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- September 2010 (1)
- August 2010 (38)
- 31: Our Internet World
- 31: Asking Robin more about the writing process
- 29: Gardens
- 28: Ringing Bats*, guest post by Chris Laning
- 27: News
- 27: Interview
- 26: Advance notice
- 26: More contest winners!
- 25: Three, count ‘em, three chapters of PEGASUS
- 24: Gloom
- 24: Vote vote vote vote VOTE revisited
- 23: Three Short Books
- 23: Possibly Papua New Guinea
- 21: Ringing from the trenches, guest post by southdowner
- 21: Vote vote vote vote vote!!!!
- 20: Life with the Apocalypse
- 18: The Cluelessness of Writers
- 17: Hellhound birthday!!!!
- 17: VOTE
- 16: More Ask Robins (also more bell ringing)
- 15: SUNSHINE contest II winners
- 14: Pink etc
- 14: Friday the 13th or, YA* is not a dirty word
- 13: Sticky Calorific Prize-Winning Recipes!
- 13: New and Old Toys
- 12: Two Recent Adventures: guest post by Tamsin
- 10: )](**&^%$£”+={:@?#}[!!!!!!!!!!
- 09: Ask Robin on a Monday
- 08: A Sunday Adventure
- 08: *Sigh.*
- 07: Sunshine Contest – Round 2 (Guest post by AJLR)
- 06: Consolations, when there have been too many of Those Days
- 06: Yet Another of Those Days
- 04: Bird ringing: Guest post by Chris Laning
- 03: Moan* Or, Possibly, Lament
- 03: SUNSHINE Ask Robins
- 01: A SUNSHINE tangent suitable to the occasion
- 01: And the winners are…. (post by Black Bear*)
- July 2010 (35)
- 31: A Musical-Historical-Genealogical Adventure*: Guest Post by Diane in MN
- 31: R.M.T.M.A.A.G.S.G.O.B.T.M.G.R.T. Y.H.O.O.D.L.G.Y.V.B.G.I.F.C.D.F.G.G. C.S.W.T.E.P.H.A.D.*
- 31: Things That Aren’t Roses
- 29: Howling, various
- 29: Another Partisan Prod for SUNSHINE
- 28: Guest Blog from abigailmm – Twenty thousand head of very small livestock – part one
- 27: Happy 26th and tra la la
- 27: SUNSHINE contest reminder
- 27: Deadness and weather
- 25: Chocolate and reality
- 24: Sunshine YA edition contest (posted by Black Bear)
- 24: Stoked
- 23: Another day, another drama
- 21: On picking up my viola again after 20 years, part 2. Guest post by Black Bear
- 20: The I Hate to Cookbook, revisited
- 20: Same bat time, same bat station*
- 18: Post quarter
- 17: On picking up my viola again after nearly 20 years, part 1. Guest post by Black Bear
- 16: An Unscheduled Night Off
- 16: Three glasses of champagne
- 15: How We Re-sanded the Sitting-room Floor and Still Managed to Save Our Marriage II (guest post by Ajlr)
- 13: Big dumb yuck
- 12: Er . . . Ask Robin
- 11: Further Trials of a Deputy Ringing Master
- 10: How We Re-sanded the Sitting-room Floor and Still Managed to Save Our Marriage I (guest post by Ajlr)
- 09: Daniel
- 08: Life in a Small Town Is More Exciting than You Think
- 08: EON DRAGONEYE REBORN by Alison Goodman
- 06: Great Big Hairy Exciting News! Guest post by Jodi Meadows
- 05: The Day After the Day Before
- 04: An uncelebratory fourth of July
- 03: Epic Wedding, guest post by jeanne marie
- 03: Chocolate is the answer. What was the question?
- 02: Handbells. Mwa ha ha ha ha
- 01: Night off (nearly)
- June 2010 (34)
- 30: The V&A, part two
- 29: The V&A, part one
- 28: Hot Culture
- 26: Aaaaaugh! Yet More Bell Ringing!
