Robin Hobb's Blog, page 28
July 2, 2010
And there's gonna be fireworks . . .
But once, I loved blowing things up. It was all about the explosion. Sad but true.
My first memories of fireworks are from when I was very small. In the back yard of our home in Terra Linda, California. 531 Wisteria Way, for the curious. We set off fireworks for the 4th of July right there in the back yard. My dad held the Roman Candles in his hand and swooshed them through the air to fling the flaming balls even higher...
July 1, 2010
Birds
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We have quite a population of them in my yard, thanks to Fred. He has a little sparrow house on virtually every post of the privacy fence. All of them are occupied, and today I saw little head with wide open mouths sticking out of the doors as parents frantically tried to fill all those beaks.
I also have a crow's nest in my big evergreen. The location is quite obvious, due to the splotches on the sidewalk below. Yesterday...
June 27, 2010
The Dump Run
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This morning I made the dump run with the damaged items from the basement. The melted TV, the traumatized DVD player, the smoky couch that was 15 years old before we did this to it. The refrigerator that quit working, possibly because of the power surge. Or because it had not been feeling well for over a year and it was just time to let go.
Dumps have changed a lot since I was a kid. I remember the dump at Fairbanks. One...
June 23, 2010
Aftermath of the fire
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Still cleaning. We take a section of the house and do it each day. Basement kitchen is now tidy again. I will need to do a dump run and get rid of the melted/shattered television, scorched stand, dead refrigerator, etc. Probably the old couch, too. It is probably over 20 years old anyway! Favorite furniture tends to linger in this house. But it's time to let that one go. I dread the thought of getting it up the stairs!
Bu...
June 21, 2010
Multiple entries on June 20th/ housefire updates
An update on my housefire. Damage was only to objects, none to structure. TV, DVD player, TV stand, refrigerator. I'll replace them as I go along, and after we have finished cleaning all the soot and smoke from the rooms.
By a miracle, none of my books got wet! And this half of the basement is not all that bad in terms of smoke and ...
June 20, 2010
Roma
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My last day in Italy!
And it was certainly one of the best. We traveled to Rome on a very fast train, and quickly found our hotel. We knew it was going to be a very busy day, but it started out very pleasantly. The rain had vanished and Sara was in her element, but I knew the sun and heat was going to be a challenge for me.
We met with members of BloodMemories.it for a wonderful lunch. Some of the people there seemed like my...
Firenze (Florence)
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Firenze (Florence)
So, having escaped from the elevator of doom (our mishap was possibly caused by the brief power outage there) we stashed our luggage in our rooms and once more ventured out into the pouring rain.
Sara especially wanted to show me an old bridge that was the special site of gold and silver workers, something she has a family connection to. We hurried far too fast through streets lined with the booths and tents o...
More Italy blogs
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A note! My cranky old laptop did not do very well connecting to the internet. So, these blogs are post now, several days later, in the hopes they are still interesting!
Wednesday, June 16 was a very full day for us. Chiara Codeca joined us again as we set out from Pavia for Milano. This was very different from my airplane arrival in Milano as I had the opportunity to actually see a bit of the city this time. As before...
June 16, 2010
Italy 2
Hello from Pavia!
(I am still not reading all those posts. I hope you are all being kind to one another. No throwing chairs or flinging epithets in the kitchen, or I shall let Pi put her claws out and chase you all around the room.)
My internet access is intermittent here, so here are some updates from the last couple of days.
On Monday, June 14
The days in Italy go by far too swiftly. Sara and I slept in a bit in the morning, and then it was a brief walk to the train station for the journey...
June 14, 2010
At Parma Fantasy Festival Cont.
Well, a few minutes left so I will continue.
At the festival, I was very happy to encounter the members of Bloodmemories.it, a fan based Italian language Robin Hobb site. They were wearing black and white jesters caps with bells, and Robin Hobb Italy book tour T-shirts! And they gave me one! I felt like a rock star. They were very nice, if a bit shy at first.
My first task was to help with a short story tournament. The writers were divided into teams, each with a professional writer as a m...
