I’ve had kind of a hard week. Just real life stuff kicking my butt. I don’t know if there will be Roman on Friday or not. We’ll give it another go today, but some weeks are great and some weeks are not, and this hasn’t been such a good week. I’d rather skip a week
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Computer Oy and Other Stuff
Turn the sound up. It’s not the case fans. I have cleaned everything and tested them. It’s running hot, too, and I am doing zip right now, except accessing the internet. So. Distracting. Like nails on a chalkboard. I can hear it through headphones. It’s making it really hard to concentrate. Oy. In happier news,
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The Mubble-Fubbles
Mod R is off today and this is a personal post. Whining. It’s whining. I need to vent my blah into the world, so if you are here for book updates, you might want to skip this one. Otherwise, come sit with me on the fussy bench. There is tea and cookies. My mubbles-fubbles are
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Blue Kitchens and Island Houses
Every year HGTV gives away a couple of houses in sweepstakes. I usually glance, but don’t always enter. I am very unlikely to move to Arizona, for example. This year I have entered every day, religiously. ::wipes drool:: It’s on Anastasia Island. I love this house. I love where it is, I love that balcony,
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Samurai and Global Warming
Good news first: The Sweep of the Heart adaptation from Graphic Audio will be released on Audible& other audio stores on February 2nd, a bit earlier than expected. Me, in a post about the found dog: Jeaniene, if you are reading this, no, we did not keep the puppy. Stop laughing. Yesterday: phone rings. Me:
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Arctic Blast, Cats and Bread
It is cold. We woke up to 19F. For Celsius folks, we’re at -7. It was even colder last night. The wind outside is making winter storm noises. It’s a kind of low growling as it whistles past the oaks. Whenever these numbers come out, there is always a lovely Canadian person who is like
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TMI and Other Things
First things first: whether you celebrate Christmas or any other holidays, or just want a pick me up during this unseasonably warm and wet winter, we want to let you know that there might be something fun for you on the blog this Friday. Now onto a more personal matter. I hesitated about sharing this,
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Meh
Happy Friday
I hope those of you who celebrate had a lovely Thanksgiving. Ours went well, peaceful and happy, with kids and friends. The Cajun turkey was predictably amazing. You are supposed to warm it up on a wire rack with the liquid juices it came with. Instead I poured some apple juice into the pan, and
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Rambling Monday: Maps, Names, and Weed Eaters
The edit of Maggie has landed in my Inbox, which means today will be all editing, all the time. What you see above is a work in progress on the map of the city. Becka is ridiculously talented and she has put up with all my insane edits. We are trying to figure out a
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A Blustery Day
It is cold here in Texas. Dense clouds are choking the sky. The world is grey and wet. Yesterday the temperature dropped from the high of 75F all the way to 50F, and today we are in the low 40s. For the first time since February this year I’m wearing a sweatshirt. Alert the media.
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It’s a Good Life, Just Unexpected
Awhile ago, someone commented on the blog asking if I ever felt out of place. She said she lived a truly boring life, and it was good but unexpected, and sometimes she wondered how she even got there. As I look back at the frenzy of this weekend, this seems especially relevant. I have a
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