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eor is right and it's just that this is home, to me, but it looks to my eyes so fundamentally like a place people should live.
I've got meat cooking for tacos becauseeor reminds me that "breakfast was long ago and you are not fleet of foot." Oddly, I'm not nearly as famished as he, though that may have something to do with me having cleaned up biscuits, gravy, eggs, grits, tea and a Bacardi and coke for breakfast (which we had in Atlanta), and a piece of fudge and one of those turtle nut clusters for desert.
Our tub looks beautiful! Our management company had it re-enameled for us while we were away, and I promise I'm trying it out this evening!
I finished "Tales of St. Austin's" on the plane (erratic, but fun to read) and began G.K. Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday" (good stuff - I particularly like the philosopher policemen idea). So, I notice a mention of green carnations in the introductory poem of TMWWT... who's got the low-down on the homoerotic subtext of this story?
"The Book of Tea" by Kakuzo Okakura - I'm glad I have the edition with the foreword and notes because they really add a lot of depth to the whole essay.
"Becoming Alien" by Rebecca Ore - Moves along a little quickly, but her aliens are, I think, quite good. What they are, really, are extrapolations about how different animals act and interact and what they would be like if they were sentient.
"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris - Stories from his life, although I'm sure they're somewhat touched up and streamlined. Still, hysterical stuff. :)
"In The Garden of Iden" by Kage Baker - I bought the book "On Company Time" only to find out that it was a compilation of "In The Garden of Iden" and "Sky Coyote," the second of which I have, already. Excellent tale, quite gripping. Angst filled, but well done.
Asimov's October/November 2006 - Don't know what to say about it, because of course it's a collection of short stories and I had different reactions to each.
Oddly, I did not read the one book I specifically took to read by the pool, Emily Eden's letters to her sister. I think because I could barely get myself to stay outside for any length of time, it was too hot for me.
And now I think I'll leave the discussion of the rest of our vacation for later and get to work on that food, and catching up properly on all of you.
eor is right and it's just that this is home, to me, but it looks to my eyes so fundamentally like a place people should live. I've got meat cooking for tacos because
eor reminds me that "breakfast was long ago and you are not fleet of foot." Oddly, I'm not nearly as famished as he, though that may have something to do with me having cleaned up biscuits, gravy, eggs, grits, tea and a Bacardi and coke for breakfast (which we had in Atlanta), and a piece of fudge and one of those turtle nut clusters for desert. Our tub looks beautiful! Our management company had it re-enameled for us while we were away, and I promise I'm trying it out this evening!
I finished "Tales of St. Austin's" on the plane (erratic, but fun to read) and began G.K. Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday" (good stuff - I particularly like the philosopher policemen idea). So, I notice a mention of green carnations in the introductory poem of TMWWT... who's got the low-down on the homoerotic subtext of this story?
"The Book of Tea" by Kakuzo Okakura - I'm glad I have the edition with the foreword and notes because they really add a lot of depth to the whole essay.
"Becoming Alien" by Rebecca Ore - Moves along a little quickly, but her aliens are, I think, quite good. What they are, really, are extrapolations about how different animals act and interact and what they would be like if they were sentient.
"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris - Stories from his life, although I'm sure they're somewhat touched up and streamlined. Still, hysterical stuff. :)
"In The Garden of Iden" by Kage Baker - I bought the book "On Company Time" only to find out that it was a compilation of "In The Garden of Iden" and "Sky Coyote," the second of which I have, already. Excellent tale, quite gripping. Angst filled, but well done.
Asimov's October/November 2006 - Don't know what to say about it, because of course it's a collection of short stories and I had different reactions to each.
Oddly, I did not read the one book I specifically took to read by the pool, Emily Eden's letters to her sister. I think because I could barely get myself to stay outside for any length of time, it was too hot for me.
And now I think I'll leave the discussion of the rest of our vacation for later and get to work on that food, and catching up properly on all of you.