Not dead!

May. 24th, 2013 09:53 am
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Things are still busy, but the insanity has died down, for now. I've got less free time than I am used to, an important project that I've got to work on.

I'm reading more now, thanks to a new Kobo Arc which is lovely for reading ebooks (I am going through my Smashwords collection) and decent for surfing the web. It is terrible for LJ comments, sadly. I need to hop on my laptop and post some reviews on Smashwords, but I've read a bunch of short stories and collections, and it is great for reading in short bursts.

I've gotten to the beach already, and hope to go back several more times over the summer (once it stops raining).

I'm trying writing again, I think, though I am all stuck at the ending of what could be my first novel if I could just finish the thing. I'm going to try working on a silly self-indulgent project for a while, as it's been so long since I've written regularly that I think I need to get back in the habit, then work on the novel again.

It is possible that we may grow tomatoes this summer.

Things are good, and I will make a friends-locked post with more details tonight or tomorrow.
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So, after wandering the beach, I headed back to my hotel.

The party itself, plus a Halloween costume! )
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I have been working on a post about this trip for a while. And then it turned out to be HUGE! So I am breaking it up, but even the chunks are long. But it was a fun trip, and I hope a fun read. With photos.

Book Signing Party at the Beach )

More in a couple of days!
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Friday involved mostly errands.

But Saturday I discovered that I can in fact walk to Gardiner and back. My leg will hate me, but I can. So I did, and ate at the Italian place where you pay a bit more than you otherwise might for a very good chef who I originally thought is telepathic, but on further reflection must be clairvoyant.

I ordered my not-on-the menu selection (I wanted marinara but with ziti, not spaghetti). I fumbled around in my water bottle sling to find my pen and paper. I wrote 36 words (I counted, and although my hands were shaking after having walked so far, I did write only 36 words). My dinner arrived. There was not enough time to boil water.

These people not only make a very fine chocolate mousse, they know your order before you arrive and are cooking it when you sit down. It's the only explanation that makes sense.

It turns out it is a little over 5.5 miles to Gardiner, and I can walk it in about two hours. Next time, I need to leave earlier so I do not arrive back home after dark.

Today I had a hot dog on a town green with M and her dog, talked writing (with M, her dog had little to add), then walked up through the campus so M's dog and her friend's dog could see the squirrels (but not chase them, which seemed a bit mean).

Then more walking! This time at Popham Beach, all the way to Perry's (next to Spinny's) for ice cream. This was probably a bit more than a mile each way - it's hard to tell because I walk more slowly on the beach. Then dinner at my parents' house, steak off the grill and farm fresh local fruits and veggies.

So I've walked about 13.25 miles this weekend. That puts me at 30.45 miles to Rivendell. I've been busy on my journey! I have climbed a steep slope, made camp in a firwood just over top of the hill, and slept by a large tree. A fox saw me. In the morning, I ate at the campsite and got water from a stream at the foot of the hill. On my walk, the road rolls up and down then zig-zigs to top of a steep bank and goes down for the last time. I could see across Woody End to the River. The sun was close to sinking as I went down the hill, at which point the road ahead rans fairly straight and level. And it is along here that I have my first encounter with a black rider. I, like the hobbits, hide.

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