Thursday, Giving Thanks

It's Thanksgiving here in the States (though I'm really celebrating more on Saturday).

I have tried, in the past to list something I was thankful for every day of November. This never worked really well, since I'm not very good at keeping with such things.

So today, I shall give you thirty things I'm grateful for.

(1) My husband, always my beloved T. Things would not be good nor awesome without him.
(2) My new friends, particularly daHob, Capriox, and Cluudle, with whom this past year would have been a lot harder
(3) My old friends, particularly E.Mc., for never not being there, and Eseme, for reading nigh on everything.
(4) My parents! I know I'm more lucky than many in that regard.
(5) Awesome internet people - artists like Djinni and Meeks and Micah and writers like Ysabet and Rix and Clare and readers like Anke and kelkyag and yes I know all those categories overlap.
(6) A job that pays the bills and leaves us some left over for fun
(7) HOUSE!! House house house house house!
(8) Lovely little car that goes zoom
(9) Triple-A, and not having to use it.
(10) Wildlife, and not hitting any.
(11) Lovely Drakey kitty, and his health. happy fat kitty!
(12) the internet. Seriously. It makes life so much more connected and so much more ... well, fun. Easier. Recipes!
(13) Okay, another things gratitude: appliances that work. really work, and well.
( ) Did I mention HOUSE?
(14) Living in a country where one can speak a dissenting opinion legally.
(15) The right to vote.
(16) Having the same rights across the board as the guy next to me, regardless of said guy's gender, race, or religion.
(17) Awesome internet fiction
(18) Awesome print fiction
(19) (with overlap) Awesome readers, who give support and feedback
(20) The skills and knowledge to do what we need to do with the house.
(21) Parents we can call on when our skills and knowledge fail.
(22) My grandpa's hammer - and everything that comes along with it.
(23) A good, free education
(24) Public libraries
(25) I live in a lovely town, I really do
(26) I live in a lovely state, too
(27) I'm blessed with people. Just across the board.
(28) My aunt is in remission from cancer. My uncle is in remission.
(29) My father, despite failing to quit smoking, is in good health since his heart attack.
(30) I had a grandmother who loved and cherished me very much while she lived.

Safe, a story of #Addergoole Apoc, for the Giraffe Call

For rix_scaedu's commissioned prompt for more of the Baram-and-his-house-elves story.

Baram and his family appear in:
Monster (LJ)
Memories (LJ)
One Sharp Mother (LJ)
The Life you Make (LJ)

Addergoole has a landing page here and on LJ

Jaelie looked at her new possession, back at her employer, and over to her child, before going through that cycle a second time, this time smiling. “All right,” she told her new Kept, “you heard the man. Viatrix?”
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Oh, Shit, a story of #Addergoole, for the Giraffe Call

To lilfluff's commissioned prompt - a bit more of Uh-Oh ().

Raylan is the brother of a character in Addergoole.


"None of that," she smiled. "Stay quiet, and this won't hurt much."

Raylan stared at the crazy woman for a moment. Was she kidding? Was she just really insane? Batshit crazy, Dad would say, when he thought Ray wasn't listening. Often about Mom, who Ray had never met. "Fuck that," he muttered, and then, louder, as loud as he could, "fuck that! Fuck you! Help! Help! FIRE!" He struggled, even though he was floating in mid-air and wasn't sure what good it would do, flailing with all four limbs, kicking and punching and shouting as loudly as he could.

He mostly had his eyes scrunched up, but when he peeked, the woman looked more than a little bit affronted. Good! He kicked again, and shouted, a little louder, "FIRE!!" as his foot actually connected with her shin, and then with her knee. "Damnit, someone!"
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In Flight, a story of Dragons Next Door for the Dragon Call

This is to lilfluff's prompt in the last Dragon Call.

It comes after/during Parent-Teacher Conference (LJ)

"Are you holding on?" Jimmy called back over a shoulder.

"Yes!" Juniper giggled. The wind was whipping past them, so she'd tucked her braid into the back of her shirt, but now she was back to holding on to the handlebar with both hands. The school below looked very small. Even Jin looked small - and Miryam and her friends looked tiny.

"I didn't know that there were saddles for dragons," she yelled happily. "I didn't think people could ride... people."

"Don't be silly." His ear-crests did a funny ripple that they did when dragons were happy. "You ride centaurs, don't you?"
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