Lili St. Crow's Blog, page 47

Modicum of Grace

It’s not even 8am and I am in a lather of impatience. Woke up in a reasonably good mood, but the bloody kitchen is a ...

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Cheese Sense and Back to Work

The trees are all a-leaf. The honeysuckle is ablaze with blossom. Even the quince tree down the street is in full vigor, and I suspect ...

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Dry Camellia

A camellia lay upon pavement, drying out during the recent heat wave. I stopped dead in wonder, which meant Boxnoggin had to stop too, while ...

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Two Chainsaws Enough

I should’ve known a good working day would drag a not-so-good one in its wake. That’s just the way the cookie has crumbled since, oh, ...

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Bespoke and Human-Made

This is one of the worst parts of recovery. After a huge project finishes, there’s a few days of the brain being like porridge, then ...

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Soundtrack Monday: Victorian Vigilante

It’s another Soundtrack Monday! I just finished the massive revise on both seasons of Hell’s Acre, getting the books polished from zero level–finished, steaming, just ...

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Serials and Recovery

Finished the top-to-bottom revise of Hell’s Acre late Saturday evening, so I’m in recovery again. (How many is that this year? I’ve lost count.) It ...

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Rip Van Rodent and (Not Tony) Hawk, the Final Battle

So there I was, being dragged a pee-soaked dog, my hand nearly broken because the leash was wrapped around it twice, staggering southward towards what ...

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Rip Van Rodent vs (Not Tony) Hawk, Part II

So I let out a “JESUS CHRIST” Graham Chapman would have been proud of, which was lost in other noise. I’d seen a hawk stoop ...

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Rip Van Rodent vs (Not Tony) Hawk, Part I

All I know is that this squirrel is luckier than even my own ridiculous self. …maybe I should back up. Picture it, Sicily, 1920–no, no, ...

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