Down for the count
I’m sick, so I’m gone for a few days. Feel free to talk about anything you like here: books we should read,…
Read moreMonth: February 2011
Well, hey, at least it’s stopped snowing
I wonder if it’s raining on the red carpet outside the Kodak? Soon I’ll go see what TiVo has brought in terms…
Read moreDancing books
Dancing books is about my speed right now. Enjoy. This and other links via Sterling Editing.
Read moreCalling Svalbard, Myanmar, Mali…
Ask Nicola has now been around for 33 months. In that time, we’ve had visitors from around 200 countries. Here are the…
Read moreClothes sizes
Yesterday I had a conversation about how frustrating it is to go shopping with people who won’t accept their clothes size: those…
Read moreMeet Hild
Photo taken with crapcam. It turns out that 976 pages is nearly 11cm (4.5 in) high. I don’t have a scale, so…
Read moreOooh, a new Daphne Du Maurier story!
From the Telegraph, news of a lost story by Daphne Du Maurier: The Doll, billed as “a dark story of obsession and…
Read moreWith Her Body now an ebook
cover by Jennifer Durham With Her Body, more than one hundred pages of juicy, luscious fiction, is now available as an ebook….
Read moreClear February
I’ve lost count of the number of sunny days we’ve had this month here in Seattle. It’s been extraordinary: brilliant light, morning…
Read moreHild is done
The first draft of part one is complete. Numbers, for those of you who like such things: pages 976 words 201,670 paragraphs…
Read moreBlank and blinking in the sun
My head is empty. The sun is shining. Another bird just flew into the window. I think they’re addled with fatigue, dashing…
Read moreLove Story: Oh just die already!
K and I watched Love Story last night (research purposes–that’s a tale for another time). Given that it’s such a simple story…
Read moreHild update
Don’t be alarmed if my presence here is sporadic and eccentric in the next few days. I’m getting very, very close to…
Read moreValentine weather
Daffodils and roses and truffles
Breakfast: Irish breakfast tea, scrambled egg (with parsley and chives, our very own kerbs) on toast, followed by handmade Cognac truffles–while the…
Read moreValentine dessert, weddings, and war
Strictly-speaking, it was pre-Valentine dessert, a gift from our favourite neighbour, Vicki. Cherry tart, with handmade Cognac chocolate truffles. Pretty damn good…
Read moreLazarus kerbs
So after a near-death experience, followed by pruning (heavy-heart, firm hand*), it look as though our oregano, marjoram, and thyme might make…
Read moreUnexpected gifts
So today I got not one but two late Christmas presents, both from England. Both by Royal Mail. One, a game, was…
Read moreWhat’s going on in St. Louis, MO?
I finally got around to looking at Author Central today. It turns out that in the week of January 17-23, I sold…
Read moreKerbs and perbs and rock n roll
The Tragedy of the kerbs (kitchen herbs, grown hydroponically) is still a mystery. But we’ve taken radical steps. We cut all the…
Read moreCrow flow
Yesterday was a beautiful day here, so we went to the park. Astonishingly, given the sunshine, we had the whole creek-side to…
Read moreThe Eagle
http://www.focusfeatures.com/swf/fifplayer.swf I loved Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth. (I love all her books; great stuff.) I love sword-and-pony movies. I…
Read moreTragedy in Kerbville
Our kerbs got breathed on last night by a frost giant from an alien dimension. Or something. The oregano and marjoram have…
Read moreOooh, new ‘Hanna’ trailer
Woodpecker convention
Wednesday was a day of brilliant sunshine here in Seattle. Brilliance and birds. At one point I looked out at the ravine…
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Nicola Griffith 