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Weekend

We have both been working, and busy: I've had several tarot readings to do over the last couple of days, as well as the shop(s). The weather has been up and down like a yoyo - spring one minute, November the next. But the pussy willow is coming out and we have clusters of primroses in the garden. Cleaning out the conservatory, I found some little daffodil bulbs that had, without water or any other assistance, grown and flowered: the stems are only an inch long.

We went out to dinner at a local p

Closer to home...

These are of Malvern and Newnham, close to where I grew up in Gloucester.




Birtsmorton Court





Malvern theatre



St Ann's Well



Malvern Abbey



Abbey and cedar



Forest of Dean



The Speech House, Forest of Dean




Newnham on Severn



Newnham, crocuses

Snowdonia - photos

If you decide to come to Milford, this is where you'll be staying:




Betws-y-coed





Snowdonia 1




The sort of landscape that makes you go a bit quiet...



Snowdrops



Trigonos - grounds



Trigonos - house

MILFORD 2009

MILFORD 2009

Dear Writer,

You are cordially invited to join the Milford SF Writer’s Conference, held at the Trigonos Centre in Snowdonia. The dates are Saturday 24th October to Saturday 31st October 2009 inclusive (leaving on the morning of Saturday 31st).

If you’ve attended a previous British Milford, you will know more or less what to expect and can go straight to the booking form. If not, then a brief introduction may be in order. Milford is a gathering of professional authors, loosely linked

RaceFail 09

This is under a cut, as it's long.

I haven't made any public posts on this one on this LJ, although I have posted a couple of things elsewhere, as I have had the feeling that anything I might have to contribute is akin to my running up to an exploding train and throwing a bucket of petrol over it. The thing has now become so toxic, however, that conversely I am not sure that even a bucket of bile is going to make much difference, and I have been asked why I haven't commented.

So. A number of peo

TWILIGHT

I have now finished this, and didn't not enjoy it. I thought it was reasonably well written (much better writing than some other vampire novels, anyway), although the pace is quite slow. I suspect this is because it's essentially a romance rather than a thriller (I have huge issues with the Anita Blake books, but Hamilton is good when it comes to pace).

Spoilers ahead.

I don't think I have any new insights into this, but my take on it is mainly that I am not the target age group. If I'd read thi

Cats and dogs 1

Behind cut.






Sid




We iz plotting world domination.

Sid and snow

OK, I may be spamming you a bit with cat photos. I'll put the rest behind a cut to be merciful.

Guests

We had a very good evening yesterday with a visitor from Loyola University in Chicago (he's a Baptist minister) who is undertaking research on the nature of pilgrimage, and another Christian guest who wants to understand a little more about paganism (particularly the goddess-y end of paganism). Paganism doesn't have a theology per se - it's more a free-for-all, but our guest provided some very interesting distinctions.

xenaclone - I hope this was useful to your friend! We're happy to meet up agai