We have snow! Only an inch or so, but still snow. The animals are horrified and excited. We got the semi-feral cat inside, and she is being very persistent about getting pets. If only she didn’t go to war any time she sees the other cats, we would be in business. So far the grid
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Workshop Burn
We are freezing here in Texas. I’ve thrown caution to the wind and made myself a second cup of tea. We started with Hot Apple Spice from Harney’s and now I have Christmas tea from Fortnum brewing. Questions from readers have been piling up, so here is an interesting one. What is a workshop burn?
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Hughday
The Dushegub Faction of the BDH informed us that today is a Hughday. Contrary to their initial statement, they were not willing to discuss. First half here. Three months ago, he had come to Baile with 332 soldiers, all that remained of the Iron Dogs, the elite army he once built and led for Roland,
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Tuna’s Video
This morning, while I waited for Gordon’s MRI, my phone made this video for me complete with the overly sentimental music. Apparently I take a lot of pictures of the orange menace. He got in trouble yesterday because he was very pushy about shoving the dogs aside to sit in a specific spot on my
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The Book Goblin
So I’ve been living under a holiday rock. The tree is still up. Yes, I know, but it’s pretty. I will take it down, leave me alone. Anyway, I just now saw this. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elisabeth Wheatley (@elisabethwheatley) I think Elizabeth Wheatley is in Austin and I so
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The Clean Sweep: Vol II and the Dilemma of Stickers
As some of you remember, Clean Sweep was adapted into comic book format by Tapas. It has been licensed by Andrews McMeel and released as a beautiful graphic novel. Because of the length, Clean Sweep was broken into 2 volumes. The second volume of Clean Sweep will be released on January 28th. Tada! To be
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A Fool
I’m typing this on my new Goldtouch keyboard, and so far I don’t like it. I like how the keys feel, but this one doesn’t come apart. It splits, and I can’t seem to find a comfortable position with it. The ergonomic mouse, however, is a dream. In the news interesting to nobody except my
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Red Flowers and Cold Days
It’s a cold morning. I’ve already ran the dishwasher, I have Hot Cinnamon tea in my cup, and my “Christmas” Amaryllis finally bloomed. Unfortunately, I also have compression gloves on my hands, as the 7th edit of Maggie did kill my hands a little bit. I don’t usually get carpal tunnel. I end up with
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A Prologue of Much Darkness
Today didn’t quite turn out as expected, since we had to make a run to the doctor’s office, which was scheduled, but she was unable to draw my blood for some routine bloodwork, and we ended up going to the LabCorp. That had taken almost 2 hours – the wait was long – but was
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Happy Holiday Week
There is no giveaway today, as Mod R should have this week off. I say should because sometimes she will sneakily work anyway. So this is just a life and everything post. It’s a warm, damp morning in Texas. We are sitting at 60 degrees, and moisture saturates the air, so dense that you half
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The Tavern of Mud
Part 1: A Man on the Road. I’ve added the second part to that original post, but you can read it here, too. The rain was everywhere: it drenched her from above, it ran off the brim of her hat, it flew into her face and dripped under her riding leathers, somehow getting under her
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Book Hangover and Readiness Fail
I stayed up till 2:00 am reading Silver and Blood by Jessie Mihalik. It is an amazing book. This is your official warning that once it goes on sale, I’m going to write a long post obsessing over it. I can’t really talk about it, because the manuscript was given to me in confidence, but
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