The Real Scoop, Straight from the Litter-Box

8:03am: songbooks of children's songs
I have the following songbooks from The Music Class that go with cds of children's songs. Does anyone know anyone in the U. S. who'd like them? I'd be glad to ship them.

The Bear Collection--paperback https://www.amazon.com/Music-Class-Bear-Collection/dp/B002A8ERGI
The Bunny Collection--paperback https://www.amazon.com/Bunny-Collection-Rob-Sayer/dp/B001TM4NGU
The Dinosaur Collection--paperback https://www.amazon.com/Music-Class-Dinosaur-Collection-Fall/dp/B008WOQ7YO
The Tiger Collection--paperback https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Collection-Music-Class/dp/B004GV1OCC
The Pony Collection--paperback https://www.amazon.com/Music-Class-Pony-Collection/dp/B001GFHRQ8
The Elephant Collection--paperback https://www.amazon.com/ELEPHANT-COLLECTION-MUSIC-CLASS-SPRING/dp/B009LA2DO6
The Lion Collection--paperback https://www.amazon.com/Music-Class-Lion-Collection/dp/B002A88YBM

Thanks,

filkferengi

4:49pm: Best bargain around!
Now available on bandcamp, here are right at 2 full hours of music [2 concerts and lots of extra, new songs] for only $10. Best of all, you can listen to the whole thing for free & see for yourself.

note: anyone joining Mary's patreon [link at bandcamp, below] during June gets the whole download for free.

https://marycrowell.bandcamp.com/album/mary-crowells-patreon-year-one

10:52pm: February, 2017

Jim Arnosky--Crinkleroot’s Guide To Knowing The Birds
Barnaby Harward--The Best Book Of Pirates
Terry Pratchett--The Last Continent [Mark Reads reread]
Jo Walton--”Relentlessly Mundane”
Seanan McGuire--”Her Heart Never Came Down Again”
Seanan McGuire--”The Way Home” [reread]
Seanan McGuire--”The Lay Of The Land”
Wen Spencer--”Monsters In Our Midst” [Elfhome novella]
Audrey Penn--The Kissing Hand
Mary Pope Osborne--Favorite Norse Myths
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers--The Snow Party
Jane Yolen--Welcome To The River Of Grass
Robert Hull--Egyptian Stories
Nancy Willard--A Visit To William Blake’s Inn
K. M. Cook-Horujy--Zhirenshe The Bard And Fair Karashash
Catherine McLean--”The Little Fox”
Diane Kelly--Death, Taxes, And A French Manicure
Patricia Polacco--The Keeping Quilt
Carmen Agra Deedy--The Secret Of Old Zeb
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. Temptation”
Niki Walker--Colonial Women
Peter Spier--We The People: The Constitution Of The United States Of America
Judith Viorst--The Alphabet From Z To A
Robert J. Blake--Carousel Cat
Dick King-Smith--Hogsel And Gruntel
Audrey Wood & Robert Florczak--Birdsong
Barbara Shook Hazen--Mommy’s Office
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson--Always Gramma
Tricia Gardella--Just Like My Dad
Aileen Fisher--In One Door And Out The Other
Diane Kelly--Death, Taxes, And A Skinny, No-Whip Latte
Lloyd Alexander--Dream-Of-Jade: The Emperor’s Cat
Carrie Vaughn--”Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan”
Diane Duane--”Shopping”
Diane Kelly--Paw And Order
Ursula Vernon--”An Evening With Sings-To-Trees”
Jonah Winter--Frida
George Mendoza--Norman Rockwell’s Americana ABC
Ruth Craft--Brueghel’s “The Fair”
Bud Davidge--The Mummer’s Song
Philippa-Alys Browne--African Animals ABC
Muriel Feelings--Moja Means One
Marilyn Helmer--Fog Cat
Mercer Mayer--There’s A Nightmare In My Closet
Joanne Ryder--A Fawn In The Grass
Catherine McLean--”Home To Roost”
Ursula Vernon--”Elf Vs. Orc”
Eve Bunting--So Far From The Sea
Eve Bunting--Going Home
Audrey Wood--King Bidgood’s In The Bathtub
Troon Harrison--Aaron’s Awful Allergies
David McKee--Prince Peter And The Teddy Bear
Margaret Wise Brown--The Noisy Indoor Book
Tomie dePaola--Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose
Berniece T. Hiser--The Adventure Of Charlie And His Wheat-Straw Hat
Helen Oxenbury--Tom And Pippo And The Bicycle
Alison Uttley--Sam Pig And The Dragon
Lloyd Alexander--The Fortune-Tellers
Patricia Polacco--John Philip Duck
Pamela Duncan Edwards--The Leprechaun’s Gold
Arthur Yorinks--Oh, Brother
Eric Litwin--Pete The Cat & His Four Groovy Buttons
Julie Ellis--What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras?
Jane Breskin Zalben--Goldie’s Purim

