EDIT: I am still OPEN for readings, but will continue after sleep because an unexpected trip to the ER to get my partner's hand sewn up interrupted me in mid-reading. (It was a minor laceration, by ER standards, but the trip was time-consuming and tiring.)It's a New Moon tonight, perfect for starting new projects--and what bigger or more ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago it was Mother’s Day, and-as is usual on my Facebook these days, because I have friends who care deeply and passionately about our world and the people in it-there was a lot of politics on my wall. One of the things on my wall was a friend (admittedly not a Clinton fan) who expressed horror that Hillary was willing to accept ( Read more... )

The news, when I got up today, left me feeling pretty depressed about the human race, and about this country in particular. But I'm feeling better now ( Read more... )

Reading about a woman being harassed repeatedly by the same guy at Readercon evoked many contradictory feelings in me.

First, of course, is outrage. I want my chosen family free of fault and especially this fault, the fault of making women afraid. I am also sad about another fault--that no one found a way to stop what was happening during the con.

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I'm almost out of Zyrtek, Mucinex, and antibiotics, but the exhaustion and coughing continues. Bleah. I need to buy more distilled water tomorrow too ( Read more... )

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