All is well with the world
Yesterday was an astonishingly sunny day here in Seattle. I was serenaded by a fat bird at breakfast: And in the afternoon,…
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It Was the Snow
A picture of our street taken Friday Thursday afternoon by our favourite photographer, Jennifer Durham (who took these snapshots with her phone),…
Read moreHow to take down a mammoth
Still snowing. Huge icicle hanging outside our kitchen could probably take down a mammoth. There’s an ice storm warning in effect for…
Read moreHow I look now
photo by Riva Lehrer, January 2012 This photo is by the artist Riva Lehrer. It’s low-res and not well-lit because it’s just…
Read moreSome sun to go with that
I’m enjoying the conversation about Tolkien and literature we started yesterday. Here’s a bit of sunshine to go with that: early morning…
Read moreOminous to glittering to eerie glow
Here’s how yesterday morning began: dull, grey, and ominous, with a carpet of frost–thick as cat fur–on every surface: And here’s how…
Read moreThe cat who gave thanks
The nieghbourhood cat, whom we call Chow Ciao, but whose new owners have named something like Kira, has been visiting every morning….
Read moreBig as a battering ram
Until a month ago, I had no idea that Brussels sprouts grew on stalks. I’d only ever seen them loose, or pre-packaged:…
Read moreBlazing happiness
I have been having a truly marvellous few days. Hild is now safely in the hands of editors on either side of…
Read moreTech gremlins
On Monday tech gremlins started chewing on random things in our house. First up: voicemail. The gremlin ate our message and started…
Read moreInside and out, a contrast in pictures
So that’s what my office looked like this morning. Which is why I fled here: Oh, it’s so nice not to have…
Read moreLight of the World
These are the flowers that a neighbour brought round yesterday for Kelley’s birthday. Nothing to do with this post. I just thought…
Read moreFallen trees and setting sun
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. Crapcam got a workout. First we were in the park. I spotted this fallen and naturally split…
Read moreVines do grow
The honeysuckle is blossoming, twining vinously over everything. Sort of like my Hild sentences. The vines, though, will just get bigger and…
Read moreHoneysuckle and kadsura
A while ago our neighbours tore down some trees and left us no privacy to the west of the house. So we…
Read moreHild update
I’m now just past halfway through my first-pass rewrite of Hild. I’ve already lost more than fifty pages. If you recall the…
Read moreAwful sartorial choices of 1997
Holly Wade Matter recently posted these photos of me and Kelley, from 1997, on Facebook. Aargh!! All I can say is: our…
Read moreA pretty for you
I’m not around much today, so I thought I’d offer you this photo I took of my office window a couple of…
Read moreMicrobial food action: Old World vs. New
photo: Vonda McIntyre, courtesy of Nancy Kress At lunch this weekend with a bunch o’ writers, Vonda McIntyre asked a question I…
Read moreSunshine and perbs
It’s going to be a beautiful day here in Seattle, warm and sunny, and like the rest of the population I’m going…
Read moreSpring
I had planned a gorgeous series of photos to show you how the garden has suddenly leapt into bloom. And that the…
Read moreGreening leaves
Yesterday I promised you a review of Camelot. I lied. The review will be a bit of a rant, I think, and…
Read moreLift your face to the sun–and get beaten bloody
According to my calendar, this is what April looks like: Sun, scent of flowers, the zuzz of bumble bees, birdsong, blue skies……
Read moreLook! Real blossom! Growing things!
The other day, when I said The alders are doing that feathery thing, a couple of people asked what I meant. I…
Read moreDaffodils 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…
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