Kitten report #20: Not dead yet [photos]
Charlie and George continue to steadily deplete their nine-life ration. George had another close call—but everyone’s fine.
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Kitten Report #19: Sad, abandoned, lost and betrayed! [photos]
We’ve been with Charlie and George 24/7 since we adopted them in August 2019. The thought of leaving them for nine days without being able to explain to them that we were coming back was…not thrilling.
Read moreKitten Report #18: Two-and-a-bit years old
Charlie and George are two years old—no longer kittens but full-grown cats. Maybe. Their personalities have grown more distinct.
Read moreHelena + Nicola = A Whole Psychopath
My little sister Helena would have been 57 today; we were tight; between us we made a whole psychopath
Read moreFlowers, cats, birds and bees [photos, video]
This year’s deck flowers were more of a experiment than usual, plus we had a lot more sun than we’re used to and in a different rhythm. The result? A garden full of colour, scent, dogfighting hummingbirds, bees, and a cat.
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2010-2019: a decade in review [photos, links]
This will be a long post with lots of pictures and links: ten years is a long time; a lot has happened; and the world has changed a fair bit.
Read moreKitten Report #11: Seven months old today [photos]
Today our rescue kitties Charlie and George, are exactly seven months old. Despite being brothers, they are developing very differently.
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A photo and video update of the continuing adventures of kittens Charlie and George.
Read moreKitten report #01
The latest report on the intrepid adventures of Charlie and George, tabby brothers, 15 1/2 weeks old. With photos.
Read more31 years ago
31 years ago today, on a miserably hot Sunday, I met Kelley…
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Music of early 1981: what I was listening to
This weekend the Guardian did a 6-page spread on Visible Girls: Revisited, the retrospective-and-redo of the famous 1981 series. Here’s a playlist of the music I was listening to when that original photo was taken.
Read moreSky drama
The sky is more entertaining than any screen…
Read moreGirls of lost subcultures
I’m apparently one of the “girls from lost subcultures” in Visible Girls, an exhibit by photographer Anita Corbin. Shot in 1981 (!) and now on exhibit in London.
Read moreMy 2013 in review
This is my year in pictures and links. I tried to stuck to two or three links per month but there were…
Read morePhotos from the Hugo House reading and party
Just three quick proofs for now, taken by the incomparable Jennifer Durham. We’ve got more photos, and some splendid video from Kurt…
Read moreDelicious
It’s truly delicious weather here: seventies, sun, everything bright and blooming. The perbs are growing like Jack’s beanstalk. Yesterday we cut some…
Read moreDo you want a Hild ARC?
My box of Hild ARCs* arrived on Friday. Many of them are already spoken for but I have a handful extra. So…
Read moreMy new author photos
Today for your delectation and delight, three recent (January 2013) photos of me by Jennifer Durham. (You can see bigger versions by…
Read moreFrost like salt, sun like lemon
We’ve had brilliant sunshine and cracking cold here in Seattle for a few days. With great sunsets–which I always forget to photograph….
Read moreBrightly-coloured lusciousness
Still having fun fooling about with Diptic. So here are two that I made while having a conversation about Seattle weather. If…
Read moreNineteen years ago today
I married Kelley nineteen years ago today. She married me, too, of course. More precisely, we married each other–really: no one officiated….
Read moreIn which I wear yellow pants
I just got these old, old photos (I was twenty-one) by email this morning from a Facebook friend (thanks, Margot). I don’t…
Read moreAngels of light dance on my thumb
This is how I see the world after more wine than is strictly necessary. Or perhaps it’s only after truly luscious wine…
Read moreEeeevil
Sure, it looks nice. The smell doesn’t suck, either. But tree pollen is eeevil. That’s all.
Read moreLost in the treetops…
I had all sorts of plans yesterday, one being a splendid post about Hild and her (admittedly utterly imaginary) links to Cuthbert’s…
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