Alanna

Woke up thinking it was Saturday. Hopefully that will be the only big disappointment of the day but we'll see. I still have a work day to get through, after all.

I am once again thinking about moving to Ottawa. Moving has been on hold for, well, a lot of reasons. But I think I need to just do it and get out of limbo.

Jealous of everyone seeing northern lights while I am just getting more snow

The cover of The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood by H.G. Parry, featuring a hand holding a sword upright with branches and a dark lake in the background

Screenshot of the book description: Wales, 1941. As the second world war ravages the globe and bombs fall from the sky, people all over the world begin to dream of King Arthur. The dreams spread like a fantastical plague, flooding people's sleep night after night. Whispers arise of wonders and unexplained sights-dragons in the London Underground, and strange lights over Stonehenge. Self-proclaimed prophets claim they are miracles, heralding Arthur's return at the time of Britain's greatest need. Elaine Ambrose has never dreamed of Arthur, and she doesn't believe in miracles. A librarian at the British Museum, she wants only to protect the museum's collection from the London Blitz, and is frustrated to be sent instead to catalogue a reclusive professor's private library on the coast of North Wales. But all is not as it seems. Soon Ellie must confront what she's tried to ignore: she dreams not of Arthur, but of Nimue-the Lady of the Lake. And her dreams promise not salvation, but a return to the darkness of the last days of Camelot.

If ever someone was to set a trap for me, this would lure me in.
Arthurian + WWII + librarian = perfect Alanna-bait.
(The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood by H.G. Parry)

Told myself I wouldn't buy any more wall art until I have my own walls to hang art on, but here I am, once again, with a new painting I have no space for.

It's so good!

Good morning! I am about halfway through rereading The Two Towers, but I may put it aside today reread Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis, which feels right for the first snowfall of the season.

A photo of a deck and flower planters covered in a light snow

This is some bullshit. I'm going back to bed.

*sigh*
I guess I'll go watch at issue before bed

It's a romance podcast I think but during the election they were doing phone banking or voter registration or something. I remember because their graphics use the same or very similar font to the Blue Jays and it kept throwing me off

I've stress eaten a family size bag of dill pickle chips and it's only the 6th inning. God help my stomach.

I feel like I'm already living it some days 😂

Eternal torment in the form of Teams, Slack and outlook notification chimes

My 80-something year old neighbour is out walking her dogs in an Eeyore onesie. I love Halloween.

I am somewhat seriously contemplating turning the cold cellar into a private smash room. I could start with the old mismatched dishes from my student housing days. I bet they'd break on the concrete floor.

Look who's back

A paperback copy of The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee, on top of the next two books in the series.

Time to update the thread. I don't remember who, but I saw the cover of The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee posted here a few times, I'm into novellas, and who doesn't like dragons so now I have the whole trilogy. They're great! (34/?)

Old buildings and cafes on the left and cafe seating on the right side of a pedestrian street in Riga

A cobblestone street in Klaipeda

A street in Riga with shop fronts on either side and a cobblestone pedestrian street

Not sure if these will do, but I'm sure there are good street photos of Riga and Klaipeda out there that would be good for practice

The Dodgers told me Yesavage keeps striking out their batters so I asked how many batters they have and they said they just go to the dugout and get a new batter afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding batters to Yesavage and then Jason Bateman started crying.

Alejandro Kirk takes a hack for the fences. He looks beautiful

I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:

- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut

Happy birthday!

I love fall, I really do, but the leaf blowers are out in force this morning and if I could ban one thing...

There are some great titles here if you, too, feel like dropping some $ on books today.

Me: I need to start reading the books I already own.

Also me: placing a Kobo order for several new books.

poutine for every body

World Series 🥹💙

An hour later than I intended, but the car is packed and I'm fucking off into the woods for a few days. Be good.

Good morning! Today I am finishing Wendy, Darling by A.C. Wise, and I haven't decided what's next but as I am also generally in a novella mood these days, probably The Desert Talon by Karin Lowachee.

Wow. Must be nice to be able to afford food.

I saw one of these a few months ago at a church on the Isle of Harris and had no idea there were more! They're kind of fascinating