I had a chiropractic appointment this morning and got in a walk around the park.

I hand-washed dishes and emptied the dishwasher before I headed downtown. When I got home I tossed a load of laundry into the washer and changed kitty litter.

I got to mom’s ~10:30am and stayed until ~3pm. I stopped at the library on the way home to pick-up and return books and hit the bank drive-thru for mom. At home I grilled Kielbasa for Pip's supper (I had more tomato sandwiches), hand-washed more dishes, and tossed the laundry in the dryer.

I finished the Amelia Peabody book, DNF'd a Kindle cozy, and started and finished another Kindle cozy.

Temps started out at 61.5(F) and reached 93.6.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing pretty well today. ( more back here )

ETA: I forgot to mention, mom reminded me yesterday that it was the one year anniversary of the huge storm that took out all six of the large trees in her back yard. (The main reason her porch is so hot now is because there is zero shade when all she used to have was shade.)

Ideally I would have been able to wait a week for the blood thinners to leave my system but with an active infection in the tooth, no one wanted to do that. So 11 hours later I'm still bleeding. The old tea bag trip has helped slow it but it's still going. Fun times.

The extraction went well. He was thrilled I wasn't afraid (but someone prior had ripped the arm rest in half.) The tooth came out with slight problems because it was rotted mush, like an old tree. Now the really painful thing isn't the tooth socket, it's the injections into the mouth, holy fuck. If you told me a mule had kicked this tooth out of my head I'd believe you.

To make up for yesterday's bummer of a fannish 50 have this The 12 Best Anime of 2025 (So Far) Not my list. I've seen none of these. One day...




What I Just Finished Reading:

Nothing! Fanfic and not even most of that.



What I am Currently Reading:

Pantomine - an LGBT (intersexed main character) fantasy, I like it but somehow I set it aside for a week. I wish more was happening.

Cinders of Yesterday - Buffy/Supernatural vibes, urban fantasy, lesbian partners (by a queer author) so far I like it a lot.

Zero at the Bone - an old true crime I found at the library sale and got because of the Z in the title (for my alphabet challenge)



What I Plan to Read Next: War Child - a Deep Space Nine Novel

John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world.

The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960’s and, to this day, remain an active ingredient in our cultural bloodstream, as new generations fall in love with their songs and their story. At the heart of this phenomenon lies the dynamic between John and Paul. Few other musical partnerships have been rooted in such a deep, intense and complicated personal relationship.

John and Paul’s relationship was defined by its complexity: compulsive, tender and tempestuous; full of longing, riven by jealousy. Like the band, their relationship was always in motion, never in equilibrium for long. John and Paul traces its twists and turns and reveals how these shifts manifested themselves in the music. Yoko Ono remarked on the resemblance of their friendship to a romantic relationship and suggested that at some point that’s what John wanted it to be. The two of them shared a private language, rooted in the stories, comedy and songs they both loved as teenagers, and later, in the lyrics of Beatles songs.

In John and Paul, acclaimed writer on human psychology and creativity Ian Leslie traces the shared journey of these men before, during and after The Beatles, offering us both a new look at two of the greatest icons in music history, and rich insights into the nature of creativity, collaboration, and human intimacy.

I remember when the Beatles first made a splash in the States; I was in the 5th grade and my friends and I were soon caught up in the whirlwind of their music. But by the time of their breakup I was already turning to other music (mainly Motown,) though I still listened to their older songs. Once in awhile I’d hear of some of the crazier things that were going on (mainly by John and Yoko,) I really didn’t know why they broke up. There was talk that it was Yoko’s fault, but that’s mostly what it was. Talk.

The years went by and from time to time one or the other would put out a song that I really liked. There was a bit of melancholy attached to them, because I still thought of them as the Beatles. Then John died.

This book does so much to fill the gap of that time, to finally make known what was going on with these two men. I love how the author delves into their music, bringing to light the intricacies involved in their writing and the hidden meanings behind many of their songs.

It’s a somber book, mostly because you know how it’s going to end. But I’m really glad I read it. It really was a love story.

I hit CVS and Price Chopper while I was downtown (both in order to pick up things for mom), got in a walk around the park, and hit the farm stand on the way home. I’ve been thinking about tomato sandwiches with fresh tomatoes.

