Understand this, before you read any further: my brother often says very very mean things about the two cats who have been gracious enough to agree to live with us, mere humans. One has even condescended to climb into my lap right now and curl up, watching me type, just to offer his comfort and love. (I myself am certain this has nothing to do ( Read more... )

Whether or not you celebrate the day, may you all have a warm and merry day, full of light. And cookies. Cookies are important. And, from me, in lieu of my usual silly holiday poem (because I zonked out on it this year) a free bit of story and magic.

( Dragons! )

Happy Dancing Day!

One of my favorite books is a long time forgotten work by Jenny Overton called The Thirteen Days of Christmas, which details, merrily enough, what might have happened had some wealthy man in some English historical past decided to prove that he was truly the romantic sort by, well, giving the gifts of "The Twelve Days of ( Read more... )

Oh come oh come bloggers of Livejournal ( Read more... )

So the Little One and I were quietly minding our own business when the night filled with the sound of sirens ( Read more... )

Grumble ( Read more... )

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house ( Read more... )

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So I'd intended to really celebrate the 12 days of Christmas on LJ this year, starting right with Christmas and moving through Adam's Day and Eve's Day for whenever they appeared, by naming the particular holiday involved and saying some lovely things about it, an intent that lasted up until Day 3, yesterday, aka known as St. John the Evangelist's ( Read more... )

My apologies for suddenly going incommunicado with most of you, and specifically with people from the West Coast, on the 25th. Admittedly, I'd intended to go incommunicado anyway, just not quite that much ( Read more... )