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Monthly Archive for May, 2009

After a lovely weekend with my family, hanging out and doing not-much, I spent Monday night being woken up at 2, 4, 5, 6, and why, yes, 7 am. That set the tone for the rest of the week, with me struggling to keep functioning (and not have a road accident) while running a sleep [...]

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long weekend–ahhh!

So, the booksale didn’t damage my wallet too badly, despite the fact we hit the hotdog stand for lunch right after instead of eating at home. And I am womanfully resisting the 40% off Borders coupon (good only TODAY!) D. mentioned last night when I commented that we ought to replace our much-mangled copy of [...]

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The Art Projects Edition:
daisy yellow has a three-part series on organizing summer art projects for you and your kids. I believe my kids have every intention of running wild in our yard and at the park this summer, but I prefer more sedate activities. My planned projects are: making jam, sewing a skirt or two [...]

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I brake for bookstores

Borders has been getting a lot of our business recently. Thanks to 40% off coupons, birthday money, and spend-$50-get-$10-giftcard offers (curse you, evil bookstore!), we’ve acquired a nice big pile of books in the last two weeks:

The most interesting ones are the sf&f books: The Black Ship by Diana Pharoah Francis, Storm Front by Jim [...]

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reprieve

I’m in between stories. One revised and ready, the other waiting. I’m taking this weekend off work in order to coddle a cold, hang out with friends, play Trivial Pursuit with D., crit stories for my writing buddy, bake bread, and other miscellaneous things. Maybe even *shudder* clean house.
*disappears again*

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*pant pant* I’m crossing the Desert of Revisions Without End. I may get a reprieve by Friday (the target market closes, so I’m going to have to stop tinkering). Will be back then.

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on motherhood and writing

Happy Mother’s Day: writers on how motherhood has changed them.
I’ve come to a place of peace with this season in my life; a time to raise kids, to enjoy them, to play with them, to be with them. I’m no longer frustrated with my low creative output. I make time for my writing, ten minutes [...]

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star trek

The reviews of the new Star Trek movie are starting to hit my Google Reader, and they’re quite negative (plot spoilers!).
Glad I didn’t waste my birthday/Mother’s Day weekend sitting through 2 hours of that. I took a nap instead.
Reading those reviews, though, have made me crave some space opera. I haven’t read anything approaching military [...]

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the things of spring

Tulips:

Peas:

Lettuce:

and baby feet:

What’s going on in your gardens this spring (or autumn, for my Aussie friend!)?

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reading roundup

All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear
American Creation by Joseph Ellis
Snow by Maxence Fermine
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

I’m a little reluctant to admit that I had never read a book by Elizabth Bear or Neil Gaiman until last month. I expected them both to be fine writers, and I was not disappointed. Their use [...]

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