Hey there. Â Between this cold that continues to linger, trying to get some writing and editing projects finished up, US politics (and a bonus of happier French politics), and the winery getting ready for our Spring releases this week, I’ve…not been a very good little blogger. Â In fact, I’ve been slacking on a lot of […]
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After nearly three years waiting for me in storage, the (nearly) last of my NYC belongings have arrived on the west coast. In addition to now having enough furniture (except bookcases; we always need more bookcases), I now have all the books I’d determined should not make the possibly-temporary shift with me. Â Including many of
reposting this from my Tumblr account Since there seems to be some outraged confusion among Anons and Nonnys, let me clarify. If you support the Trump/Pence/Bannon regime’s attempts to isolate, persecute, and otherwise remove basic civil and citizen’s rights from entire groups within our society, based on who they are rather than dealing with
Given the choice between sitting and watching it snow, and tromping outside IN the snow, I…am usually split 50-50. But knowing it wouldn’t last long today got me outside. Which was nice, because there was lots to enjoy, including some very unhappy birds saying “duck this weather, anyway.” Sadly, the falling snow also smudged my
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Spending most of today in transit down to San Diego and Mysterious Galaxy, trying to avoid as much of the Cheeto Bowl coverage as possible, for the sake of my bp and my ability to deal with 46% of the country with civility. Choosing instead to remember who we are and what we CAN be.
A little over two years ago, I moved to the Pacific Northwest with a variety of goals. One of those goals was to take my wine knowledge and put it to use again (after a stint working wine retail, using it to write an award-nominated trilogy, and host wine-tasting dinners, that is). So I got
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A few months ago, a friend and I were discussing the possibility of my doing some editing work for her. But, she admitted, she couldn’t afford my rates. “Well,” I said, lifting my drink, “I do work for coffee…” My friend roasts her own beans. And a few days ago, she delivered a canister of
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One of my, mmm, not a resolution so much as a behavior modification, was to get more use out of my Netflix account, now that the membership cost finally went up. Comfort rewatches are all well and good, but I have DVDs for that. So every month, I decided, I need to watch at least
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Any year in which I can say that my father dying – not unexpectedly, but of sudden and unexpected causes – wasn’t the most emotionally gut-wrenching thing to happen is, to put it mildly, a year I have no interest in revisiting. That’s not to say it didn’t have good moments. I’ve written a lot.Â
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Yesterday, and old friend and his family from the east coast was in town, and another former-east-coast friend and I met up them for coffee and donuts (since it is still Channukah, and fried foods are Traditional). And that probably would have been it, except another local friend and her daughter came down with minor
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