I folded last night’s load of laundry, got another washed, and hand-washed some dishes before I left the house this morning. When I got home from downtown I baked a berry cobbler to use some of those berries we’d picked (and put the rest in the freezer), tossed the laundry into the dryer and another load into the washer, hand-washed more dishes, and mixed up some tuna with a nice fresh cucumber (and mayo) for my lunch.

I got to mom’s ~11am and left ~3pm. On the way home I filled my gas tank. At home I put away a load of laundry and tossed the other into the dryer, scooped kitty litter, made an easy supper (Pip had leftover meatloaf I pulled out of the freezer and I made myself open-faced tomato and melted cheese sandwiches with the fresh tomatoes I purchased today), and showered.

I read more in Amelia Peabody and also started and finished another Kindle cozy.

Temps started out at 70.0(F) and reached 92.4.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing okay today. ( more back here )

What I Just Finished Reading: Since last Wednesday I have read/finished reading: Necessary as Blood (A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery) by Deborah Crombie, Lantern in the Lighthouse & Hint in the Hashtag & Pawn in the Pumpkin Patch & Secret in the Santa (The Inn at Holiday Bay) by Kathi Daley, A Bitter Pill (The Bookshop Mysteries) by S.A. Reeves, and Grounds For Murder (Perfect Blend Mysteries) by Emily Brewster.


What I am Currently Reading: He Shall Thunder in the Sky (An Amelia Peabody Mystery) by Elizabeth Peters.


What I Plan to Read Next: The new Rivers of London.

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Book 62 of 2025: Necessary as Blood (A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery) (Deborah Crombie)

I enjoyed this book a lot! ( spoilers )

This book was really good and I can't wait to read the next. I'm giving it five hearts.

♥♥♥♥♥

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Book 63 of 2025: Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (The Murderbot Diaries) (Martha Wells)

I enjoyed this! ( spoilers )

I really liked this novelette and am giving it five hearts.

♥♥♥♥♥

Repeating this info in case you missed it previously: If you haven't had a chance to read the new Murderbot novelette Rapport (which is one of those ‘takes place in the Murderbot Diaries ‘verse' stories) you can find it for free at Reactor Magazine or purchase it from Amazon (on Kindle for $1.99). Or both.

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Book 64 of 2025: A Bitter Pill (The Bookshop Mysteries) (S.A. Reeves)

This book was just okay, which was disappointing because I really wanted to like it. ( spoilers )

This book was alright and I don't think I'll read more in the series. I'm giving this one three hearts.

♥♥♥

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Book 65 of 2025: Grounds For Murder (Perfect Blend Mysteries) (Emily Brewster)

Another book that was just okay. I liked the main characters well enough, but seeming inconsistencies drove me nuts. ( spoilers )

This book was enjoyable enough, but I probably won't read more in the series. I'm giving it four hearts.

♥♥♥♥

My wisdom tooth (upper left) shattered. I have all 4 of mine (the bottom two are too entwined with nerves to pull them and I have a big mouth where the wisdom teeth fit comfortably) Had to run to Aspen Dental (one of those big chain revolving door places) because there are shards of tooth wiggling around in there like I'm 8.

Long story short (after way too many x-rays) not only is this tooth shattered, it might also be abscessed and all of this might have been the trigger for the trigeminal neuralgia for the least 8 months. And two crowns are bad (one I knew was, I had been planning to have it fixed this fall) and both eye teeth have cavities. Well fun. I can hear Aspen going ca-ching as they add this up. I tell them no, JUST the broken tooth please and yeah gimme my x-rays. I'm only going to be here two more weeks (lie but they don't need to know) I'll have my dentist look it over.

They'll pull the tooth tomorrow (and now it's starting to hurt) And through out all of this, my Dexcom is screaming. So I had to stop the dental exam twice to get sugar pills because yesterday I was too high to read. today I'm at a critical low, so low the DexCom can only say URGENT critical low. FFS!

The stupid thing is I've been chewing on the right for a long time now thanks to the nerve pain, no issues. Today because the tooth is broken every bite I take I nail my left cheek. WHY?

I go from here to CVS to get meds. They've lost my insulins. Took 15 minutes to find them. FFS (again)


Speaking of FFS, I'm pausing the women of fandom today to talk about a few things that fans can just stop doing.

