yum.

The only thing better than stew: leftover stew, which has had a day to steep and blend and become that much more delicious. Ooh, you say longingly, how could such a meal be improved upon? Well, say I, take home-made biscuits drowned in butter and add Wexford honey so rich it’s nearly fermented, and enjoy. Aaah, you say enviously, now there’s a meal to be happy with. My agency, DMLA, has started a new web-presence thing in which they’ll be posting monthly ideas and suggestions and, uh, stuff. Check it…

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1092

Mind-blowingly good news has come through for a friend, and I am *completely* over the moon about it. I don’t know when it’s going to be announced officially, but I’m pretty damned certain most people on my flist are going to be just as excited as I am. *beams* I’m not so much going “neener neener” here as I am attempting to radiate good will and good cheer at the universe in general, in case anybody needs some to pick up on. *radiate radiate radiate* Went to the gym today.…

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book & haus update

The astute amongst you have noticed (I know, because you’ve mentioned it) that I rather abruptly stopped blogging about the book a while ago. The *particularly* astute amongst you may have noticed that I said I’d talk about it more when it was less depressing. It’s not especially less depressing now, but at least I’ve found my way. I think. I hope. There’ve been a variety of difficulties in writing this thing. One that was comparatively easy to recognize was that I’d introduced a character who made things too easy…

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hot. sweaty.

Well, I’ve determined to my satisfaction that it’s not that I’m in swell condition beneath the blubber, it’s that the dance teacher isn’t working us very hard (and when I say “us” I mean “me” :)). I went to the gym with my ballet and tap shoes, and had myself red-faced and sweating inside of ten minutes, so…yeah. :) Yesterday, after hanging out with and son for a while, Ted and I stopped at The Corn House (I think) on Cornmarket for lunch. It clearly thinks it’s Quite Hep, but…

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