And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
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rolanniSo, yesterday was a day of parts, several distressful.
For those who have missed hearing the news, author Joel Rosenberg has left us, precipitously. More nearly, he leaves his wife of 32 years, and two daughters.
Ben Yallow's mother, Noble Prize winner Dr. Rosalyn Yallow, has died. Con-going folk will know Ben as the Man Behind the Hotel Contracts for many East Coast cons, and WorldCons.
Yet another friend has been diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer.
Summer does not start on Monday, as previously reported, because -- how to put this kindly? -- Admin can't read. Next Monday, for sure.
Here at the Cat Farm, the lights went out at 6 p.m., so Steve and I went for a ride, paused at Mr. P'back in Elm Plaza to sign stock, then continued onward in an Oakland-ish direction, stopping at the Weathervane to take on dinner. A police blockade barred us from going home down the China Road to North Pond Road, the Route of Least Potholes, instead directing us up North Reynolds Road. We arrived at the Cat Farm around 8:30 to find the lights still out. Steve fired up the generator, plugged in the lamp and we took to the couch, with Mozart, who is a big Banichi fan, and read aloud from Invader, until the lights finally came back on, a little after ten.
No hint in today's Sentinel what might have caused the power outage or been the reason for the blockade. I hate that.
Today is declared a Rest Sharon's Head (and Hands) day. My plan is to sit under the red maple in the front yard; just me, a yellow pad, a pen, and a tall glass of ice tea, and plot me out some short stories.
I hope all of you are embarked on a pleasant weekend, and for God's sake, stay healthy, willya?
For those who have missed hearing the news, author Joel Rosenberg has left us, precipitously. More nearly, he leaves his wife of 32 years, and two daughters.
Ben Yallow's mother, Noble Prize winner Dr. Rosalyn Yallow, has died. Con-going folk will know Ben as the Man Behind the Hotel Contracts for many East Coast cons, and WorldCons.
Yet another friend has been diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer.
Summer does not start on Monday, as previously reported, because -- how to put this kindly? -- Admin can't read. Next Monday, for sure.
Here at the Cat Farm, the lights went out at 6 p.m., so Steve and I went for a ride, paused at Mr. P'back in Elm Plaza to sign stock, then continued onward in an Oakland-ish direction, stopping at the Weathervane to take on dinner. A police blockade barred us from going home down the China Road to North Pond Road, the Route of Least Potholes, instead directing us up North Reynolds Road. We arrived at the Cat Farm around 8:30 to find the lights still out. Steve fired up the generator, plugged in the lamp and we took to the couch, with Mozart, who is a big Banichi fan, and read aloud from Invader, until the lights finally came back on, a little after ten.
No hint in today's Sentinel what might have caused the power outage or been the reason for the blockade. I hate that.
Today is declared a Rest Sharon's Head (and Hands) day. My plan is to sit under the red maple in the front yard; just me, a yellow pad, a pen, and a tall glass of ice tea, and plot me out some short stories.
I hope all of you are embarked on a pleasant weekend, and for God's sake, stay healthy, willya?
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Date: 2011-06-04 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-04 03:51 pm (UTC)I take pleasure in sic'ing him on things like this.'Hey, Marc,
why is Main St. blocked off??' 'Oh? I'll go see.' Next thing you
know, there's an article with photos on the Reisterstown Patch
website. I'm evil, I am.
I'm sorry to hear all the bad news...sigh
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks
PS THANK YOU for the snippets-of-George
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Date: 2011-06-04 04:47 pm (UTC)Damn.
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Date: 2011-06-04 10:48 pm (UTC)Sorry about Joel Rosenberg, too (and your sick friend) ....
But glad to hear Mozart's Banichi fan!
Various
Date: 2011-06-05 06:06 am (UTC)My dogs are big Jago fans. Me, I'm a huge Ilisidi fan. There are 12 books so far in the series. Now you know how we, the readers, feel. The last one came out fairly recently. So we have a long wait til the next one if the pattern holds.
C.
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Date: 2011-06-05 04:29 pm (UTC)