I've registered for Escapade - thank (or blame :-))
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scribe_ari you totally need to see this: Beowulf socksOn the writing front, I tweeked and polished "Lavender House II - Invocation" and sent it off to final beta. Hopefully I will be able to post it tomorrow. I also got (so far) 300 words that go in part III, which was a very pleasant way to start the day ( Read more... )

I have signed up for Purimfest. /o\ I shall be fascinated to see what I might match on.

Made bread today, did an hour on the treadmill while reading an old favorite from childhood: Noel Streatfeild's "Children on the Top Floor". Got some sewing done, including finishing the next two Sisters quilt squares.
( January and February Sisters blocks )

Porn Battle XI - 11 days of porn 23 Jan - 3 Feb
Porn Battle Prompts - including several for Highlander - that look like fun ( behind the cut )

I got a surprise story! amand_r wrote me a very fun thing from a prompt I gave her sometime back --

And I Thought I Had Problems (797 words) by
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A companion book to Woven Into the Earth: Medieval Garments Reconstructed: Norse Clothing Patterns! It is currently on sale fof $30 rather than $40, and looks to me like a must-have for anyone interested in this era of clothing. I've already ordered a copy :-). I can also recommend David Brown Book Co as a tremendous source of amazingly cool & ( Read more... )

Spent the day doing work-writing, but did manage one tag for the Auberus-story so I got my fifteen minutes in ( Read more... )

I got a surprising amount done today, though very little of it writing. I got some boxes moved, a couple sorted, and even managed to reduce the container-population by a few. In the process I made a space for the treadmill, which arrived & in now ensconced in a spot that I think will work well. I even got an hour's walking in, though not fast. I ( Read more... )

Went to the Barony of Granite Mountain investiture of the founding Baron and Baroness. The drive was long, both coming and going, but nicely uneventful, and I had excellent company. It was sunny and really beautiful, not as cold as I had thought, but still cool enough that my layers of silk & wool were nice ( Read more... )

Disjointed workday today - got up a little later than I wanted, and the whole day felt a little out of whack. Was not helped when, just as I am finishing up work-work and getting the brain going on story, there is a knock at the door and a schoolchild selling candy-and-candles-and-things so she could-go-on-the-class-trip-please-I've-never-been. I ( Read more... )