Lili St. Crow's Blog, page 185

Both Chatterboxes

It’s nice, having teenagers who want to talk to you. It’s also faintly disconcerting to get a high-speed social download first thing in the morning. Just one of those things about motherhood. I read Chuck Wendig’s post on parenting this morning and had to smile, remembering the toddler phases for the Princess and Little Prince. […]

Vampire Tampons

I get mail. Sometimes I can’t tell if it’s a genuine question, or someone who thinks they’ve found a plot hole and wants to gloat, but I’m pretty sure this is the former. Reader C.A. writes in: Subject: Hi Message: Hi Lili, I’m a huge fan of your books, and I know you’re crazy busy […]

Snake Door

When the woodland bits of the park change seasonal attire, things look different. B and I trotted past this, but I had to stop and come back. In other places I’ve lived, that hole would mean something venomous was around, and the thorn-vine would cause both B and me a moment of worry. Some days […]

Drained

Yesterday was full of people. Coffee, luncheon, errands–I didn’t get home until the kids were returning from school, and the dogs went wild with joy. Even then there were various things around the house to be sorted out and dealt with, and high-speed downloads from both the children and my email inbox. As a result, […]

The Marked

It’s been a little while since I’ve reached the end of a writing day with the story still burning inside my head. Yesterday I had to force myself to get up and walk away, knowing I’d be useless today if I ended up burning myself out. Part of that was just the New Story Shiny […]

Rain, Rain, Samhain

Well, I got an extra hour of sleep. It was as glorious as I expected it to be. The only thing that would have made it better is flannel sheets, but I’m holding off on those for a little while. That will make them all the better when I finally put them on. (Delayed gratification […]

Skulls, Sugar

This morning, before breakfast or caffeine, I took the Princess to school. She made skull cookies for her German class, and didn’t want to schlep them on the bus. These are the skulls that wouldn’t fit in the container. Also, she wants to do another few batches for her bestie’s Halloween party. I, of course, […]

Call Centre Blues

I condensed all my errands for the week onto Wednesday, and the day repaid me in kind. Actually, the errands were the fun part. I got candy for my little monsters, general grocery shopping was done, pumpkins were picked up, and a visit to the Sprint store went smoothly. The only snag in the day […]

Less Work

I’m trying to shift my meditation practice to the mornings, which is a little difficult since my brain, even at its most placid, is a Vorpel Bunny on crack. *time passes* After I wrote that sentence, I went for a morning run, did an errand or two, and made a GINORMOUS mug of tea. (The […]

Brains

Being possessed of a brain that tries to kill one in numerous ways makes things interesting. If it’s not the anxiety it’s the “sure, this is a good idea” and the resultant tripping/burning/squirrel attack. And if it’s not either, it’s the paralysis of being able to see multiple outcomes to any damn action. Or the […]