It's pretty this morning....

Just about to shut the computer off and go make my lunch. But it's lovely out. There's a low, thin fog that appears as a band of misty white at the back of the pasture, the trees looming black and dusky grey behind it, and above them a band of salmon-pink and then a dusty gold, rising into a sky I have no name for - that shade you're tempted to call colorless, and yet, it has hints of cyan, of periwinkle...it's anything but colorless, but there's so much of it that in this still-dim light, it becomes the reference for everything else, becomes the 'background' if you will....

I'm tired, a bit, although I went to bed at a reasonable time. On the other hand, I'm up, and I think I'll grow less-tired as the decongestant fully hits. I think I may actually talk to my doctor about those allergy shots she was suggesting, tho' the idea makes me nervous as anything.

Pretty funnies again.

Pretty pictures of the moon!

Today's Garfield...where the cat is duped by a bird.

Crabby Old Lady writes about the proliferation of numbers in modern life.

Mrrr. I finished Memory & Dream....

...and I'm still not sure I am pleased with it. It doesn't feel right at all and it didn't 'reward' by making good on one of the weak points. I'm going to talk freely, with possible spoilers, so pausing here for a cut. If you were linked directly or have cuts disabled, and don't want spoilers, skip the rest of this entry below the dividing line/cut. :) No idea how extensive they will or won't be. Actually, if you don't want meandering thoughts, skipping it is probably wise, too.

Edit: okay. One, I didn't like this book, and I make no bones about it. Two, the spoilers are pretty extensive. Reading them may well spoil the book...and it will certainly tend to bias you against it, if you accept my interpretations. Not pleased with this book. I strongly see the parallels with the Deliria character I played, especially my original vision of her (as opposed to how the power rules required her to become). But...not, so not impressed with this book. I'm not sure I'd have conceived of her, if I'd read this first; I'm glad I didn't. Though, the Wood Wife balances it somewhat.

( This-a-way if you want to read my meanderings on it. )