What’s next? Well, there’s a dentist visit coming up, which will include assessment of the tooth most affected by the face-to-sidewalk smash, some work deferred while working on tech & organization, including an ad for ArmadilloCon and other arrangements for the release of DEEDS OF YOUTH. Today was in part folding laundry. It would’ve been Read More…
The Final Countdown…But Not The End of Change
Progress since the previous has included acquiring an outside “can” to add to the mesh network and make service at the other house (was my mother’s house) (will be installed on a pole today.) Clearing up software glitches/inconsistencies in the new hardware, double-checking that new security software is actually installed, not just ‘on the list,” Read More…
More Progress on the Tech & Office Upgrade
As of yesterday: Both new computers and their associated extras (some leftover, some new) are installed, with current software, and running just fine. I’m still having some quibbles with the new Paint Shop Pro because some favorite and very frequently used functions either aren’t there, or are somewhere I haven’t found yet. My new printer’s Read More…
Yes, I’m Better
Progress continues: some more stitches have come out (not all yet) , the nose-scab is down to a snarky-looking dot, energy level is coming right back up, and I’ll be looking for a new bifocal prescription pretty soon, when the final soreness is gone. Yes, the new computer system Kate came to install is nearing Read More…
One Stitch Out
One of the stitches in my lip came out this morning…the ER doctor (not naming him bc I don’t know if he wants his name spread around a bunch) wanted them to stay in for 10 days, but…these self-dissolving ones let go when they feel like it. And I kept laughing at things Kate said Read More…
Getting Back in Shape
Not me personally, but my office…following the Great Computer Crash and the I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Covid Scare and the Attack of the Gravity Monster (still healing from that last one), and with the help of the amazing Kate Shull, I am now in possession of the Boxes of Delight. Two new computers (one for me, one for husband, Read More…
Deeds of Youth: Release Date, Cover, and Links
Book Birthday for Deeds of Youth: July 18, 2023 LINKS: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Deeds-Youth-Paksenarrion-World-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B0C3P6CFVM/?tag=awfulagent-20 B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deeds-of-youth-elizabeth-moon/1143406204?ean=9781625676375 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/deeds-of-youth Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Elizabeth_Moon_Deeds_of_Youth?id=BLm7EAAAQBAJ iBooks: https://apple.co/444oq0A
The Planet Hit Me in the Face!
This is the science fiction blog, so that title seemed appropriate when I faceplanted into the gravel & concrete sidewalk Saturday afternoon. Planet used its overwhelming gravitatioal constant to smash me down (OK, I tripped on the corner of a planter) and turn me into a scary, gory, bleeding-faced mess right there between the airport Read More…
Two Annual Markers: My Mother’s Birth, My Mother’s Death
I wasn’t around for my mother’s birth. She was born at home, like most children in those pre-WWI days. She would have been beyond a century old this year, if she’d lived that long. But her birthday and her death day always give me a sharp jab in the ribs: I exist because she existed Read More…
Where’d she Go?
Got sick last week, have been seriously miserable (but not a serious illness just uncomfortable and unhappy) for days. Better today, definitely on the upswing, expect to be almost back to normal by week’s end, but don’t worry if I’m scarce somewhat longer. Covid test was negative. Sore throat went into bronchitis; still a lot Read More…