hello, LiveJournal. yes, I promised to come in more often and then promptly went off into the ether, but hey, I'm here now. let's all be happy about that, shall we ( Read more... )

I know, LiveJournal. I really have been neglectful. I like you, I really do, and I miss you, especially your more-than-140-characters allotment, which allows for those slightly more substantial meanderings of which I am so fond. (And in which I seem to be indulging right now ( Read more... )

It is an absolutely glorious, sunshiney kind of day out there today ( Read more... )

It has definitely turned the corner towards winter, I think. Which isn't all bad, since at least it's not snowing. There was some snow that did it's level best to stick last Thursday, but it disappeared rather quickly. But today is grey, and damp, and a typical November day. Definitely time for comfort food ( Read more... )

It's now November - although today is so lovely, you'd think it was October again - which means there are some pretty awesome people having birthdays. Like my friend Tim, whose birthday is today.Happy Birthday, Tim ( Read more... )

I am sure, if you were terribly bored and went through the archives of this blog, that at least once every year during the month of October, there will be a post saying how this is my favorite month, and not because it's my birth month. Both of which are true. I'm sure I love October because I get to have people wish me Happy Birthday and all that ( Read more... )

When I finally reached semi-consciousness this morning, I spoke directly to the April-cat, who was perched on the back of the sofa with that gimlet-green-eyed stare of hers attempting to bore its way into my skull. "I want breakfast in bed," I mumbled. She did not deign to reply, as expected. Instead, as I should have expected, she took a flying ( Read more... )

I finally, FINALLY, finished the House of Niccolo series by Dorothy Dunnett. All eight volumes. Which are tied as a prequel to The Lymond Chronicles, a six-volume series. Whoosht. I think she bobbled it a bit around volume 5 and 6, and we really didn't need to go to Russia. And I was ENRAGED with Gelis and the fact that no one - NO ONE! - blamed ( Read more... )

Whew! I am more awake now than I was when I ended the last post ( Read more... )

Just sort of picture in your mind's ear some weird piano/keyboard noodlings going on in the background ( Read more... )