The best birthday present you could give me
Today is my birthday. Tomorrow, Hild is out in paperback in the UK. The best present you could give me? Go buy it!
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Daffodil means spring
Birthday, and Hild morsels
Today is my birthday. I intend to loaf about eating croissants, drinking coffee, and people watching, followed by Champagne and whatever other…
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Yesterday morning was full of sunshine. We immediately scrapped our plans and went to the park–because at the end of September, every…
Read moreHappy Birthday to The Most Fabulous Being on the Planet!
Today is Kelley’s birthday. Last year we did a marathon ten-day jubilee celebration. This year will be saner. Today there’s a movie,…
Read moreGrief and its anniversaries
Just over a week ago it was the 22nd anniversary of my little sister Helena’s death. I forgot. I have mixed feelings…
Read moreThe Kingdom of the Spiders
Today’s my birthday. I should probably post something Deeply Meaningful but I find I’m not in the mood and because it’s my…
Read moreHoly cloud, batbeing…
KOMOnews.com Look at the forecast. Look at the icon for my birthday: an unadorned round shining sun. I am gasping with disbelief…
Read moreOur ten-day birthday jubilee
KOMOnews.com Look at that weather forecast: some sun every day, even into October. If it turns out to be true, this will…
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Happy birthday to Kelley. We have Many Plans for the day. Mostly, though, I’m looking forward to spending every waking minute inside…
Read moreTiVo your life
Apparently, you can now TiVo real life. From Fast Company: Ever see something you wish you had on film? Say, a miraculous…
Read moreBirthday feast with dancing girls
Kelley and I both have big birthdays coming up at the end of the month. On my 30th birthday, I told Kelley…
Read morebirthday goodness
Yesterday was Consume Good Things day at the Griffith-Eskridge household. It started with a cup of tea in bed and just got…
Read morebirthdays and silver linings
On Wednesday my computer started making horrible grinding noises. On Thursday, the city, doing work up the street, abruptly cut our power…
Read moreAmmonite’s sweet sixteen
Ammonite was published in the US in February 1993 and in the UK a month later. So today is (more or less)…
Read morewow, lots o’ gifts
It was my birthday last week and gifts have poured in from readers: wonderful visual art of various kinds, nifty toys, and…
Read moreexactly one year ago
A year ago tonight I sat down at this keyboard and wrote the first paragraph of a novel about Hild of Whitby….
Read moreA glad day
Today is Kelley‘s birthday. I’m glad she was born. I’m also glad she loves life enough to live it to the full,…
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