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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A look back

Five years ago, I started playing Lord of the Rings Online, and at the time I was writing on Livejournal, too. Today, some spammer triggered a link from one of my posts there, to my gmail, and while the spam was just spam, it was amusing to see this again: Yep, this is right, this is what it ought to be... Second day of sunshine and temps in the F 70 range... Delightful, and there is a place in the path to the house where even with your eyes shut you know a lilac bush in full glory is looming... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Mother's Day in the mountains

I can't count how many years it has been since I was with my mom on Mother's Day. She fell again last week--broke her left humeris and three ribs on the right. But she was home from the hospital in a couple of days, and wanted the visit, so I went. It was another good visit. I got there about 2, and gave her a sweet little potted blooming orchid. We chatted some about some of the things we all go on about here--she likes a good stimulating conversation! But she tires quickly, and slept for a... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Since I missed my jumping-off point last month,

I am trying the strategy of writing and posting more, figuring I don't have to go, if I can make this blog pay its way. It's sort of working... Keep on reading, I will keep on writing... and reading. Every day, there are new reasons to stay. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 7, 2012

soup day again

if you start the chicken bones in cold water, and bring it to a simmer--not a boil--until the bones are ready to fall apart, and all the flavor is simmered out of them, the result is a lovely clear broth that you can do all sorts of good things with. I have added some finely-diced sweet onion, carrots, and some yellow sweet potato in small chunks. In case you didn't know-- yellow sweets are yams, actually, not potatoes, but the flavor is milder and not as cloying as the orange yams can be. And... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

mmmm... soup!

Today I took two cans of Progresso French Onion soup and one of Campbell's golden mushroom soup, and combined them with a huge amount of white, crimini, and fresh shitake mushrooms--added a bit of balsamic vinegar and a fair amount of turmeric. Yum! Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

I dreamed...

...of a place in the online game I play, a deep place with a pool enclosed by bleak stone walls, and nasty things that must be defeated. In my dream, these nasties were duly defeated... and then I noticed that the stone wall across the pool was no longer unbroken: a trail led up through it, and the trail led to mossy green forest, and thence to a high and open view of the trail gently descending into a new land, deeply forested hills all the way to a horizon filled with sky and towering clouds.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

I missed it...

The date, that is. I forgot, I left once before, and came back on a different date from the one I first started on. What is the import of such forgetting and missing? It means that my Blogit-month is paid for up until the 21st of May, and so, a reprieve: I get to keep on reading my faves here, and others, continue going on about this and that... for another 23 days. A lot can happen in 23 days. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

StarFest, Denver!

We spent this weekend--I, part of it and Charlie all of it--at this annual convention of sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts. There are always some notables of varying degrees of notability, who turn up to thrill their fans or remind former fans that they aren't dead yet. This year, David Prowse was there: the British actor who was inside the Darth Vader suit voiced by James Earl Jones. Dee Wallace was there: the actress who played the harried mother in ET. John Noble was there, who played Denethor, the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 16, 2012

This looks like my last month for a while.

This is the time of year I consider what I pay out for what I bring in, financially. I spend two to three times here what comes back, and as the economy has been taking great bites out of the family income over the past year, and more to come, I can't justify it to the family Accountant. I do have something in the works, that might make enough of a difference, though probably not fast enough. (Last night, my son and I spent about 5 hour designing a brochure for EditWorks which we will print,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Speaking of Writing and Publishing

My intent is to attract some clients who want a writing coach. Last night, a local bookstore hosted what was a small but comfortable gathering of writers who have not yet been published, but would like to be. One was a middle-aged man, the husband of the bookstore owner. The others were young, and still figuring out why they write, let alone what to write or how to write it. For an hour and a half, we talked about it. This talk was the lead-up to a series of writer's workshops in which the... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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