Lilith Saintcrow's Blog, page 96
November 5, 2020
Not the Plague
Five days or so of intermittent fever (my body likes to cook itself at the slightest provocation), coughing (fortunately that’s going down now), body aches ...
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October 27, 2020
Revisions and Frost
I thought my coffee was taking too long this morning. It was, because I had failed to turn the stove burner on. Also, I just ...
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October 23, 2020
New Friends
This past week was rough, wasn’t it? But I (and the Princess) got to fill out our ballots recently (they were accepted and counted, I ...
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October 22, 2020
Climbing, Secret Fire
It’s the first chilly morning of autumn. Those who live outside our tiny temperate zone might scoff, but an overnight low of 39F is indeed ...
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October 20, 2020
Informal Hope
The French lesson this morning was très unsatisfactory. For one thing, it was ground into me all through four years of French and Spanish in ...
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October 19, 2020
Out of Season
Sunday chores mean my desk is somewhat better organized–not too organized, since a little bit of mess allows room for creativity to sneak in. Or ...
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October 16, 2020
Smoke Angel
This cherub hangs out in a local park; I took this shot the day before the smoke really rolled in. That evening there was only ...
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October 13, 2020
Glass Apple, Silence, Flames
The glass apples along my office windowsill are all dusted, because I take them down and play with them sometimes while a story hides in ...
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October 12, 2020
Pretty, Survive
It’s still dark outside, though dawn is coming up. The marine layer is often so thick we don’t see the sun for days in winter, ...
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October 9, 2020
Bitter Berries
We haven’t had the sort of summer that makes for good blackberries. They’re kind of bitter this year, at least in all the usual places ...
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