Wow, that's a whole progress towards clearing out the boxes of kids' books! Spoiler alert: back then, I had at least six big boxes full; now I'm down to one. I was glad to read every book of them.

3:48pm: Excellent Patreon bargain
Dr. Mary Crowell says:

"So, HEADS UP! Thirty-two tracks coming your way (I broke up my two concerts into individual tracks.) I have Idle Minds and Not Much Hard Drive Space included as bonus tracks too. Once I do make the band camp album available for sale, they won't be visible unless someone downloads them.

ALSO, ANYONE JOINING MY PATREON DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2017 WILL RECEIVE THIS YEAR ONE ALBUM VIA A DOWNLOAD CODE TOO.

(Please, spread the word.)"

https://www.patreon.com/posts/mary-crowell-one-11554531

So, if you're not already signed up, now would be an excellent time.

9:57pm: January, 2017
January, 2017

Bruce Coville--Diary Of A Mad Brownie
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindtouch
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindline
Margaret Wise Brown--My World
Miska Miles--Annie And the Old One
Joylee--”A Change Is As Good As A Rest” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Maple_clef--”Posh” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Telarna--”Forces Impressed Thereon” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
green lily--”Till Eight Bells Do Ring Out” [Barrett’s Privateers fanfic]
MixolydianGrey--”Yours” [Tam Lin fanfic]
Anr--”Which Way To Go” [The Martian fanfic]
Lanna Michaels--”Revisions To A 'Dear Writer' Letter, Yuletide 2035.” [The Martian fanfic]
Ryfkah--”Or, What You Will” [Twelfth Night fanfic]
Philomytha--”Intelligent Disobedience” [Bujold fanfic]
Lanna Michaels--”Never Getting Back Together (Like, Ever)” [Bujold fanfic]
Philomytha--”The Huntsman’s Reel” [Bujold fanfic]
Alessandriana--”Peace And Quiet” [Bujold fanfic]
Patrokla--”The Last” [Megan Whalen Turner fanfic]
Shewhoguards--”Arguments And Agreements” [Megan Whalen Turner fanfic]
Thelittlestbird--”Something Splendid” [Alcott fanfic]
Tequila_mockingbird--”All The Words That Ever Were Or Ever Will Be” [Bujold fanfic]
Rsadelle--”First Choices” [Bujold fanfic]
Elemental--”Gytha And Esme’s Ill-Advised Adventure” [Pratchett fanfic]
harborshore--”One Another’s All” [Sayers fanfic]
Leiascully--”Service” [Sayers fanfic]
Persiflager--”Like As The Hart” [Sayers fanfic]
Pressdbtwnpages--”761 British Nights” [Sayers fanfic]
Whetherwoman--”Therefore Is Winged Cupid Painted Blind” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
riverlight--”To Begin With” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
Often_adamanta--”What Brings Us Together” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
KiaraSayre--”The Wake, The Current, The Tide” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
Betony--”The Thin Man’s Bride” [Thin Man fanfic]
Lost_spook--”The Spirit Of St. Mary Mead” [Agatha Christie fanfic]
Michael Bond--The Tales Of Olga da Polga
Jane Yolen--How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
John Lithgow--Micawber
Edward Ardizzone--Tim In Danger
Julia Drum & Harry Sutton--The Celts
Vicki Delany--Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen
Bruce Coville--Hatched
Danielle Hart--”Games Aren’t Always Fun” [D & D cartoon fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Just A Quiet House Party [Poirot-Capt. America crossover]
Danielle Hart--”Journey To A New World” [Nantucket fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Dearer Than Any Blood Sister” [GWTW fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Unwritten” [Back To The Future fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Relief” [Bujold fanfic]
Margaret Mayo--Magical Tales From Many Lands
Seanan McGuire--”In The Before, When Legends Were True”
Seanan McGuire--”Waking Up In Vegas” [reread]
Seanan McGuire--”My Last Name”
Edna Romero--A Bug C
Caroline Royds, ed.--The Dragon, Giant, And Monster Treasury
Waspabi--”A Country You Remember” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Maple_clef--”Team-Building” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Shoemaster--”Every Word I’m Heeding” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Raven--”A Spell Against The Lonely” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Maple_clef--”Style It Out” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Couldaughter--”Do Whatever The TV Tells Us” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Rabidsamfan--”Berkeley Square” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Deviant Accumulation--”Bridge Over Troubled Water” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Eudaimon--”The Cartographer Tries To Map A Course” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Raven--”That Shall Be Bright” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Disturbing The Dust” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Demob” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Retrieval” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Lone Wolf” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Target Practice” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“The Librarian” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Reasonable Adjustments” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Seanan McGuire--”Threnody for Little Girl, with Tuna, at the End of the World”
Margaret Wise Brown--Christmas In The Barn
Anita Lobel--The Dwarf Giant
Mem Fox--Possum Magic
Edward Lear--The Owl & The Pussycat & Other Poems (illustrated by Michael Hague)
Tomie dePaola--The Mysterious Giant Of Barletta
David Wisniewski--Elfwyn’s Saga
Tomie dePaola--The Legend Of The Indian Paintbrush
Tomie dePaola--Bonjour, Mr. Satie
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. The Retroactive Continuity” [reread]
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Presents Jacqueline Claus Vs. The Lost And The Found”
Catherine McLean--”Ella / Cinders”
Tomie dePaola--Days Of The Blackbird
Kelly Paul Briggs--Lighthouse Lullaby
John Schoenherr--Bear
Diane Willow--At Home In The Rain Forest
Paul Goble--The Gift Of The Sacred Dog
Marianna Mayer--Beauty & The Beast
Jane Yolen--The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book
Dylan Thomas--A Child’s Christmas In Wales
Paul O. Zelinsky--Rumpelstiltskin
Alison Stewart--Junk: Digging Through America’s Love Affair With Stuff
Ronald Kidd--On Top Of Old Smoky
Tomie dePaola--Tomie dePaola’s Front Porch Tales & North Country Whoppers
James Rice--Cajun Alphabet
Diane Duane--A Wizard Alone [Mark Reads]
Diane Kelly--Paw Enforcement
Susan Furlong--Rest In Peach
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. Recovery”

