I just found out that I’ve been accepted into the new Dr. Who anthology coming out in hardcover in June 2007. When I was growing up, the local public TV station carried Dr. Who and I started watching at exactly the right age. I loved the show. The opportunity to write a story with the […]
On Friday, they are going to do an update of my server which means that sometime between Friday and Monday it and my email may go down. Be patient.
When we arrived at the studio, Audrey immediately started sniffing the ground of the lobby, like she could tell her human was there. So I let her off lead and she started tracing the path, looking for her girl. Oh, what a happy reunion they had. It was really sweet. Audrey was vibrating with excitement.
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Today was the first day back at work and I seemed to spend most of the day working trash in various forms. I started off with manipulating the trash can that one of the puppets was “holding,” then on to the giant ball of trash that another one was “holding” and then a trash can
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I got my Official Absentee Balloting Material in the mail before we left for our trip and spent today voting in Oregon’s Democratic Primaries. Ugh. All of the candidates seem to have the same rhetoric “Vote for me because I do things!” Except that very few of them say what the things are that they
Don’t miss the photos of moss. You can sink your finger in all the way up to your palm. It’s amazing.
Monday, April 17th, we stayed with Tóti and his family. His wife, Hannahlið, made a fantastic vegetarian meal, which was a really pleasant surprise. After dinner, Rob and Tóti ran some errands and I stayed behind to teach Marsibel (their daughter) how to make a puppet. She’s been out of school with a cold and
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While you are waiting for me to update my blog with the latest travel news, here is a photo album of things we saw on the last two days.
Well, I have my doubts, but I was tagged by Joy and by the rules of the game, I have to tell you six random things about myself and then go and tag six more people. I’m writing this with a towel on my head. There is a poodle asleep on the sofa next to
This should be our last night on the road. Skálafell I in Suðursveit We’ll finally get to see the glacial lagoon that I keep missing. Twice I’ve taken friends or family to the glacier, but haven’t left early enough in the day to make it to the glacial lagoon.
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At many of the guesthouses in Iceland one has the option of a kitchen, so Rob and I brought groceries with us for what is called a “self-catering” holiday. We’ve just discovered that in rooms without kitchen access we can make a boiled egg in the electric tea-kettle, which every room has. Advice regarding eggs
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Next it’s on to Ytra-Ã?land in Þistilfjörður. This is the only one that we might not be able to get to because of the weather. I’ll let you know after the trip if we’ve made it.
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Monday and Tuesday nights are the two that I’m most likely to have internet access because we’re staying with Tóti, our puppet wrangler. With luck we’ll also visit my friend Bernd who lives just outside of Akureyri.
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We decided to go the hotspring after dinner. Dinner was delightful. The only other guests were a british couple. The gentleman schedules tours of Iceland and this is one of the facilities he regularly books for his clients. That he also comes here for vacations should tell you something about the quality of the accommodations. For
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Oh my, talk about luxury. The farm is at the back of a fjörd, and easy to find. Our room is very simple, but clean and warm. We were enchanted, and then we had breakfast. Good heavens. The common room is the entire old barn structure, with a high vaulted ceiling and a stunning view