My LJ Idol entry is NOT WORKING NOT WORKING NOT WORKING NOT WORKING.
I am extremely frustrated and my brain seems to have stopped functioning. That is all.
Bah humbug.

Wow. My first LJ Idol post in years.
( It's here, under the cut. )

I herewith notify all and sundry that I am signing up for the 9th and final season of therealljidol.

Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett, 2006, 400 pages.

Wintersmith is part of Pratchett's "Tiffany Aching" series of books, written for young adults. I am enjoying them immensely. In this novel, young Tiffany, witch-in-training, dances with the wrong individual during a traditional autumnal revel, and the results are catastrophic. There is a wonderful ( Read more... )

Wow, it's been a long time. I've been battling with the worst depression of my life. Still am, some days, although the trouble is beginning to recede ( Read more... )

To say that I am (pleasantly) shocked by this announcement would be to understate things radically ( Read more... )

Cross-posted from my entry at 100_snapshots.

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This entry replicates my post at the community 100_snapshots. It is my first post to the community, as I am starting again with my new user name.

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I've read very little this year, as I've allowed my internet addiction far too free a rein. I plan to change that. Ironically, here I am on the internet, although at least I'm posting about books this time.

( under the cut is the list of what I've read so far in 2013 )

Happy birthday to my country! Canada is 146 years old today, and it is the best country in the world. I'm proud and happy to call this beautiful, enlightened, safe, endlessly fascinating country my homeland. I am a very lucky woman; so are we all who live here and can share in this land's bounty ( Read more... )