Elizabeth Moon's Blog, page 50

From Twitter 02-02-2011

08:59:58: 12F. Windchill well below that. Brrrrr. At least the power came back on last night. Chopped ice in horse trough with axe.
10:54:03: RT @NatureNews: Listen to the lessons of The King's Speech http://ow.ly/3OWCx
10:54:08: RT @BacklisteBooks: Don't want to miss #ebook #sale? Join mailing list sign-up! DRM-free #backlist, all formats http://bit.ly/aIxxCM
10:55:37: Horses eager for food, unwilling to wait while I muck out. Mac has ice on whiskers, proof he drank. Boyo doesn't, and he's colic-prone.
11:59:34: Went to bank, feed store, post office--the essentials of small town/rural life. Horses are moving around more now, working on their hay.
17:38:14: RT @NASA_EO: Historic Winter Storm Moves Across the U.S. [image] http://tinyurl.com/6ygox9g #NASA

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From Twitter 02-01-2011

00:01:54: I have never understood the pre-storm run on bread and milk. Canned food, yes. Candles and lamp oil, yes. Bread & milk?
00:03:05: It is possible to combine two different leftovers: key is the right bonding material. In this case, mushrooms and fresh lime juice.
08:47:21: Cold front arrived 2:30 am. Now 25F and falling, strong gusty winds, had rain, hail, and sleet overnight.
08:48:09: As the saying goes: "There's nothin' between us and the North Pole but a bob-wire fence and it was blowed flat..."
17:01:35: RT @patinagle: RT @zen_moments: My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not. ~ Da ...
17:38:48: RT @patinagle: RT @sarahw: Holy hell, the death of writer & @PublishersWkly contributor Melissa Mia Hall sadder than I first thought. ht ...
17:39:11: RT @melaniemf: A HUGE thank you goes out to all the DFW power and telecomms workers who are out there fixing power and comms lines. You' ...
22:31:36: Praise to the power company workers out this bitter, windy night who restored power to our town after some hours of none.
22:32:32: RT @robinmckinley: Yep RT @AdviceToWriters: Inspiration is for amateurs. CHUCK CLOSE

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Weather, of Course

Monday afternoon, 80F.   Tuesday morning at daybreak, 25F.   Tuesday afternoon, 20F.    The cold came with powerful winds (branches came down) and vicious wind-chills.   Morning began with haying the horses, checking their water, and pulling out the horse blankets.   I got a blanket on the older horse in the morning and the younger one declined to stand still for it to be put on.  Sobeit.   I'm not risking a kick in the head from this critter.  They have a barn (open on the south) so they're protected from wet and most wind.

Since our son had not taken any long-sleeved shirts with him when he moved to the city last spring (and I forgot to ask over the weekend when he was here) and also didn't take gloves or the jacket with a hood, or have a knit cap...today involved a fast run down to the city (50 miles) to take him his long-sleeved shirts and gloves, and then go find him a hat while he was in class and drop it off to him afterwards.  Then home, battling the strong gusty wind, to find that it was (at that point) 22F.  More haying of horses.   Husband is sick.  

Other chores followed.  Internet was wonky, not reliable, in late afternoon--dropped connection if I took too long writing an email, even.   I started working on the day's writing after an early supper.  Then the power went out for 2-3 hours.  House chilled down (central requires electricity before propane furnace will work.  Sometimes technology can be TOO smart.)    Then power came back up.   Checked faucets again (they all have to drip.)  Need to check them again before going to bed.

Weather and Gardening

We started early this year, and now have a few radishes and most of a row of peas with their cotyledons sticking out of the ground.   For the past few days, it's been very pleasant (today, 76F at 2 pm, bright sun) and the yard is greening up.  Buds have swollen, the winter-flowering bush honeysuckle is flowering, some birds are singing territorial courting songs.

Mistake.  Starting Tuesday night, we get three nights with lows in the 'teens F, and days at or barely above freezing and maybe some winter precip.  

It will be back to "spring" next Sunday, the weather forecast says--into the '60s.   

Why do we ever plant this early?   Because we can start getting very hot, very dry conditions in late March to April, in which case only the early-planted gardens make anything.

