TRM Hauoc and Mina very kindly took time from their schedule to stop by dance practice last night and offer my practically perfect apprentice, gormflaith, membership in the Order of the Laurel! There was much sqeeing and hugging; I think a box of Kleenex came into play. And wine, because it was dance practice.

Her ladyship, the most excellent Flidais ní ( Read more... )

Terri Windling wrote one of my favorite books ever, The Wood Wife. There's currently a fundraiser going on for her, which includes things like signed books by Neil Gaiman, and rare concert recordings by Emma Bull. There's also some charming knitting projects, and promissories for editing help or access to the publishing world.

Can you describe for me what makes you feel welcome in a new group? (SCA, school, work, girl scouts, church, AA, any group you had to walk into when you didn't know many people there is fine.)

I was wondering about this, because it's come up in a couple of conversations recently. I've been trying to remember why I felt welcomed and comfortable in ( Read more... )

It's amazing how quickly our "free" weekends fill up with things to do. Especially since next weekend is going to be spent entirely in the car.
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Most of you probably know learnteachwas injured in a motorcycle accident last November. The resulting hospitalizations have resulted in a haystack of medical bills.

I'm sponsoring a fundraising lunch at the West Kingdom's October Crown Tournement on October 3rd.  Please come by for a sausage (or some vegetarian-friendly quiche). The lunch will be served ( Read more... )

They had the blood mobile at church yesterday, so I went in for a make-up donation. I got bounced last time for low iron. I passed this time (yay!) which means I’ve now donated 4 gallons at this blood center. The couple who organized the drive had t-shirts in recognition of 100-Donations which is just beyond cool. They are apheresis donors, which ( Read more... )

On Thursday, GM and I are going to spend a long weekend with his just-out-of-hospital-immuno-compromised brother. GM gets to play nursing assistant while I get to scrub the house, mow the lawn and make food.

I've trudged through the Food Safety class at Mission College, so I've got the basics down, but if anyone has advice on cooking for the elderly ( Read more... )

I had a nice weekend. Friday night I made two batches of brownies, and a batch of the dates-stuffed-with-marcona-almonds-and wrapped-in-prosciutto ("crack" for short, it's ( Read more... )