One of my favorite “robot” stories is “No Woman Born,” by C. L. Moore:A famous performer is horribly burnt in a fire; her brain is put into a robotic body. Her arms were pale shining gold, tapered smoothly, without modeling, and flexible their whole length in diminishing metal bracelets fitting one inside the other clear […]
I’ve been on a “good chocolate” kick lately. I don’t really know how to describe chocolate yet…but I’m trying to learn. There, you’ve been warned. Santander Columbian Single Origin Dark Chocolate (70%) The chocolate smells delicious, and would probably make a good Mexican-style drinking chocolate (that is, the kind you make with extremely hot water
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day (or Candlemas, or Imbolc, or Brigid’s Day, or Cross-Quarter Day), which marks the return of Spring, and usually the return of my Spring food cravings. None yet, though. I say we’re in for more winter.
I should save this for March, Women’s History Month. Bah! List of Known Women PiratesFreydis Eriksdottir Widow Ch’ing Grace O’Malley Update: Aw…this poor little quickie newsletter article is being totally rewritten to focus on O’Malley. Incidentally, the musical “The Pirate Queen” is about Grace (or Granuaile) O’Malley. So here goes: Women’s History Month: Lady Pirates
chatoyant (shuh-TOI-uhnt) adjective Having a changeable luster like that of a cat’s eye at night. noun A chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat’s eye. [From French, present participle of chatoyer (to shine like a cat’s eye),from chat (cat).] – Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)
A blonde’s car gets a flat tire on the Interstate one day, so she eases it over onto the shoulder of the road. She carefully steps out of the car and opens the trunk. Takes out two cardboard men, unfolds them and stands them at the rear of the vehicle facing oncoming traffic. The lifelike
Mmmm. You should have one.
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My headcold makes me feel better: my sinuses are finally draining. (Everybody at our house has a cold.)
