House Foo :-)

Yesterday (note: while the Finger Lakes of NYS are buffered by being, a, surrounded by water and b, northerly, the heat wave the US is experiencing did push the high into the 90's yesterday), Spouse!man and I scraped, sanded, and painted three window frames, a utility door, and the front door frame on the-house-that-isn't-quite-ours-yet.

We're on the final lap, I think; we're handling things that have to be corrected for the mortgage to be approved: rug (argh), boiler issues, paint, and handrails. And then we get to start the REAL fixing up!

It's going to reach 100 today. I may put off that walk.

New Crowdfunding Project: "Nightlights" Book Sale

Originally posted by ysabetwordsmith at New Crowdfunding Project: "Nightlights"

Check out "Nightlights" by chrysoula.  It's a paranormal YA story with action/romance.

Also:

recessional is having a book sale. Lots of good stuff there!

30 Days Meme - A selection of others' work

Unhappy Catgirl! lilfluff's Day 27 (orig. meme) story., Trapped.

kc_obrien has started the second meme; my favorite of his three so far is, unsurprisingly, The Price of Insolence .

rix_scaedu has already written the first 10 days of the new meme; I think this one is my favorite, but it's hard to tell.

minor_architect is doing a 30 days of Haiku version; this one made me cry a bit, but in a good way.

Sharing Stories - Dragons Next Door - to meeks' prompt

This is a short story in response to meeks' commission in my Giraffe Sale: the dragons' storybooks, as discussed here

Dragons Next Door has a Landing Page - and on LJ.

The neighbor girl Juniper had taken to reading to Baby when she came over to sit with the hatchling, which she was doing with pleasant regularity. While Baby’s brain was not nearly developed enough to comprehend the stories – at this stage of life, a hatchling was primarily an eating-and-growing machine – the Smiths approved of the idea. Even now, the hatchling was learning, collecting information. The more Juniper talked to the child, the more language skills would develop.

They were, however, curious about the stories she read. So many of the stories humans and other small creatures told about dragons were nothing more than echoes of their own fears and flaws. Would some of that seep in to Baby through the reading? Juniper’s family seemed fairly rational beings, for small creatures, but they were still small creatures. ( Read more... )

Giraffe Fire Sale - 24 hours left!

Reminder!

There's just 24 hours left on my happy discounted rate giraffe sale!: I'll continue any written piece at a rate of $4 for 400 words.

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