1. I MISS the Prodigal Son fandom, I don't know what it was, maybe we were all older or something but there was a lot less drama in that fandom (notice I didn't say none)

2. I've said this so many times before harassing creators is wrong. Harassing them to go faster serves no one. Harassing them because they're upset over their show being leaked makes you an ass

3. stop giving a market to the people who steal shows (Hazbin has been leaked for S2 AND S3)

4. back to harassing, it's one thing to critique a show among your friends or even doing meta and posting it and there is another to keep putting it in the creator's face telling them how badly they're doing.

5. faking creators/actors saying awful things to prove whatever random point you have is probably illegal (This time it was Amir Talai again because someone is mad Alastor is being voiced by a cis het middle eastern man and not an ace biracial one and someone faked a bunch of stuff with Amir being homophobic and then is punching out at other fans exposing this campaign of theirs)

6. Burn out is real, if a fan creator needs a break, let them have it (and it's sad that YT and other social media algorithms really force creators to the breaking point)


7. Tags are a thing. USE. THEM! I say this as an old fan creator. I started with paper zines, to yahoo groups and web rings to small websites to FFN to AO3 and beyond. Until AO3 you really didn't/couldn't do content warnings. I admit it, I was slow to learn to tag correctly (but to be fair it's not too often I do things that might be triggering and the major AO3 tags already warn for that). During Prodigal Son, younger fans laughed at me (good naturedly) because I tagged like an old woman.

I still kinda do but I've gotten much better but ffs, if you are writing your trans/intersex/genderflipped head canon, TAG IT. Tag your freaking incest fic. Etc Etc. Look I don't care what you write. Not here to police that. I am here imploring you to give the reader a heads up now that we have systems that make it easy to do that.

When I was back home I got to print a few things at work since there is no secretary right now (shhhhh) one story was LONG by a creator I do like. It was smutty (eh, actually not even my favorite thing to read) but it was also intersexed Angel Dust (I think. I couldn't quite tell, either that or trans man Angel) I do not personally want to read non-canon genders, don't care if you write them but I fell for a character the way they are in canon and that's my preference. I thought maybe it's on you. You didn't read the tags well. Reread it, nope no tags mentioning changing Angel's gender (and there is TONS of about his clit and folds in this over and over, I didn't think also this was going to be 80 pages of nothing but sex but what can you do.

We have the ability to warn readers we're making major changes to characters. Do it (I think some people don't want to because they think people will ignore their story. Yeah, maybe but man do you really want someone who is going to be way more upset than me reading something they get triggered by or don't want to read?)

I went downtown as usual today and hit Walmart, Price Chopper and the Feedbag. (The first time I’ve been to the Feed Bag since before mom’s surgery! Pip has been having to do the bird seed run.) I also got in a walk around the park and picked up Chinese for lunch.

I was up an hour before Pip, so before I left the house I did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, and scooped kitty litter. After I got home I did another load of laundry (both loads got washed and dried, one got folded), hand-washed more dishes, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, grilled country style pork ribs for Pip’s supper, ran a load in the dishwasher, and shaved.

I finished the Kindle cozy and read more in Amelia Peabody. Hold onto your hats, folks, because I also managed to write ~500 words on a new fic for smallfandomfest!!

Temps started out at 70.7(F) and reached 93. We didn’t get the forecasted rain last night, so I didn’t mow the lawn today. It was hot. Hot. Pip wanted to show me where he’d found more berry bushes, so I went for a walk with him and the dogs after lunch. He hadn’t exaggerated, the bramble was huge! So many berries. We picked about two cups, but could’ve been there much longer just to get the ones we could reach. I was ready to die when we got back from that short walk. I had to splash my face with cold water and sit in the AC’d bedroom for a while to cool back down. So HOT. And that was just a short walk, including a bit through the shaded orchard.


( 4 photos I took on that walk )


Mom Update:

Mom had the appointment with her oncologist today. ( more back here )

So say I as I get in the car to come home. We met Lucky Uncle's wife. It was her birthday over the weekend and in a few days it'll be the first anniversary of his death so we took her out to one of her favorite restaurants: Chinese. Always dicey for a diabetic but I usually do decently in selection. This one had a dish that was represented by a hot pepper and a ginger sauce. I ended up with a sauce so sweet it was ridiculous (it also had no heat and no ginger) but my aunt is like Sheldon and is already a mess so I didn't want to send it back and give her reason to go off. I figured it won't be too much worse than general tso's which I can eat with a mild bump in sugar.