- 25: Ringing Maestro Robin (guest post by Black Bear)
- 24: Mottisfont
- 23: The many uses of technology
- 23: The Terror of London, guest post by Black Bear
- 22: Ringing outing, guest post by southdowner
- 21: The Perfect Reader Letter
- 20: Trilateral angst
- 20: Pink Things
- 18: Another Frantic Friday
- 18: Really Big Zowie
- 18: Quilt, continued
- 18: Quilt, final
- 16: Enchantress from the Stars, guest book review by Susan Cassidy
- 15: Limitations
- 14: Roses
- 13: Cascades of notes and . . .
- 12: Opera and handbells
- 12: Subarticulate
- 10: ROSES
- 10: ROSES, con’t ll
- 09: Cara’s legacy, guest blog by southdowner
- 09: Varieties of vocal expression
- 07: Ask Robin
- 06: June Gardening
- 05: HOW TO BE A 19TH-CENTURY FAN guest blog by blondviolinist
- 04: Niall the Rotten Ratbag*
- 04: Consolation and the Lack Thereof*
- 02: Chelsea Flower Show guest post by AJLR
- 02: SUNSHINE*
- 01: Some days
- May 2010 (33)
- 31: MISTWOOD by Leah Cypess
- 29: Heroic Move: Guest blog by Jeanne Marie
- 29: Beam
- 27: Death is a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees*
- 26: Better photos
- 26: Bad Photos
- 25: Rabid Wolverines
- 23: Ask Robin: Blank spots
- 23: And the winners are…..
- 22: Final Pegasus ARC Contest Countdown
- 21: Final twenty-four hours
- 21: Puppy Birthday, guest blog by B-Twin-1
- 21: Snork
- 20: LAMENT by Maggie Stiefvater
- 19: Memory FAIL†
- 18: Favourite bits
- 18: Pansies
- 16: Madhatterington
- 15: First Rose
- 15: Brainscramble
- 13: THE DEMON’S LEXICON by Sarah Rees Brennan
- 12: Recital preparation — Goals and worries, by Bratsche
- 12: Bluebell Wood
- 10: First Things
- 09: Slow Theatre*
- 08: PEGASUS ARC contest!
- 08: At last
- 06: Why PEGASUS Needs to Sell Really Well*
- 05: colorado spring, guest blog by bonniebythepeak
- 05: Respite
- 03: New blog feature: Q&A
- 03: In Defense of Pollyanna
- 01: Memorizing Music, guest blog by Bratsche
- April 2010 (30)
- 30: Hail and farewell
- 29: A Really Stupid Day
- 28: Interview
- 27: Better
- 26: Another Monday. Yeep.
- 25: Dental Anaesthesia, Deathlike States and Really Good Reads
- 24: Guest post by Maren
- 23: Attack of the Real World, Update
- 22: Attack of the Real World*
- 21: Guest post by Black Bear
- 20: Author bashing
- 19: It’s spring*
- 18: Nightingale Wood
- 17: Guest Post by southdowner
- 16: Zombie Files, 4
- 16: The Zombie Files, 3
- 14: The Zombie Files, 2
- 13: The Zombie Files
- 12: Hospital
- 11: Peter, continued continued
- 10: Peter, continued*
- 09: Peter
- 08: forum is back online
- 07: Guest Post by Black Bear
- 06: Disaster, devastation and despair
- 05: ARCs and the hopeless callowness of some authors
- 05: Beautiful Easter Day
- 03: Guest post by Susan in Melbourne
- 02: Weirdness
- 01: They’re heeeeeere . . .
- March 2010 (31)
- 31: Guest post by Mrs Redboots
- 31: Chocolate and ranunculus
- 29: My car, my computer and my brain are all broken
- 28: The Day After the Night Before
- 27: Guest post by Ajlr
- 27: ENCHANTED GLASS
- 25: Hellhounds and handbells
- 25: Guest post by B-Twin
- 24: Blondel, con’t
- 23: Stephen Sondheim
- 21: Sunny Spring Sunday*
- 20: Guest Post by Bratsche
- 20: Tea and Bell Ringing
- 18: Don’t Annoy the Writer
- 18: Guest post by Mrs Redboots
- 17: Blondel
- 16: Peachy karma
- 14: A Drama in Eight Photos
- 13: Guest Blog by Ithilien*
- 13: Must Read Proofs
- 12: Bleeeeerg etc
- 10: Guest postless Wednesday
- 10: Skylarks
- 09: Another day like today
- 08: Lullaby from Pegasus
- 07: Guest post by Wuffielover
- 06: In Which Our Heroine* Is Hysterical**
- 05: Grand Matriarch
- 04: Guest blog by Ajlr
- 02: Ice This
- 02: SHORT DRANGLEFABBING MONDAY*, OKAY?