My word, that's a whole lot of fanfic & other goodies, right there!

11:24am: Scarily relevant
While running errands this morning, I was listening to a Buffalo Springfield song. This song was the biggest hit on it, & the lyrics are scarily relevant. note: this is as close to political as I get.


For What It's Worth

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It's s time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

2:30pm: A Recent Adventure
http://blog.paperbackswap.com/jerrie-and-richard-visit-midway-elementary-to-distribute-books/2017/05/

It was just a few hours after getting home from this fun adventure, that the interstate I'd driven on exploded into flames. Fortunately, no one was hurt, & I understand the interstate's all repaired now. I'm even almost over the shock of spending lots of the day in a skirt. ;)

note: that's the shirt I wear for my Aral Vorkosigan cosplay. It's supposed to be the one the crew of the "General Vorkraft" gave him.

8:48am: Tanya Huff's novel _Sing The Four Quarters_ is free today
Tanya Huff's novel _Sing The Four Quarters_ is free today on Amazon.com [including Bulgaria]. It is also free on nook, bn.com, iBooks, and Google Books, in the US. Check for a country near you.

11:17pm: Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans
Palette Swap Ninja has a whole new album for free. It's the most brilliant mash-up of "Star Wars: A New Hope" and "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"--the whole album! It's free to download here: http://www.paletteswapninja.com/2017/05/01/new-album-princess-leias-stolen-death-star-plans/ Or, you can watch the entire story via videos [with lyrics] at bit.ly/starwarsbeatles .

Woot, woot!