This one sent my sugar so high it was beyond what a Dexcom could read. (Yes I took my insulin, yes I'm fine, it's back down to under 150).




Okay this ride in the graphic looks like fun

Challenge #4

Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
Creative: Write from the perspective of a house or other location.


Not much is making me smile. However I DO have a list of things I love to talk about. As for a story, well I don't have that either BUT I did finish an original horror story today that has a cabin in the woods as a central location. It's not quite on point but there you go.

1. Books My genres are mostly mystery SF/F/UF and horror (all of these both adult and YA) see me on wednesday for my current reads

2. music, I will listen to almost anything. see me on mondays for music

3. cooking, I don't share recipes as much as I should. I watch a ton of YT cooking channels

4. history, it's my jam. Love historical books fiction and nonfiction, also follow history YT channels

5. Museum, I love them even little ones. Yesterday I went to a local one for a town next to where I grew up and learned Jay Livingston wasn't the only famous person out of McDonald PA, we have one woman who won 8 emmys and one pulitzer prize winning photographer

6. gardens, I will try to make gardens and museums cornerstones of my tourism but it's not just about the big beautiful gardens and conservatories, I do garden (not as well as I used to now that I'm getting old and more disabled) but I love talking about it

7. science and medicine, I am a doctor and now a biology professor, I love science and sharing links. I'm good with biology and chemistry. I'm not great with physics, astronomy and archaeology fascinate me

8. writing, I'm a published author (points to the above reading genres), I love talking about writing, looking for beta reader/critique group members in search of a group, see me on Sundays for writing links and open calls

9. cats! Well animals in general but I'm a cat person. I take care of the outdoor cat (who does not want to be indoors which sucks because he's FIV+) Rocket refuses to be inside but he is also the most amazingly friendly cat. Some jerk dropped him off. I tried to rehome him then (4 years ago) because I was barely walking after nearly losing a leg and didn't want to be tripping over a cat just then. See how well that worked out (He's also cat number 42 I've rescued from this place)

10. My fandoms! Star Trek is my forever fandom. My biggest fandoms (in terms of me getting eaten alive by them and me writing scads for) were Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the series, Fullmetal Alchemist (still my absolute favorite anime/manga), Prodigal Son (I am still bitter about its cancelation), The Owl House (ditto about the bitter) and my current obsession, Hazbin Hotel. I'm into a lot more (especially manga/anime) so if any of those are yours let's talk (or if there's a mystery/cop drama, SF/F/Horror show, anime/manga I haven't mentioned ask if I'm into it)


And it IS Musical Monday. I'm currently doing the alphabet using the last 5 years only (But you can share from whenever you please). I'm up to O

( Ooooooooo )

I just saw this show mentioned and the poster alone reminded me of another show I'd watched so I checked out the summary on IMDb. Are they just doing a remake of The Pretender, or what?

I left for mom’s a little before 10am; but before I left I did a load of laundry (Pip’s uniforms; washed, dried and hung in the closet), hand-washed dishes, cut up chicken for the dogs’ meals, and scooped kitty litter.

I stayed until my new usual time of 3pm and stopped at Stewart's on the way home. I didn’t have to make supper because, again, Pip didn’t want anything hot, so he had leftover steak, cold. I hand-washed more dishes and showered.

I watched the current ep of Countdown, read more in Amelia Peabody, and started a different cozy on my Kindle app.

Temps started out at 70.0(F) and reached 93. It was hot. Thankfully I didn’t have to deal with it because I was inside at mom’s the hottest part of the day, until I got home.


Mom Update:

I left for mom’s a little early to help her stir up cookies for my brother’s birthday because I didn’t think she could do it on her own. Spoiler alert: she did it on her own. ( more )

I am sad. This is the second time in 6 weeks when I've run into a changing deadline from a publisher. I had finished a story I was pretty happy with. The pay for this open call was high. I KNOW the deadline because I checked it repeatedly. Got the beta edits back, checked to triple check the word count...and the date is changed. It's frustrating. It feels like a waste of everyone's time. Yes, I can probably find another open call this will fit eventually but this bullshit of closing early and changing deadlines sucks.

I'm trying to see it from their point of view. Maybe they have SO many submissions they can't handle it and close early. Still, I can't be checking every day to places I plan to submit to see if this is going on. Most of these publishers don't have blogs. Maybe they tell duotrope or another service something they're making a change but I don't know. You can't watch them all.

