Yes, and back again

[rolanni]

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Tomorrow, we're heading south to inspect houses. There are six on the list, which seems like a very full day to me.  On the other hand, the Southern Prospect is two hours/115 miles from the Cat Farm and Confusion Factory, so it's not like we can slide down there every time a house looks interesting.

At this point in the proceedings, most of the Imagination Work is falling to Steve.  I'm exhausted with Imagining, and the realities of knowing how impossible it is for a couple of indigent scifi writers to buy a house are weighing on me like rocks in my pockets, pinning me down on the road to Fairyland.

Now, you might think that Imagination has nothing at all to do with shifting houses.  It may seem to you to be a straightforward matter of budgets and cash flow and other practical things, and in general, I'm guessing, you would be right.  However, if we were ruled by budgets and cash flows and other practical matters, we would have chosen to be actuaries, or gone into sales, or stuck with writing ad copy for a living.  Everything we have ever done in our entire lives together have been Epic and Foolhardy Acts of Imagination, from marrying our libraries and our cats together, to moving to Maine, to making a career as writers, to, indeed, purchasing, and keeping, the house we now live in.

Well.

For today, what Imagination I have will be focused on Alliance of Equals, which Steve read yesterday (insofar as it exists, which is not quite, perhaps, the penultimate draft).  The backbrain has graciously forked over with four scenes and a possible wrap-up.  By such small steps do we proceed until one morning we wake up and there's nothing left to do.

What're y'all doing that's fun this weekend?

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Oops. Forgot.

Today's blog title brought to you by:

How many miles to Babylon?
Three score and ten.
Can I get there by candle-light?
Yes, and back again.
If your heels are nimble and light,
You may get there by candle-light.

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Scrabble

Comments

fairy verse

[k-10b.livejournal.com]

One of the creepiest books I've ever read used that verse, An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire. The October Daye series is excellent ... and getting better... if you are in need of new books.

KB

Re: fairy verse

[cgbookcat1.livejournal.com]

Yes. The first two books were very enjoyable, but it was An Artificial Night that hooked me.

Sending virtual spoons for the house hunt!

[gareth griffiths (from livejournal.com)]

Point of order... 'An actuary is a business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty'. That seems much like what are doing {grin} in so far as taking risks and dealing with the impact of them. I think Accountants deal with cash flow more than actuaries... (yes my other half is an actuary - very different to accountant)

However - really hope you find what you are looking for down south. Uncertainty and impending change plays havoc with most occupations that require concentration - and I can't believe that world building / imagining new history requires anything less than full concentration and stress-free relaxation. Fingers crossed for the house hunt.

[catlinye-maker.livejournal.com]

May you find your Best House in an easy and pleasant fashion! DH and I will probably go to the beach again for an afternoon - I'm forbidden actual swimming until the doctors approve but walking ankle-deep is fine. :)

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

Epic and Foolhardy Acts of Imagination, from marrying our libraries and our cats together,

merging books goes beyond wedding vows..

good luck with the house hunting.

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Forget the books --- I imagine the really difficult part of that was the combining the *cats*

May the House-Hunt soon be cheaply successful!

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

This weekend I washed out nine camping coolers and set them to dry - because last weekend I ran a fundraising booth for my non-profit group, selling lumpia of six different varieties to all comers. We _needed_ those coolers! But it sure feels good to get them all clean and ready to return to the owners.

Better than that was spending lazy time watching TV with my hard-working man, shopping together to find silly things to add to ice packs (lizards frozen in ice, how fun is that? Or peace signs, colorful bears, and stars?)

Oh, and Whole Foods had a new shipment of Skyr, which is now considerably smaller, and we found organic coconut-smelling shampoo and soap that smells like vanilla. We may never leave the shower tomorrow morning.