Should have known Elizabeth would be kicking off the dancing. Happy Birthday, Larry!! Hope it's been a blast.

Just playing on the computer all day.

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I would rather be playing with one than fixing/upgrading one. Alas, I am the head techie at home much as I am at work.

Chores are done so I think it's time to watch Star Trek next generation


Probably my favorite Trek, even if I still love the original. The new Picard series seems intriguing but I suspect it will be more like Discovery than Next Generation in mood, which may or may not work for me. At least it brings Patrick Stewart back to Star Trek.

* pours a tea and settles in a corner *

I like the sound of this. Maybe it's time to spread my wings a little. Right now, all my published fiction is on two sites (including this one). Doubt I can have something in time for this window since it closes January 31.

Funny. A woman I know on another board had a birthday yesterday, too.<img src="/images/emoticons/laughing7.gif" alt="laughing6">

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Miss Purr the sweet resident kitty gets fished shaped kitty treats

Fish-shaped and hopefully fish-flavoured. <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_cat.gif" alt="cat">

Good evening. Another week over. Winter looms. We seem to have lots of sweets, but I've brought some savoury snacks. Sometimes those are better for evening munching (not to mention for those of with glucose issues). Tortilla chips with an assortment of salsas and other toppings. A big bowl of mixed nuts (with an allergen warning on the bowl). Wasabi and garlic roasted peas.

* starts the kettle and fills a pot with green tea *

I was in the process of trying to post Merchant Princess on the red side, and they suggested here because the violence was a little over the top. Long story short, it was too hot for here, too violent for there. I ended up making edits for both places while hashing it out, and they both ended up getting accepted.



I actually considered doing that deliberately with one of my stories (doing two version, one for each site) but never got the one for here done.

I'm diabetic so I'll just let Larry scarf down that piece of cake. My sugars are a bit f-d up as it is due to vacation.

Wow. I have had to burn off "carry over" before but never that much in that short a time. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

Grey day here, but I've seen worse. Snow supposed to be starting any time, so the worse may yet happen.

Mrs. M and I are now back to being empty nesters after having our son with us for a couple weeks (one away on vacation in Panama, one at home). Probably won't see him again until the semester end in April. He is on a work term with a computer chip design firm so doesn't even get Winter Break this year.

Time for an afternoon tea. Orange pekoe with a wedge of lime squeezed in.

The latest, most excellent challenger... Miss Sara!

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/-moon-challenge-scamps-adventure-7.aspx

And it's a Scamp story to boot! <img src="/images/emoticons/hello2.gif" alt="hello1">

I am slumped in a chair, staring at my newest painting. For over twenty-four hours I have been awake, painting in a near-trance for more than half that time. The painting portrays a scene not far from my studio, a shallow bay on Lake Madeline. A woman emerges naked from the water. An overturned canoe floats nearby. The woman’s name is Lily. Memories flood in. ***** Thunder rumbled in...

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Spooky people come out to play. This is now your special day. Scare the other folks away. Spooky people play! Monster people come out to dance, Tonight will be your perfect chance. Caper, spin, stomp, and prance! Monster people dance! Witch-y people grab your broom, Soar up through the twilight gloom, Past the stars you're going to zoom, Witch-y people zoom! Halloween people this is...

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The rider came swiftly towards Eversham. Keeping his horse at a fast trot, he reached the cluster of buildings that stood beyond the town’s West gate. Those buildings stood mostly empty and boarded up now that winter had arrived. During the summer, though, they were home to hundreds when trade caravans passed through en route to the mountain passes. Dev Jackelbury, Warden of Eversham, stood...

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I saw the light born and reborn this morning. From dark sea and dim horizon came a holy glow, A signal that night's rule was ending; A first, tentative announcement that light and life would indeed return from the underworld. That first dim glow grew brighter, and my heart quickened, Delighting in the light, celebrating the warmth and brightness that soon would be. Then it happened. In...

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The wind gave a piercing howl, rattling the windows of Professor Jack Lange’s apartment. Jack lowered his book at the sound and stared out at the blowing snow. "Wow, what a storm!" announced the disc jockey on the radio as if he, too, had heard it, "If you don't gotta go out, don't go." Jack turned off the radio. The storm had given him a rare day to himself, so he wasn’t especially...

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