How do you all keep track of deadlines/places you're interested in?

Not the writerly ways i planned to give but this is what you're getting


Open Calls

Odysseus Odysseus from Greek Mythology


Horrorsmith’s Teen Forge Novel Line Young Adult speculative fiction of any genre

Baubles From Bones July 2025 Window Fiction that broadly falls in the realm of science fiction and fantasy

Dark Waters Volume 3 Whatever “dark waters” means to you – stories of trepidation, the unknown, the dangerous, the creepy, the suspenseful.

Space and Time July 2025 Window Stories with speculative elements

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in July 2025

39 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for July 2025




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From Betty

How to Deal With a Powerful Faction Helping Team Good

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Why I Stopped Chasing Algorithms and Started Creating Experiences

Sovereignty: Owning Your Voice is the Ultimate Power Move

Write an Unforgettable First Line

The Star Does All The Good Stuff

How to Find Symbols in Your Settings

Three Hidden Reasons Writers Procrastinate

The Backwards Law for Writers

Moral Rights: What Writers Need to Know

How to weave more voice into a query letter

Professional Development for Writers

Writing a Meaningful Book Review

Challenge #4

Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
Creative: Write from the perspective of a house or other location.

There is one house I can think of that must have seen a lot over the years, would have stories to tell if it could, and that is Colony House in the TV show From.

Title: No One Here Is Free
Fandom: From
Characters: Colony House, Jasmine, Smiley, Old Lady Creature, Donna, Victor, Ellis, Fatima, Jade, Boyd, Nicki, Acosta, Kevin, Clara
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Spoilers all through S3, mentions of character deaths
Summary: Colony House was originally a family home.

( Read more... )

I'm pulling these out and posting them separately (out of order of when they were actually read) or my Wednesday post will be Very Long.


Book 58 of 2025: Lantern in the Lighthouse (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Enjoyable story. ( spoilers )

Marshmallow fluff, but that’s all I was expecting, so I’m giving it five hearts.

♥♥♥♥♥

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Book 59 of 2025: Hint in the Hashtag (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Pretty good. ( spoilers )

I mostly enjoyed this story; I’m giving it four hearts.

♥♥♥♥

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Book 60 of 2025: Pawn in the Pumpkin Patch (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Good book. ( spoilers )

I enjoyed this story and am giving it five hearts.

♥♥♥♥♥

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Book 61 of 2025: Secret in the Santa (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Good story. ( spoilers )

This story was enjoyable enough that I’m giving it five hearts despite the inconsistency.

♥♥♥♥♥

I got in a walk around the park and a walk with the dogs at home, during which I picked some black raspberries! There were a ton on this one bush, but I didn’t feel like getting all scratched up, so I just picked what I could reach easily. (About a cup and a half, I’m guessing.)

I also did two loads of laundry (both washed, dried AND folded), hand-washed some dishes, made egg salad, and scooped kitty litter before I left for mom’s a little before 11am. I picked up some books at the library on the way there. I left at 3pm as has become the norm and did another load of laundry (mom’s, washed, dried and folded since I have to return it today) and hand-washed more dishes. I didn’t have to make Pip’s supper because it was too hot for him to have anything hot, so he snacked on an egg salad sandwich (open-faced) and hard salami.

I read fanfic, the new Murderbot novella and another Holiday Bay cozy, and watched two eps of Smoke.

If you haven’t had a chance to read the new Murderbot novelette Rapport (which is one of those ‘takes place in the Murderbot Diaries ‘verse’ stories) you can find it for free at Reactor Magazine or purchase it from Amazon (on Kindle for $1.99). Or both.

Temps started out at 71.8(F) and reached 92. We had two rounds of thunderstorms during which it rained very heavily and ended up with an inch of rain.


Mom Update:

Mom is finding it easier to get going in the morning, but then she gets tuckered out. ( more back here )

today I went to my brother's place to a) see the new appliances b) to learn to use the new appliances and the new tv system because I'll be house/cat sitting.

My brother has a little pool. I spent hours hovering just at the waterline with my head (the rest of me submerged like a manatee) But with the water that hot, it wasn't that refreshing.

I had planned to go to the whiskey rebellion festival tomorrow but it was only friday/Sat. That's weird but oh well (it was too hot for festivals) I wanted to go to the Pittsburgh Pickle festival. (points to the too hot thing)

So what are you all doing this weekend? Anything fun?

