of knights and dragons

First off, I read today that Terry Pratchett (author of the Discworld series) has been knighted. I’ve been following Pratchett ever since I read Reaperman when I was 14 (and yes, that was more than a decade ago!). He never fails to amuse, delight and surprise me. He’s also one of the wittiest and most intelligent writers I’ve ever had the privilege of reading. I’m so pleased for him.

And now, courtesy of D., in a similar vein, here are…. edible dragons.

(And now I have cravings for cake.)

On an unrelated note, I thought I’d mention that my first submission of 2009 happened a couple days ago (see, I’m not slacking!) and I received a proof of Soulsong to look over. Not a bad start to the year.

quick chocolate fix

Chocolate Cake in a Coffee Mug: bake in three minutes in your microwave. Now that’s my kind of cooking!

D. made this last night. It’s a generous one-person-sized serving, good enough for two. Tastes pretty good and best of all, it’s easy, quick and chocolate!