Something resembling an update

2008-04-01T05:59:12Z

It's being a stressful year. Consequently, I'm not posting a great deal anywhere; the exception was the period where my mother-in-law was dying.

Thank you all for the kind thoughts and words - they are greatly appreciated.

Middle Spawn is on break from class this week; new term begins next week. Youngest began her new term today. No idea when Eldest is getting back to work.

Katrina/Nephir/Raven - my dearly missed spouse - is still in California with her sister doing the after-work of settling mom's estate and disposing of those things which need to go away. She should be back home in another week or so. The girls, eldest and Youngest Spawn got home Friday evening, after a much delayed take-off form the Burbank airport. They've gone from 70F+ to 35F- -- sunshine to snow and Youngest is attempting to retaliate by coming down with a cold.

The weather - what a wierd year! Tuesday is April 1st and we had about an inch snow and hail today, on top of the 4-5 inches of snow from the past couple of days. I've got two theories on what's going on, and neither of them involve Global Warming.

1. Zombie Baby Jeebus really did see his shadow on Easter and we are being blessed with six more weeks of winter, or
2. This is all of the winter we avoided by having Daylight Savings Time over the years and the change in the start/stop date has caused a massive withdrawal from the daylight savings account.. I'm actually leaning towards this one at the moment, as I consider Daylight Savings Time to be an abomination to begin with.

Spealing of Abominations, I'm currently reading HUNTERS OF DUNE; it's probably the first Dune novel I've actually enjoyed reading in years. Dune and Dune Messiah were huge influences on my life back in the 1960s - especially as I was living in the Mojave Desert at the time. I was mostly unimpressed with Kevin Anderson & Brian Herbert's "prequels" as they felt much too rushed and shallow (especially The Butlerian Jihad) compared to Frank's work, which was vividly rich in imagery. While I know that the "final" novel is out in hardback, I'll wait until this summer to pick up SANDWORMS OF DUNE, just to savor it a bit longer.

I've got deadlines approaching for the Witches' Almanac and a couple of others that I really need to meet, so it may be a bit longer before I'm posting often; now if only the Muse will return my voicemails...

Life here at Caer McSidhe continues.

Dancing in the Moonlight

Something resembling an update