"I am a wall, gazing from my window...."

[greygirlbeast]

Diana Wynne Jones has died. She was born on August 16th, 1934.

"Pretending was like that. Things seemed to make themselves up, once you got going."
Fire and Hemlock (1985

Comments

[chris_walsh]

And I'm tired and dreamsick, and just want warm weather and the sea.

Makes me wonder what was the warmth of the seas where the mosasaurs you've studied used to live.

[greygirlbeast]

"Sediment cores show that [Late Cretaceous] tropical sea surface temperatures may have briefly been as warm as 42 °C (107 °F), 17 °C (31 °F) warmer than at present, and that they averaged around 37 °C (99 °F). Meanwhile deep ocean temperatures were as much as 15 to 20 °C (27 to 36 °F) higher than today's."

[chris_walsh]

Maybe the warmth is part of what attracted you to the period. (Okay, THAT was cheap analysis.) (Actually, I don't think I know this so I'll ask: what did get you interested in mosasaurs?)

Thank you for the info, by the way. I'm hoping for warmth and the sea, too.

[greygirlbeast]

what did get you interested in mosasaurs?)

Happenstance.

[joshrupp]

The hispanic thing is ridiculous. The fifth column is totally irish.

Fuck. I wasn't supposed to say that.

[greygirlbeast]

Fuck. I wasn't supposed to say that.

Likely not.

[ashlyme]

"What do you say to shit like that?"

Simple. "Hey bigots, we've found you the country you always wanted." But not tell them it was subject to natural disasters.

[poesillchild]

Happy to support Goat Girl Press and any future projects your new press creates.

[greygirlbeast]

Thank you.

[robyn_ma]

'What do you say to shit like that?'

[greygirlbeast]

Yes. Yes, indeed.