Challenge #2

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

First, I am very much a fan of making my goals "most days" instead of every day. That way, one day missed doesn't make me feel like I've already failed at a goal, and thus I'm

So, as I said, I am doing January Practice Month, which is a ( Read more... )

Challenge #1

In your own space, update your fandom information!

Fannishly, I guess I'm primarily a filker, though I love so many stories in print and other media.  I've been filking since my very first convention, Windycon One or Two, and that led to so many wonderful things in my life.  I got to play an autoharp there, which prompted my wonderful ( Read more... )

If you haven't yet, come ask for a card!

I'm feeling better, more centered and focused, after doing a few readings. The one (or more) card draw is still open, if you might want a card. You are welcome to stop by!  It's interesting that doing things for other people can be so helpful  in getting my own spirit in better shape.  I guess that's part ( Read more... )

I am trying to remind myself there are a lot of sick and grieving people out there, and to be patient, but when I waste a lot of time trying something simple (order groceries) and the website keeps giving me error messages and I call for help and wait on the phone for help and get disconnected three different times, and still don't have my ( Read more... )

I had a wonderful New Year's Eve, with my computer connected to the Zoom filk celebration from when my New Zealand pokemon friends started saying Happy New Year to when it ended. I didn't hear most of the first 7 hours or so because of the need to sleep, but still, falling asleep and waking to friends celebrating was pretty cool.

The next day I ( Read more... )

And yet I got my flu shot and my covid booster. I got to Chambanacon and had a great time even if my ears (and neck and back) started to ache from wearing a mask so much (I know that the mask doesn't go on the back, but pressure on the back of my ears does weird horrible things, and I didn't manage to put new elastic on the handmaid masks that don ( Read more... )

I haven’t said much about the MAGA terrorists’ attack on our capital. While I was watching that, I got a notice that a prescription was ready, and Mystique went out to get in the car and go get it, and found that someone had walked up on our property and broken a window in the car. They rifled through the papers in the glove compartment and ( Read more... )

December has, so far, been very down for me. It's hard to find the focus to do things, even things I enjoy.

Some of it is winter. Winter is always my worst season; the asthma doesn't do well in the cold, and as I get older my fingers and toes are cold and the skin gets too dry. The allergies have always been worse in winter too. And this ( Read more... )

So, I've been participating in filk circles via zoom, and I got tired of seeing my face from below, so I bought one of those simple plastic gadgets for raising a computer higher on a table. They usually advertise them as lap desks for skinny teenagers or school kids, and maybe I could also use it for watching stuff in bed, though not quite as ( Read more... )

So, I’ve been busy outside, pulling weeds, digging and loosening soil, adding compost in places, mixing all the weed clippings into the compost pit to make more compost, and slowly adding the plants I grew inside or seeds to various places.

I got the last of the cucumber seedlings in the ground outside today.

I spent some time digging up day lilies ( Read more... )