8:11am: Re-inventing Ourselves
After 12 years, my spouse has quit his baseball league. There was nothing wrong with the guys or anything, but the game had just gotten less fun for him. Why pay lots of money and drive an hour & more each way, if it's not fun?

I guess it just didn't fit him anymore, like clothes that fit fine in former years, but our shape has changed, and they're not as comfortable anymore. It's another way he's re-inventing himself, like I do every few years.

It's different things that change up, over time: the cons I go to, books I read, colors of clothes I prefer wearing. Bujold's a constant, of course, but most other things are, as Anne McCaffrey used to say, "subject to change without notice."

Some recent examples, just for giggles. My bridesmaid the kindergarten teacher got me looking for kid books for her, & it turns out lots of my favorite authors have written them. I'm slowly working through the 5 boxes of them in the house [down from 7 boxes]. I'm wearing lots more in the light blue-turquoise-teal range these days; they bring out my "naturally blond" [i.e., silvering] hair. I'm trying out some new conventions, and ditching others.

Then there's medical fun, enough for the whole class: diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid meds, arthritis meds, the recent root canal [6 parts; apparently I'm now a Rocky franchise ;(], the finally-over 3-week bronchial inconvenience. Then there's the blood pressure med that makes me sun-sensitive. No problem in fall & winter, but what in the worlds will I do about walks in the 7 months of summer we have here? I sweat too much to wear sunscreen on my face. I have a lovely, wide hat [that amplifies my voice, with acoustic weirdness], but would rather not live with sweaty, flat hat hair for months on end. Still, if it means getting our walks in, I'll be doing it. I'd not miss those.

All in all, a transitional, liminal time, with some definite inconveniences, but also some promising possibilities.

How are y'all re-inventing yourselves these days?

10:43am: a Dag moment
In Lois McMaster Bujold's Sharing Knife books, Dag Redwing is named for the Red-Winged Blackbird. Since reading the series [over and over again, as one does], that's become one of my favorite birds. Yesterday morning, as I drove out to run errands, a flock of them took flight across the road in front of me. Their dancing red and yellow shoulder-flames dazzled my eyes. As Dag's wife Fawn says about him, they made my eyes happy.

:)

8:19am: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance audio on sale!
This is a big deal; the regular price is 24.95!


Subject: [LMB] CVA on sale at Downpour.com

Just spotted this sale on the audiobook of _Captain Vorptril?s Alliance_ at Downpour.com, $5.95 for the download version, good through Feb 27, 2017:
http://www.downpour.com/deals

h/t to nlbarber

5:12pm: Pratchett tribute, with actual Pratchett
The BBC recently aired a documentary called "Terry Pratchett, Back In Black". There's lots of Pratchett. It's 49 minutes, & here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxpdh-vKTz4

Woot!

10:13am: Conflikt 10 videos
Ever helpful, hms42 sent me this link.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxBioJmHs31grtYB3pHk8jFvTCPkJB0Nb

If anyone ever wonders what a filk con is like, check this playlist out for yourself. You can definitely see why Judi won the Pegasus award for Best Performer, though!

I've not checked all the videos, but if they show the bottom of the microphones, the small recorder on the front of the stage is mine. I'm the one in the first or second row, savoring the goodies.

:)

9:28am: Political?
I don't really do politics. The usual line is, "Ze spouse speaks law, politics, baseball, and wrestling. I speak French, Spanish, science fiction, & fantasy. The difference is, my fantasy is better written than his, especially in an election year." [That was somehow much less funny lately.]

The closest I get to politics is two opinions:

1. Leave me alone.
2. GOOMU [Get Out Of My Uterus]. [Feel free to use; that's a good one.]

Howsomever, good is good, but great is better. Speaking of which, I was just listening to this this morning:

https://taliskimberley.bandcamp.com/track/damned-if-you-dont

Talis is always delightful, but she's put some of her best stuff for free or name-your-own-price here:

https://taliskimberley.bandcamp.com/album/free-album-songs-of-common-ground

I also enjoy the common sense of this one:
https://taliskimberley.bandcamp.com/track/spoon

