As the jury filed back for the second time, they showed signs of wear and tear. The harassed woman had been crying and was still choking into her handkerchief. The man with the bad cold looked nearly dead. The artist's hair was rumpled into an untidy bush. The company director and the foreman looked as though they would have liked to strangle ( Read more... )

Have deleted last entry since it's not really fair to the Apple employees, although I am still mad at the system. I took my hardware in, and it turned out that the data was there, just that the folder was hidden behind the warranty PDF file. I should have seen it, but I didn't, and I feel stupid, and I'm sure I'll get joked about in the store's ( Read more... )

I had a horrible bout of insomnia last night, and after tossing and turning for a long while ended up rereading The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope, which is the kind of long-familiar book I turn to in that sort of situation, until 3 a.m. (and then getting up at 6:30). I'd been thinking about TSR recently, since I'm revisiting the Benedict ( Read more... )

I have a stinking cold, and I have to drive to Allentown and back later today, and I've seen the digital proof for Time and Fevers and yes, I am going to have to work on the cover more. (I don't think it's entirely my fault that it's misaligned, but one must meet CreateSpace where they are.) Despite my "must do this NOW" urges, I know it's much ( Read more... )

I am shortly going to spend a little time sitting outside and reading the first chapter of
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So, yesterday is over and I got through three hours of standing in front of the new Master Gardener class telling them what they need to know about vegetable gardening just to be going on with, and now I get to move on to the next thing, or the next several things. Which include: speaking to teachers about container gardening (done that before, ( Read more... )

1) The sort of cold that turns the brain into molasses-coated turtle.

2) Wi-fi going down.

On the other hand, I read the entirety of Doomsday Book yesterday, and I might get around to baking some cookies today. Have a happy next few days, whatever you call them!

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I had a dream early this morning about my dog Hal who died in 2007. I was sitting in bed, hugging him, and… tactile memory is an amazing thing, because it was the exact sensation of feeling that furry barrel chest under my arms and fingers. (I was in a bad car accident in a dream earlier in the night, but that was entirely made of intense visuals ( Read more... )

Why yes, a sinus infection is exactly what I need at the moment, however did you know? (Still hoping I can steam it away, but I may need to go for antibiotics.)

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I am beginning to suspect that announcing oneself as a novelist to a hundred or so of one's closest friends and relatives is a bit like coming out as gay. Only a little, I hasten to add - I don't need the entire internet jumping on me for straight privilege - but I think in the next few weeks I'm going to have lots of encounters that go: "I had no ( Read more... )