From Twitter 01-29-2011

07:27:52: RT @NASA: Tropical Cyclone Bianca off the coast of Western Australia yesterday; from NASA's Aqua satellite. http://go.usa.gov/YIW
23:03:24: RT @KSmithSF: "Snow Slowdown" by public workers a Republican exaggeration http://t.co/yzP9sjw

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From Twitter 01-28-2011

11:43:13: RT @robinmckinley: RT @JSCarroll: We all know light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright til you hear them ...
11:44:56: Despite putting on my John Deere T-shirt, the tractor wouldn't start.
21:19:27: Golden-crowned kinglets in yard today. At least four.

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From Twitter 01-27-2011

18:29:20: STILL not through with thrice-damned report. Thought I had it, but no. SO tired of this. I had places to go this afternoon/evening.
23:21:14: If you write 5200 words of nonfiction for a report...that's 5200 words not written on the book in hand. Required, not desired.

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From Twitter 01-26-2011

09:00:18: RT @NatureNews: Lesson from 1950s is it takes more than private enterprise to revive US innovation. It takes lots of govt cash http://ow ...
09:05:28: RT @melaniemf: Ever think you can finally see the end at the light of the tunnel, only to find out some jackass kid is dicking around wi ...
09:16:12: RT @vondanmcintyre: Ursula K. Le Guin blogs: "The Horsies Upstairs" at http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/01/26/the-horsies-upstairs/
09:18:01: You don't have to follow many on Twitter to get more tweets than you can possibly keep up with and do anything but sit there watching them.
09:34:07: RT @robinmckinley: Oh good. RT @PublishersWkly: NYT editorial: "It's far too early to kiss book publishing goodbye." http://nyti.ms/fm3OKR
11:38:26: Websites up; embedded blogs down. Have sent report to host.
14:47:49: RT @awfulagent: From http://www.titanbooks.com the first three Lost Fleet books by Jack Campbell in very spiffy new British editions. V ...
14:48:28: Blogs back up and working, with new post at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/ on "speedbumps" while writing.
23:40:35: RT @KateElliottSFF: When in doubt, make up a new world.
23:40:45: RT @NatureNews: Abortion 'does not lead to mental health problems' http://ff.im/-wQZrX

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From Twitter 01-25-2011

08:24:34: RT @KSmithSF: Raising False Alarms (about Social Security) - http://nyti.ms/ijd12P
10:35:44: RT @patinagle: Celebrating release day for HEART OF THE EXILED with a blog about fantasy art at Ninc.com http://ow.ly/3JTSE
10:36:55: Leaving book-writing for report-writing with considerable regret, but report-deadline is the closer one.
10:42:15: Esp hard to leave new book for the report when it's only 56 days (or 8 weeks) to release of KINGS OF THE NORTH.
12:02:27: RT @Karnythia: Ohio...you never fail to disgust me. http://bit.ly/evvIBC Black Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to White School District. ...
17:02:50: RT @NaomiAKlein: So small sacrifices by the wealthy to fight climate change are impossible but the poor should sacrifice endlessly in th ...
17:05:02: RT @NASA_EO: Arctic Oscillation Chills United States, Warms Arctic [image] http://tinyurl.com/6dwxy5n #NASA
21:36:46: RT @vondanmcintyre: Good writer joke: Journal of Universal Rejection. http://www.math.pacificu.edu/~emmons/JofUR/ May be my first market ...

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From Twitter 01-24-2011

00:13:00: Dear Twitter: I can figure out for myself who this is: shut down the stupid popup window!
08:33:01: RT @carloscomputers: Pope says atheists pick & choose their morals. Correct. Today I will be frowning on child abuse & not having a prob ...
10:22:46: RT @NatureNews: UPDATED ERC Advanced Grants: 13.4% off applicants were women, but just 9% of grantees http://ow.ly/3J9Uj
10:30:28: CD/DVD drive started making new loud whiny noise. Probably not a good sign, right?
10:32:20: Mornings after near-sleepless nights make for plodding heavily through the day's wordage. However, keeping at it important. #writing
10:34:06: Do need to change music, though. Need something jaunty...emotional is good, but the wrong emotion isn't.
12:05:00: Why struggle with #writing on a difficult morning with words coming like cold glue? Because now I have 2345 more words, not all sucky.
12:07:58: Adult leopard frog visible in pond, splayed out on the "shelf" around the margin. Tadpoles still active & healthy-looking, too.
12:53:25: New post up on http://www.paksworld.com/blog/ ...progress and some character discussion.
19:27:55: RT @NASA: RT @NASAJPL Brilliant bow shock of a massive star speeding through space, as revealed by #NASA's @WISE_Mission. Photo: http:// ...

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