Happy Birthday, Nora!!! I hope 50 is good to you.
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
Oz ,'Him'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Sep 15, 2023 10:37:14 am PDT #25391 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
meara - Sep 15, 2023 10:53:44 am PDT #25392 of 30000
Omg hilarious—so there’s an estate sale going on at my parents old place right now, to get rid of the stuff my siblings didn’t move to Philly with my dad. Lots of furniture lots of tchotchkes and such. Apparently a game boy and 10 games went for $300? Who knew? But among the stuff they had was a lot of figurines and sculptures from the Dominican Republic where my dad had lived. And in among those were a couple things us kids had made. My brother showed me on FaceTime last night. One creepy monkey man thing he’d made (roughly the size of a TP roll, it had eyes stuck on it and kind of a human face but was on all fours like a gorilla?) and a little pirate head I had made in art class once upon a time. We joked that nobody was going to buy those but the estate sale people threw them in because why not. Apparently someone bought my brothers creepy monkey man for $5! We have congratulated him on his burgeoning art career.
smonster - Sep 15, 2023 11:03:50 am PDT #25393 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
JZ was in the middle of the Tiffany Aching books. I think Hat Full of Sky was the last one she read.
Yeah, that’s definitely on the Not Fair or Right list.
meara, that’s awesome.
-t - Sep 15, 2023 11:18:33 am PDT #25394 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's great, meara! The art, nsm the sore quads (although go you with the training!)
sj - Sep 15, 2023 11:23:28 am PDT #25395 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Meara, that’s awesome about the sale, and I hope you’re feeling better soon.
I think I have finally kicked the migraine to the curb, and it’s a beautiful Autumn day here. We have a special presentation on bullying at ltc’s karate studio tonight followed by an ice cream social at her school. And then I think our weekend is free.
Atropa - Sep 15, 2023 11:24:28 am PDT #25396 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh! I’m halfway through A Hat Full of Sky, and I’m very pleased that the Terry Pratchett definition of a witch is something I can definitely relate and aspire to.
Tiffany Aching and Granny Weatherwax are two of my touchstone role models. I wish the Tiffany Aching books had been around when I was a preteen.
I still haven't read Pratchett's last book, The Shepherd's Crown. I don't know if I ever will.
sj - Sep 15, 2023 11:27:55 am PDT #25397 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I’m reading discworld in order and haven’t gotten to Tiffany Aching yet, but I do love Granny Weatherwax and all her witch friends.
Laura - Sep 15, 2023 11:41:00 am PDT #25398 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Omg hilarious—so there’s an estate sale going on at my parents old place right now
Sounds like it is quite successful, and enlightening!
-t - Sep 15, 2023 11:50:35 am PDT #25399 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I put off reading The Shepherd's Crown for quite a while, Atropa, but I once I did read it I was glad I did. Lotta feels went with it, though, not gonna lie.
smonster - Sep 15, 2023 2:07:43 pm PDT #25400 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Tiffany Aching and Granny Weatherwax are two of my touchstone role models. I wish the Tiffany Aching books had been around when I was a preteen.
Same. Little Women and Anne of Green Gables were all very well, but my goodness I could have used those two as role models back then. I certainly intend to do that now.
Witches deal with things, do they? For most of my life, “dealing with things” was the most terrifying concept to me. It involves decisions and choices and risking people’s disapproval and walking paths that only go one way. And now I’m trying to square up and keep moving, because someone has to do it.