I threw caution to the wind yesterday and went to the zoo instead of doing, oh, you know. All the household chores. (This resulted in ordering dinner in last night, but hey.) It was a nice day, which mostly means there was neither wind nor rain, and those two things made going worth it.

So did Young Indiana asking, “Blanket?” when presented with ( Read more... )

It dawned relatively clear and not very windy this morning, so I made good on my promise to bring the nephews to the zoo. This was done with the explanation that I had no horse in this race: if they were unpleasant, I would happily turn around and take them home, because I can go to the zoo *any time I want*. But if they were charming and ( Read more... )

I should know by that if I want to write in the morning, when I wake up in the five o’clock hour for a call of nature I should just get up. Actually, I do know it. I also choose to ignore it, which is the actual problem here. :)

Hah. I’m doing a quick edit pass on the Gryphon Beach stories I told at Storytelling Hour a few weeks ago. They’re ( Read more... )

I tell you what, I think this zoo pass is going to get a lot of mileage. It was gorgeous this morning, so I packed Young Indiana up and set off to the zoo, which should have taken about 20 minutes and instead took an hour to arrive at, thanks to the vagueries of buses. Still, we got there before *most* of the crowds, and the wolfpack was howling ( Read more... )