Divers Matters
Sep. 18th, 2012 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pameladean1. The annotated Dean pages are back up!
Thanks, Felix.
I have to say, I was aware that people were not always getting their Shakespeare right in Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary, but I didn't always realize how far off they were. And some of the mistakes that some of the characters make in Tam Lin really should not be there. Though I suppose I could always mutter "memorial reconstruction" and let it go.
2. Aristophanes, my 18-year-old cat, has had a rough summer, and I really didn't think I'd still have a muted orange long-haired tabby with a short tail by now, but he has rallied (with the aid of Pepcid, of all things) and is eating like a small furry matted horse, leaping about, purring, and being a nuisance. I am very pleased and grateful.
3. Things we did not say in our house before we got the Cassie-cat:
"Cats do not need to be refrigerated. They keep very well at room temperature."
"You are an obligate carnivore! Leave the lettuce alone!"
"I do not need a pace cat in order to answer the telephone!"
4. Marie Brennan has a new book out on Book View Cafe. It's about a magical Midwestern college, inspired by my novel Tam Lin and more distantly by the original ballad.. I have only had time so far to read the snippets she's been posting on her LJ, but I'm enjoying those greatly. It's making me want to reread Caroline Stevermer's A College of Magics -- the books are very unlike in many ways, but the books seem to me to be speaking to one another. If you aren't any of the authors, you could probably quite happily read Marie's book and then mine and Caroline's.
5. The Japanese knotweed is done blooming and the asters are blazing purple and glittering with bees. I am not sure how it got to be September. Raphael and I have had a somewhat uneven hiking season, between torrential rain, drought, and various family difficulties with scheduling. But we still had some glorious times. At William O'Brian State Park, one afternoon you could stand looking at the prairie and see a dozen Hallowe'en pennants without having to turn your head.
Eric and I haven't been able to do much long hiking, but we have had some spectacular hours at Eloise Butler, one of which included two pileated woodpeckers, a pair of indigo buntings, and an abundance of red cardinal flower.
6. My mother-in-law died at the end of August while David was at Worldcon, so we are dealing with that. As I go about my business, I see how many of her recipes I have and use, either modified or not. She had ceded the pie-making job for family events to me some years ago, which was flattering but also alarming. She made the best pie crust I have ever had, and it also looked pretty, which is more than anybody will ever be able to say of mine. She was also a great gardener, but I don't have any of her plants. I am sure David's sister, who still lives in the house that their parents bought in 1963, would give me some plants, but it's not really quite the same. I don't have a coherent summary of her virtues, but these are the things that have floated to the top of my mind since the end of August. I think it's better for me to let these things take their own course, however meandering.
I'm still hoping to post more regularly. The Liavek novel is chugging along. I have even kicked the plot into motion.
Pamela
Edited to correct the degree of the influences on Marie's novel, and also to say Huh? Because there are now two entries rather than one edited entry. I don't want to delete the first one because it has comments. What the heck, LJ?
Edited again to add, as a reminder to myself: There were no comments on the edited duplicate entry, so I deleted it and edited this entry. Also, I probably clicked on "Post to pameladean" rather than on "Save Entry" to cause the original problem.
Thanks, Felix.
I have to say, I was aware that people were not always getting their Shakespeare right in Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary, but I didn't always realize how far off they were. And some of the mistakes that some of the characters make in Tam Lin really should not be there. Though I suppose I could always mutter "memorial reconstruction" and let it go.
2. Aristophanes, my 18-year-old cat, has had a rough summer, and I really didn't think I'd still have a muted orange long-haired tabby with a short tail by now, but he has rallied (with the aid of Pepcid, of all things) and is eating like a small furry matted horse, leaping about, purring, and being a nuisance. I am very pleased and grateful.
3. Things we did not say in our house before we got the Cassie-cat:
"Cats do not need to be refrigerated. They keep very well at room temperature."
"You are an obligate carnivore! Leave the lettuce alone!"
"I do not need a pace cat in order to answer the telephone!"
4. Marie Brennan has a new book out on Book View Cafe. It's about a magical Midwestern college, inspired by my novel Tam Lin and more distantly by the original ballad.. I have only had time so far to read the snippets she's been posting on her LJ, but I'm enjoying those greatly. It's making me want to reread Caroline Stevermer's A College of Magics -- the books are very unlike in many ways, but the books seem to me to be speaking to one another. If you aren't any of the authors, you could probably quite happily read Marie's book and then mine and Caroline's.
5. The Japanese knotweed is done blooming and the asters are blazing purple and glittering with bees. I am not sure how it got to be September. Raphael and I have had a somewhat uneven hiking season, between torrential rain, drought, and various family difficulties with scheduling. But we still had some glorious times. At William O'Brian State Park, one afternoon you could stand looking at the prairie and see a dozen Hallowe'en pennants without having to turn your head.
Eric and I haven't been able to do much long hiking, but we have had some spectacular hours at Eloise Butler, one of which included two pileated woodpeckers, a pair of indigo buntings, and an abundance of red cardinal flower.
6. My mother-in-law died at the end of August while David was at Worldcon, so we are dealing with that. As I go about my business, I see how many of her recipes I have and use, either modified or not. She had ceded the pie-making job for family events to me some years ago, which was flattering but also alarming. She made the best pie crust I have ever had, and it also looked pretty, which is more than anybody will ever be able to say of mine. She was also a great gardener, but I don't have any of her plants. I am sure David's sister, who still lives in the house that their parents bought in 1963, would give me some plants, but it's not really quite the same. I don't have a coherent summary of her virtues, but these are the things that have floated to the top of my mind since the end of August. I think it's better for me to let these things take their own course, however meandering.
I'm still hoping to post more regularly. The Liavek novel is chugging along. I have even kicked the plot into motion.
Pamela
Edited to correct the degree of the influences on Marie's novel, and also to say Huh? Because there are now two entries rather than one edited entry. I don't want to delete the first one because it has comments. What the heck, LJ?
Edited again to add, as a reminder to myself: There were no comments on the edited duplicate entry, so I deleted it and edited this entry. Also, I probably clicked on "Post to pameladean" rather than on "Save Entry" to cause the original problem.
