Sarah A. Hoyt's Blog, page 197

Olly Olly Oxen Free

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Come out, come out, wherever you are.

Tomorrow is what was known in the village as The Saturday of Hallelujah. Sunday is Easter. Passover night was between the eighth and the 9th.  Even though well be pounded with snow this weekend, the year is turning to life and light.

And were stuck inside, the American economy in ruins, by the orders of our betters following those infallible computer models theyre so fond of. Were subjected, every day, to more ridiculous, job-killing, wealth-destroying...

Attention, Citizens

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Your intrepid reporter went to the grocery store this morning.  The intrepid part was because Im driving again after 10 years hiatus and a couple of abortive attempts.  (Mostly my eyes.  My eyes were really bad. Turns out hypothyroidism makes your eyes dry out. Who knew?  Well, all your tissues, but it was really bad on the eyes.)

Shelves are about normal, only they only let you get two packages of eggs. Which is silly, but this close to Easter I kind of get it.

Fewer people out than I...

When Insanity Bites

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If youre a writer, or really an artist of any kind, you might have been askew from the world in general for a long time. At least if youre a writer or an artist worth his/her salt.  Because being creative requires standing apart from the ape band and saying okay, you do it that way, I do it this way.

There are gradations in creativity, and the most creative people are odd.  The idea of the eccentric artist arose because well, its so often true.

With writers, there is something else that...

Facing the Wave

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Supposing our betters (ah) ever let us out of house arrest, and this is not in fact a democrat/green plan to reduce population and bring in the Green New Deal (Yes, it does sound crazy, but you know the saying When the impossible (that this virus is really as dangerous as painted) is eliminated, the implausible must the truth. things are. gonna change.

And chill. No I dont think this is an enviro-weeny plot, but they will be right there along with the happy fun democratic socialists, trying...

A Plague of Madness

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In case you were wondering I do feel guilty and upset at myself when I swear at long-time readers and call them Vichy. In my defense, the reader hadnt bothered to take in what I was saying about the clusters of the virus, or to address them honestly, and instead tried to hector me with supposed superior knowledge, never considering whether I knew anything about it/had read extensively about it.

So, pull up a rock and lets talk through this, okay? Your fears, my fears. And why Im suffering...

Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike and Book Promo

Book Promo

*Note these are books sent to us by readers/frequenters of this blog.  Our bringing them to your attention does not imply that weve read them and/or endorse them, unless we specifically say so.  As with all such purchases, we recommend you download a sample and make sure its to your taste.  If you wish to send us books for next weeks promo, please email to bookpimping at outlook dot com. If you feel a need to re-promo the same book do so no more than once every six months (unless...

Witch’s Daughter – Novel in Installments. Snippet 3

*For the previous chapters, please go here. These are posted first draft, as the brain dictates to the fingers which are remarkably stupid. Eventually it will be cleaned up and fixed just before page is made secret/taken down and the book is published. At that time I will take lists of typos or volunteers to proof read. For now, its written in a hurry, usually an hour before it goes up. And, let me remind you, its free SAH*
*3/28/20 note that the cover lettering has been brought into...

Assume a Spherical Cow of Uniform Density in a Frictionless Vacuum

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Im not a physicist, nor do I play one on TV.  And I did not sleep at Holiday Inn last night. But my kids took way more physics than needed for either of their degrees, and despite being 3 years apart in schooling took those classes together in college.

(Which was great. They cant stand for one to outdo the other so not only were they top of the class, but had improbably great grades. Because younger one might otherwise slacken but not when there was a chance of older one doing better.  And...

Deaths, Lies And Statistics

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So, to begin with, I am not dead. And I probably do not have the dread Winnie the Flu.  Why not? Well, I do not have a fever and some sense of smell has returned.  No, not all of it, but I can now smell the catbox when Euclid forgets to/refuses to cover (its hard to know with old codgers. It COULD be his protest against getting old, who knows?)  Taste is probably back at 1/2 percent. I can tell Im drinking tea, not just sweet water.  From what I understand, the taste would not come back this...

Destroyed Lives

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*Note Im not doing an April Fools Post this year, because I think as a society weve had it up to HERE with pranks, right about now.
Note also that I woke up sans sense of smell or taste (when you have a 21 year old incontinent cat, you can tell when you lost your smell, and Russian Caravan, the tea you drink with a forkTM tastes of nothing. Even with sweetener and lemon it tastes only like vaguely sweet water.
This is universally reported as the first symptom of Wu-flu.  (I have a runny nose...