1:08pm: Books Read 2016: December
December, 2016
Seanan McGuire--”Fall Like Snow”
Delia James--By Familiar Means
Catherynne M. Valente--”The Beasts Who Fought For Fairyland Until The Very End And Further Still”
Kathleen Baldwin--”Dragons Of Tomorrow”
Cheryl Hollon--Shards Of Murder
Terry Pratchett--Jingo [reread--Mark Reads]
Diane Duane--A Wizard’s Dilemma [Mark Reads]
Marissa Lingen--“The Elf Who Thought He Was Teddy Roosevelt”
Peter Beagle--”The Story Of Kao Yu”
E. E. Cummings--Fairy Tales
Cheryl Hollon--Cracked To Death
Bronwen Ross--Mouse Mischief!
Candice F. Ransom--Jimmy Crack Corn
Rudyard Kipling--The Beginning Of The Armadilloes
Charles M. Schulz--Charlie Brown’s All-Stars
Charles M. Schulz--You’re In Love, Charlie Brown
Margaret Wise Brown--The Sailor Dog
Jennifer Crusie--Getting Rid Of Bradley [reread]
Jay Williams--The Silver Whistle
Alix E. Harrow--“The Autobiography Of A Traitor And A Half-Savage”
Alex Bledsoe--”The Key To The Coward’s Spell”
Brit Mandelo--”The Pigeon Summer”
Paul McAuley--”Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was”
David Nickle--”The Caretakers”
Laurie Penny--”Your Orisons May Be Recorded”
Carrie Vaughn--”That Game We Played During The War”
Michael Reaves--”Requiem” [Dungeons & Dragons finale]
Cornelia Funke--Pirate Girl
Krystyna Turska--The Woodcutter’s Duck
John Scalzi, Roz Kaveney, Jo Walton, Laurie Penny--“A Trump Christmas Carol”
Carrie Vaughn--”The Thing About Growing Up In Jokertown”
Aileen Fisher--Rabbits, Rabbits
Lisa McCue--Sweet Dreams
James Skofield--Detective Dinosaur
Diane Vallere--Silk Stalking
Mercer Mayer--One Monster After Another
April Pulley Sayre--Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!
Ursula Vernon--Summer In Orcus
Diane Vallere--Pillow Stalk
Catherine McLean--”Léon Gambetta & The Battle Of The Metro”
Catherine McLean--”The Frog Girl”
Catherine McLean--”Marionette”
Catherine McLean--”Fear Not”
Judith Tarr--”I Sing Of A Maiden”

That's a lot of short stories and short books, along with some novels. Very few of them are rereads, though. What fun new things is everyone reading?

9:20am: Newsletter, Part The Second: 2016
Here's the 2016 portion of the newsletter I sent out this year.

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Herewith endeth Part The Second.

11:12am: Newsletter, Part The First: 2015
Here's the 2015 portion of the newsletter I sent out this year.

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Herewith endeth Part The First.

10:53pm: Books Read 2016: November
November, 2016

Catherine McLean--”Death And The Widow”
Susan Furlong--Peaches And Scream
Jonathan Carroll--”The Loud Table”
Diane Vallere--Suede To Rest
M. C. A. Hogarth--”Breaths Long As Years”
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. The Retroactive Continuity”
Robert Bright--Richard Brown And The Dragon
Charles Larry--Peboan And Seegwun
Richard E. Albert--Alejandro’s Gift
K. Shivukumar--The King’s Choice: A Folktale From India
Lois Hobart--What Is A Whispery Secret?
Joanna Cole--Bony-Legs
Diane Vallere--Crushed Velvet
M. C. A. Hogarth--”Snow Maiden”
Amy Ehrlich & Hans Christian Andersen--The Snow Queen
Tomie de Paola--Strega Nona’s Magic Lessons
Katherine Paterson--The Tale Of The Mandarin Ducks
Anne Rockwell--When The Drum Sang
Allen Say--The Bicycle Man
Daniel M. Pinkwater & Tomie de Paola--The Wuggie Norple Story
Lesley Anne Ivory--Cats


Several artists-turned-authors here: Hogarth, de Paola, Ivory, McGuire--has anyone else read good things by artists who are also authors?

1:55pm: Greetings of the Season!
Wondrous Winterthings to one and all!

Or, given the way it's looking, Hot fun in the summertime. ;)

On our walk, we just saw:

5 sunning turtles,
4 yellow sulfurs (butterflies!)
3 lee-zards (2 skink, 1 anole)
2 titmice, &
1 kingfisher caroling around.

