step one
Brought to you by the wonderful weirdness of Top Searches : “How To Put On Sirens” … well, okay, if you insist.
First, catch your siren. This may be acheived by means of laying a trail of platinum wedding rings (alternating his and hers) toward a nest created of polka-dotted deckchairs.
essential utensil
Realised the book mark I was looking at had a very tasty, relatively easy recipe on the back … and the supermarket is only a stroll away. Josh came along for the ride. It’s been a while since he showed up in the Wolf Hollow segment of the sticky note collection so good to have his company. And suggestions. That hammer in my utensil jar? Best kitchen tool. Use it to crush gingernuts for cheesecake base, tenderise meat, mend wonky tables, shell hazelnuts, defend cooked cheesecake from hungry Nichtthanes passing though on their way to bump the night. Okay, only the first really applies today. But gingernuts really work and so does making cheesecake in a silicon star-shaped muffin pan instead of a springform.
green light
Of course! That’s exactly the justification Thane needs to change their modus operandi appropo feral vampires. I say “their” because I haven’t figured out what the Paris-based unit is called yet though the yellow asterisks in the manuscript are annoying me so much I hope I dream up the clue tonight. Then remember it upon waking.
The heat of summer may be baking my winter book into almost-done. Hurray.
anno annotatious
Blah, blah, blah, fireworks and lightning and sauvignon blanc aside, what did I learn in the year 2009?
Well. Thanks to the Random One and The Lotus, I discovered the technological joy of the iPod… and that it doesn’t make you invisible, maybe just oblivious to anyone standing around hoping to use the photocopying while you’re blaming things on the boogie.
Release: Jitterbug
Dearly beloved,
You are invited to bear witness at the wedding of the decade, possibly the century… there’s just one little hitch in the proceedings.
Running away isn’t in Holly H Kincaid’s repertoire but tracking down a runaway bride could be fun. Catch them both at Smashwords.
Cover design: GL Drummond
Released by: Kattar Kanticles Press (KKP)
phffff
… the sound of book dust blooming… promptly follwed by the phfftttt of a sneeze. I may have underestimated the capacity of the boxed section of my library by about 200 books. Such a rosy feeling. Indeed, even a rosé feeling.
august smith and syren
Wow, thanks to whomever used that title as a search – there’s a story lurking there.
Some place where there’s lots of stories lurking is this house. I counted up last night. 295 books in one room + 573 in the next room (and the shelf I couldn’t reach without a dust cloud blooming) …. + 10 boxes, approx 20 in each. Yes, I have about 1000 books in this house. Good thing I took 3 to visit the sister library a few days ago. Then again, 1000 doesn’t sound like many until you calculate the space requirements and the effort involved in relocating all those lovely volumes. It certainly doesn’t sound like enough.
Oh. Hmmm. Guess who has a book voucher under the sparkly twisted silver solstice tree?
vib
Book cravings are back – with a difference. These particular older books I don’t particularly want to read, maybe just hold, because I don’t want to risk losing the magic.
I Can Jump Puddles – Alan Marshal.
February Dragon – Colin Thiele… yeah, still appropriate.
Playing Beatie Bow – Ruth Park.
A somewhat ironic list as they all touch on being active in the Australian outdoors and there I was, usually still am, curled up inside with my nose in a book rather than running around in the sun. Hey, my skin loves me.
