How Does She Do That?

Posted by on Mar 6, 2009 in Beagles, The Plague | Comments Off

And now Cressie has it!
Cressie is long-legged and lanky and when she stands on her hind legs scoping out the kitchen counters she seems about six feet tall. But she can curl up into the tiniest of balls. Where does she put those long bony legs and enormous (sorry, Cress) paws? One of the mysteries of nature.

Here we see her channeling Veronica Lake as she recovers from the gastroenteritis bug her brother Boo so generously shared with her.

She’s better today. I am now ready for everyone in this house to be NOT-SICK. Thank you.

The Lost Weekend

Posted by on Feb 21, 2009 in Dreams, Libraries, Reading, The Plague | Comments Off

Where did the past week go? Lots of sleeping, aching, drinking water, aching, sleeping, sneezing, taking aspirin, aching, sleeping and sleeping, with the occasional reading of a chapter or so.

I love libraries and librarians (what writer of historical fiction can survive without Inter-Library Loan, even in these days of the Internet?), but I’m afraid it was a librarian who shared the cold with me. I was at the library on Friday the 13th (ack! No wonder! I hadn’t made that connection until just this moment) and the new! updated! better! self-checkout machine wasn’t working properly. So the librarian came over and leaned close to help. That’s when I suspect the germs made the leap. And in the end she had to check out the books manually anyway.

By Sunday night I was miserable. The rest of the week is a write-off.

I did, however, have some vivid dreams. Some of them weren’t too helpful (Emeril Lagasse as the Pope. No, really, zucchetto and vestments and all), but one gave me a fabulous idea for my next book. Exactly the thing I’ve been looking for to spark the story. Thank you, subconscious mind!

Where Have I Been?

Posted by on Feb 18, 2009 in Life, Reading, The Plague | 4 comments

I’d like to say I’ve been happily reading, but the truth is I’ve been struggling to fight off the cold/flu plague that seems to be spreading magically through the Internet. I guess I need to rub some Purell on our router. Or something.

Not fair that I get sick when I’m supposed to be on vacation!

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