All presided over by Goose-Gamesh (the resident Canada goose at the pond).

obLMB--It's 70 degrees fahrenheit today, & *that's just wrong!*

Tee hee hee.

3:07pm: Books Read 2016: October
October, 2016

Elizabeth Partridge--Oranges On Golden Mountain
Tomie de Paola--26 Fairmount Avenue
Audrey Penn--Feathers & Fur
Bill Peet--Cyrus The Unsinkable Sea Serpent
John Langstaff--Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go
Catherine McLean--”Half Life”
Catherine McLean--”Alice‘s Adventures In Revolution”
Terry Pratchett--Hogfather [reread--Mark Reads]
Ardath Mayhar--”Watch-Cat”
Ink-splotch--”I was so tall” [Narnia fanfic]
Ink-splotch--”There comes a point where Susan” [Narnia fanfic]
Russian_blue--”Majesty” [Narnia fanfic]
Gisho--”Went Forth Unconquered” [Narnia fanfic]
Jo Walton--”The worst of it was” [Narnia fanfic]
Ursula Vernon--”Elegant And Fine” [Narnia fanfic]
Minutia_R--”Till Things Are Brighter” [Bujold fanfic]
fawatson--”Reception” [Bujold fanfic]
Kelly Robson--”The Eye Of The Swan”
H. H. Munro--”Sredni Vashtar”
Deborah Nourse Lattimore--The Dragon’s Robe
Deborah Nourse Lattimore--The Flame Of Peace
Jack Haldeman--”We, The People”
Sarah McCarry--”Blue Is A Darkness Weakened By Light”
Delia James--A Familiar Tail
Edward Lear--The Owl & The Pussycat & Other Nonsense Poems [illustrated by Michael Hague]
Ana_a_ana--”Ash In The Blood” [Bujold fanfic]
Tasha Alexander--A Fatal Waltz
Sharon Lee--”The Road To Pomona’s”
Charlie Jane Anders--”Clover”


Looks like the Bujold fanfic partied with the Narnia fanfic & lots of kids books. What else has everyone been reading?

3:02pm: Books Read 2016: September
September, 2016

Spider Robinson--”Two Heads Are Better Than One” [reread--Mark Reads]
Tasha Tudor--Favorite Stories
Joan Aiken--The Monkey’s Wedding & Other Stories
Duffy Brown--Geared For The Grave
Paul Cornell--”Don’t You Worry, You Aliens”
Danielle Hart--”Mutual Affection” [Pride & Prejudice fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Nightmares” [Kou & Drou fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”The New Middle-Class Married Life” [Kou & Drou fanfic]
Georgia Perez--Through The Eyes Of The Eagle
Tomie de Paola--Strega Nona
Tomie de Paola--Big Anthony And The Magic Ring
Tomie de Paola--Helga’s Dowry
Tomie de Paola--The Baby Sister
Bonnie Carey--Grasshopper To The Rescue
Heidi Petach--Goldilocks And The Three Hares
Rebecca Campbell--”The High Lonesome Frontier”
Patricia Wentworth--Eternity Ring
Catherine McLean--”Between The Seams”
Catherine McLean--”The Judgment Of [Elaine Of] Paris”
Frances Ward Weller--Madaket Millie
Trosclair & James Rice--Cajun Night Before Christmas
a_t_rain--”Mike Adams, Justina Vorrutyer, and Wyx Hargraves, Authors Of Macbeth” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”We That Are Young” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Protective Coloration” [Bujold fanfic] [reread]
a_t_rain--”Fidele” [Bujold fanfic] [reread]
a_t_rain--”And Cry ‘Content‘ To That Which Grieves My Heart” [Bujold fanfic]
Vanessa Julian-Ottie--Sebastian Explores
a_t_rain--”Hostage Negotiation Is The Family Business” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”We‘re All Mad Here” [Bujold fanfic]
Gwynne Powell--”Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent” [Bujold fanfic] [reread]
a_t_rain--”Burying Baron Burr” [Bujold fanfic]
Philomytha--”A Bit Of A Loose Screw” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Cold Case” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Dirty Angel” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”The Fast-Penta Test” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Loyalty” [Bujold fanfic]
Minutia_R--”The Mutant Bridegroom” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Lessons In Self-Defense” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Magnetism And Gravitation” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”A Bit Too Much Good Work” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Cheating” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”On A Cold Planet” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Impostor” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Diamonds And Hearts” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Three Conversations Donna Vorrutyer Had About Bisexuality” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Give My Regards To Brodsky” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Cargo” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Ordinary” [Bujold fanfic]
Nancy Willard--Simple Pictures Are Best
Jay Williams--One Big Wish
a_t_rain--”A Brief History Of Pornography In The Imperial Security Service” [Bujold fanfic]
avanti_90--”Better Than Running Away” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor‘s …” [Bujold fanfic]
a_t_rain--”Acknowledged Bastards” [Bujold fanfic]
Jean Flowers (Camille Minichino)--Death Takes Priority
Carol J. Perry--Tails, You Lose
Diane Duane--A Wizard Abroad [reread--Mark Reads]
Gwynne Powell--”Gift Of The Gods” [Bujold fanfic]
Gwynne Powell--”Glimpses After A Campaign” [Bujold fanfic]
Gwynne Powell--”Victory” [Bujold fanfic]
Gwynne Powell--”Security Report” [Bujold fanfic]
Gwynne Powell--”Explanations” [Bujold fanfic]
Gwynne Powell--”Duty Calls” [Bujold fanfic]
N. K. Jemisin--”The City Born Great”