A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence.

Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ.

Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an island of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists.

Islands of Abandonment is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it is a case that hope is far from lost, and it is ultimately a story of redemption: the most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes and, in fact, they already are.

I have to admit to being taken aback by the number of these “islands.” I knew about Chernobyl, Detroit, and a few others. But there are a vast number throughout the world that little has been written about. In that, I found the book well worth reading.

But I felt that the “lyrical” was a bit overdone. Sometimes it tended to get in the way of understanding how the area had been degraded, and how it was coming back to life. Overly flowery and sometimes using words that didn’t actually exist, I thought the writing could have been more concise.

What surprised me is, after describing what was happening all over the planet, Flyn appears overly positive in her assessment of how well things will work out. Yes, some of these places are doing well, but some have life only in the most strict sense. Or, as in the case of the Salten Sea, has come and gone over the eons.




( Mount TBR 2025 Book Links 1-25 )

26. Lost and Found by Marilyn Harris
27. Strange Weather: Four Short Novels by Joe Hill
28. Three Wild Dogs by Markus Zusak
29. Full Throttle by Joe Hill
30. Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next #2) by Jasper Fforde
31. Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
32. Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
33. Pearly Everlasting by Tammy Armstrong
34. The Women of Troy (Women of Troy #2) by Pat Barker
35. The Conjurers by Marilyn Harris
36. The Regulators by Richard Bachman (Pseudonym), Stephen King
37. Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn

I went downtown like ‘usual’ and hit CVS (I needed one item that I have gotten there in the past and they didn’t have it!), Price Chopper (for a couple of veggie items to go with meals), and the Bakery (for Pip’s deli meat). I also got in a walk around the park and stopped at the veterinarian on the way home for Ti's special dog food.

After unloading the car and putting everything away, I got to mom’s ~10am and stayed until ~3pm. Today’s chores, before and after I went to mom’s, included: two loads of laundry (both washed AND dried, one folded), hand-washed dishes, hard-boiled eggs, grilled steak for Pip's supper, scooped kitty litter, and shaved.

I started and finished the next two Inn at Holiday Bay cozies and watched the current ep of Murderbot.

Temps started out at 65.7(F) and reached 93.7. It was hot. Thankfully I didn't need to spend much time outside.


Mom Update:

Mom had just finished cleaning the bathroom when I arrived! ( more back here )

Nothing interesting today unless you think my blood sugar going from 300 at wake up to 400 an hour later and then to 70 after lunch before going back to 300 is interesting. It's pissing me off.

So have the fannish 50 fandom recs including a story by me. But before that you might find this to your tastes

Alan Tudyk Launching New Podcast with Nathan Fillion called ‘Once, We Were Spacemen’


Title: Bad Reputation

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel


Summary: Husker needs some new security after an attack on his casino and he was always on the lookout for new acts to entertain his patrons. He could handle Arackniss when dealing with the security issues. However, entertainment meant he needed to turn to hell’s newest overlord now that Valentino was gone. All Angel Dust brought to his new role was his bad reputation and his never ending boundary crossing. Husker was not looking forward to this.

Rating: teen

Author Note - written for Overlord Husk week day 6 wild card and for spikesgirl58s 6 words challenge. The words were Bikes, Fragile, Legs, Theory, Efficacious, & Imminent

( Story at above link or under here )




Dead Hand

The Ace Of Hearts Teen Wolf

Taking Care Of Business Torchwood

Anywhere With You FAKE

a knife between your ribs. The Murderbot Diaries

Our bestie SecUnit! The Murderbot Diaries


you’re so pretty, it kills me Arcane: League of Legends

All About the Accessories Stargate Atlantis


Munch. The Murderbot Diaries

solemnly swear 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Safety in Numbers The Murderbot Diaries


Taking Care Of Business Torchwood

Reborn Buffy the Vampire Slayer

A Night With Diglett Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)

Let’s Dating Nerd The Owl

Rocky Road Deadpool (Movieverse)/X-Men

Chris Reaches Out 911

Killcode The Murderbot Diaries

Birthday Cookies The Owl House

Fevered Faint Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)

Voxtimization Hazbin Hotel

Good season finale! ( spoilers )

As it says on the tin: Good news, stupid humans: Murderbot has been renewed (avclub.com) [The big question is, who is going to play ART?!!]