caught on camera

Hey! The guy with the film camera posted his protest coverage on YouTube, so me, my sister, my brother in law, and a few of their friends, are caught yelling protest slogans in the first few minutes of Saturday’s rally. Deirdre’s in the red and black hat with the ear flaps, her husband Gavin’s beside her in the flat cap, I’m in the red beret, at about 1:02 in the video. I said, moments later, to the guy beside me, “These people aren’t much for yelling, are they?” “No,” he…

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no wexford, protests instead

I was going to go to Wexworlds this weekend but between train schedules being much less accomodating than I thought, the roads being dire because of poor weather, and the general exhaustion at this house, and Young Indiana being not as on-top-of-the-weather as he might be, we thought it might be the better part of valor not to go. Instead Ted, may a thousand blessings rain upon him, got up after I fed Young Indiana this morning, and sent me back to bed. I slept until 20 to 11, and…

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busy!

Yesterday was a Very Busy Day. Young Indiana and I had an appointment at 10am and errands to run beforehand (because I had more appointments later and couldn’t do the errands after), so we tore out of the house at 8:45 and rushed to the store to pick up Item A, which was supposed to be in Monday and which I’d gone to get Monday and they’d said oops, the trucks not here yet, come back later in the week. Well, it wasn’t there yesterday either. *squinchy face* So I…

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break it down, kit

Finished up another story for the Old Races collection this morning. I really only need to write one more in terms of wordcount, but people looked all hopeful at the idea of a story about Rebecca Knight (Margrit’s mom) and Eliseo Daisani, so I’ll probably write that one too. :) The thinks to do list is not getting any shorter, but there’s at least one item on it that needs breaking down so I get it/done/, so that’s going to be my focus for the day. thinks to do breakdown:…

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not so many thinks done

This has not been a very get-it-doneful kind of week. What has been accomplished seems more like lucky coincidence than concerted effort. thinks to do BEFORE THE MONTH IS OUT, ARGH work: – finish the old races collection – do MW page proofs – do SPIRIT DANCES AAs – WAYFINDER revisions – put together the Indonesian fundraiser idea – talk to Mom about my idea for the bursary artists award – submit portfolio to Persons Of Significance – go to Wexworlds house: – change the kitty litter – clean the…

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