My word, that's quite the collection of quality Bujold fanfic, right there!

11:07am: Bujold says - 5GU music P. S.
The album with the train station video is available for free download here:

https://arstidir.bandcamp.com/album/rst-ir-live-in-dresden-2013-free-download-includes-heyr-himna-smi-ur

9:02am: Bujold says - 5GU music
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:55:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Lois Bujold
Subject: [LMB] 5GU music

This has been sloshing around the internet for some time, I'm sure, but
it's very like what I imagine some of those 5GU 5-voiced Temple choirs
to sound like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yYcq1_Vxco

There's another recording of the same in a train station with acoustics
like a Cedonian stone temple. Minus the PA system and the trains, natch.

Ta, L.

1:11pm: Books Read 2016: August
August, 2016

Tasha Tudor--Tasha Tudor’s Book Of Fairy Tales
E. Nesbit--Long Ago When I Was Young
Val Schaffner--Algonquin Cat
Judith Tarr--“Chrysalis” [Alamut story]
Catherine McLean--”The Blind Girl Of Castel Cuille”
Nina Allan--”The Art Of Space Travel”
Tomie de Paola--Strega Nona: Her Story
Ursula Vernon--Castle Hangnail
Ursula Vernon--Hamster Princess: Of Mice And Magic
Diane Duane--High Wizardry [reread--Mark Reads]
Lt Joe Jebkanto--”Trading Places” [Alien Nation fanfic]
Lt Joe Jebkanto--”All The Right Words” [Alien Nation fanfic]
Lt Joe Jebkanto--”Seeds Of Yesterday” [Alien Nation fanfic]
Nancy Atherton--Aunt Dimity And The Buried Treasure
Terry Pratchett--Feet Of Clay [reread--Mark Reads]
Krista Davis--Murder Most Howl
L. Leslie Brooke--Johnny Crow’s Party
Lavinia R. Davis--Danny’s Luck
Scott Washburn--”One Enchanted Evening” [Bujold fanfic]
Scott Washburn--”Keepsake” [Bujold fanfic re-read]
Elizabeth Barrette--”Get Over That Old Doubt”
A. A. Milne--”A Matter-Of-Fact Fairy Tale”
Christine Trent--Lady Of Ashes
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--”Guaranteed Delivery”
Cheryl Hollon--Pane And Suffering
Randall Jarrell--The Bat-Poet
Selve Maas & Peggy Hoffmann--The Sea Wedding & Other Stories From Estonia
Catherine McLean--”Worth More Than Silver”
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. Going Home Again” [re-read]
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. Everything You Ever Wanted”
Page McBrier--Beatrice’s Goat
Valerie Wesley--Freedom’s Gifts: A Juneteenth Story
Valerie Flournoy--The Patchwork Quilt
Robert D. SanSouci--The Faithful Friend
Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen--Elizabeti’s Doll


That's very varied, right there! What have y'all been reading, in or from unusual places?