightful to embrace the lots ( Read more... )

several weeks ago I bought the album Who Killed Amanda Palmer?, and have been rocking out ever since. I love the album, I love Amanda Palmer's raw and biting edges and the breadth of the music between haunting piano, sweeping orchestrals, brass band and full out rock. so much fun. the mood and energy, the verve I get from Who Killed Amanda ( Read more... )

Edited to Add:
on Monday April 13 this article was put out at seattlepi.com, regarding what was happening inside Amazon.
here is a response from Dear Author on April 13. and here is the Making Light post/thread on the subject, 'Amazon's very bad day', April 13. interesting comments in both the Dear Author and Making Light posts ( Read more... )

here we are in April of 2009. I've read more than 30 books in the last 3 months, so I figure I'm on track. these include:
- Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, Winnifred Watson.
- Farthing, Jo Walton.
- The Manual of Detection, Jedediah Berry.
- Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison.
- The Mystery of Grace, Charles de Lint.
- The Secret Wedding, Jo Beverley ( Read more... )

happy Sunday! I always think of Sunday as the end of my week; while I work Saturdays and have Mondays off, Monday is my 'get lots of errands done & start the week on top of things' day. in theory. *g* today was spent: walking the dogs in the park, housework, and doing my taxes. words cannot express my enthusiasm for TurboTax. it is concise, ( Read more... )