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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:03:19 GMT

I let Sprite go this morning.

Before Steve died, he noticed that she had a lump on her back, right next to her spine. The vet excised it, and it came out clean as a discrete lump. Lab tests were inconclusive.

Shortly after Steve died, Sprite was sitting on my lap, and I noticed that the lump was back, only larger. In the three days it took me to get her to the vet it had grown appreciably. It was so close to the spine that more surgery was not an option, so we opted to keep her comfortable. Yesterday, she let me know that it was time.

She was such a good cat -- she took care of all of us; was Steve's copilot, and mine, and she leaves a very large hole in this household which is already in tatters.

Sprite was attended by her vet and tech of many years, who eased her way with care and grace.

Princess Jasmine Sprite of Kelimcoons, July 6, 2012-July 17, 2024

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Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:40:47 GMT

So, let's do a little catch-up.

1 Amazon is currently having a $.99 sale on the Kindle edition of Shout of Honor: Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 29, published in May 2019. If you have an interest, or think someone you know might have an interest, here's the link.

2 Barnburner, a cozy Maine mystery by Sharon Lee, the first of two books featuring Jen Pierce, is now available as an ebook, paper book, and audiobook. Here's your link.

2a Gunshy, the second Jen Pierce novel, will be along bye-n-bye, so watch the skies.

3 The Wrong Lance, that being the start of the novel which is NOT Accepting the Lance, is being posted, a chapter a week on Mondays. There are 11 chapters, and Chapter Six posted this morning. If you'd like to join the fun, you can start here.

4 I will be moderating a panel at reCONvene on August 15, time to be determined. Panelists are: Steven Barnes, Jenn Brissett, Br Guy Consolmagno SJ, Adrian Tchaikovsky. We will be taking up the topic of Earth's place in the future; what it may mean to be "from" Earth; and what Earth itself may look like, socially, and environmentally. More information on reCONvene may be found here.

5 Today is Princess Jasmine Sprite's eighth birthday. Here's a picture of her being patient when I interrupted her morning squirrel watch:

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Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto