Dreaming of childhood, I guess, but not quite.

I dreamed last night. ( A carnival, my first cat, and mother. )

And every time I woke, the wind was blowing by the corner of the house so I could hear it, and I thought I could hear the faint tick-tick of rain on the windows (which it did prove to be raining when I got up). I love a good bit of wind and rain as long as they do no harm, and Mom loved a good storm, though she did prefer the thunder-and-lightning sort.

Prezzies meme.

Yes, it's early. But I'm in the right mood, and who knows if that will happen again in time? Also, about this time the extended family starts asking, so the fact that I've thought about it means there's an answer. (And Scott will even have seen it. With luck, he'll post one of his own....) I might post a link back to this after Thanksgiving, as long as I remember.

Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out; it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish and it might come true. Give and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

( Mine, some stolen from last year's )

In the news.

1) A young man died locally under circumstances that just make me furious at the others involved. It's a fairly appalling case of bad judgment - actually that's being kind.

2) Perhaps one should not use a shotgun to loosen lug nuts.

3) I feel sorry for the driver of this truck! Empty semi trucks and high winds do not mix nicely. And his tipped over.

Wolf's Blood

The final book in the Firekeeper saga by Jane Lindskold, which begins with Through Wolf's Eyes.

No details. No spoilers. It's new out and the end of a quite long series. I just want to say I'm glad I stuck with the series, and I enjoyed the book very much, even if (by the end) I was simply turning past the pages that were from the viewpoint of the oppositional characters. I do that sometimes with her books, I fear.

The reward of reading to the end was well, very well, worth the time invested in it. Might even be a re-readable, I'm not sure yet and certainly not going to contemplate rereading the series at this hour of the night. I go to bed, now.