- February 2010 (29)
- 28: Unnnnh
- 28: Guest post by ajlr
- 27: Redux, various
- 26: Cambridge
- 25: Guest Blog by Black Bear
- 24: Tirra lira
- 23: Short* NASTY Monday
- 21: Semi-frozen Sunday
- 21: Guest post by Southdowner and AJLR
- 20: How do I . . .
- 18: Wet Thursday
- 18: Guest post by Black Bear
- 17: Singing, Handbells, and Undesirable Lateness
- 17: Announcement
- 16: In which life trifles with me
- 15: Valentine’s Day
- 14: Guest post (mostly) by Jeanne Marie
- 13: In which learning is not a curve
- 11: In which an Evil Cow enjoys tormenting her faithful readers*
- 11: Guest Post by Lucy Coats
- 10: Tra la la la
- 09: Pink etc
- 07: More about bells (sorry . . . )
- 06: Guest Post by Diane_in_MN
- 06: I Have the Nicest Mods in the Universe*
- 04: PEGASUS Thursday
- 03: Guest Post by Diane_in_MN
- 03: PEGASUS Tuesday
- 02: PEGASUS Monday
- January 2010 (34)
- 31: PEGASUS Sunday
- 30: Guest blog by B-Twin
- 30: PEGASUS Friday
- 29: Look at what arrived in the post today:
- 28: Guest blog by B-Twin
- 26: Havoc, various and extreme
- 25: Bookshelves and reality
- 25: Not One of My Better Sundays
- 24: Blogmom needs your help
- 24: Guest blog by Jeanne Marie
- 23: Robin McKinley, Famous Author and Deputy Ringing Master
- 22: Reformation (sort of. Maybe)
- 21: Guest blog by Bratsche
- 20: The Washing Machine Man Cometh
- 18: Signs of life
- 17: More Bell Follies
- 16: Guest Blog by Black Bear
- 16: Complete Sentences Optional
- 14: Another day, another ratbagfest
- 14: Guest post by ajlr
- 12: Laundry. No, FRELLING laundry
- 12: Leftover Twitter
- 11: Flicker with an ‘e’
- 10: Guest Post by Anette (the Great Dane) II
- 09: More Winter
- 08: Guest Post by Anette (the Great Dane) I
- 07: More snow days
- 06: Snowstorm
- 06: Home
- 06: Snow Day*
- 05: Done. For a little while.
- 04: New Things
- 02: Guest post by Mrs Redboots
- 02: Stickiness*
- December 2009 (34)
- 31: New Year’s Eve
- 31: Guest post by blondviolinist
- 30: The lights are on but nobody’s home
- 28: Life saving
- 28: Environmentally Correct Scrooge
- 27: A few days ago this happened on Twitter:
- 26: Merry/Happy Christmas
- 26: A Christmas Story
- 24: Bah Humbug*
- 23: Christmas Food – a guest recipe
- 22: Nope
- 21: A blur of . . .
- 21: Ramblings of a increasingly deranged author nearing deadline
- 19: Guest post by Jodi Meadows
- 18: Not quite upright
- 18: Guest post by Jeanne Marie
- 17: My husband the OBE
- 16: Squealing
- 14: Post-human
- 13: Sunday evening . . . unnnnngh
- 13: Guest Post by Jodi Meadows
- 12: Chapter Something
- 11: I should be . . .
- 10: . . . And a few cavorting* hellhounds
- 10: Guest blog – mini Pupdate
- 09: More Singing.
- 07: Sunday morning
- 07: Hampshire. December. Sunlight.
- 05: Guest post by Black Bear
- 05: Wet, wet, wet
- 03: My Head Is Spinning
- 02: The Teckel Housekeeper – Guest Post by Lucy Coats
- 01: Skyscrapers
- 01: The long version
- November 2009 (34)
- 29: Girls Who Do Things
- 29: A Shameless Attempt at a Free Book
- 29: Guest post by Maren
- 27: Blazing NHS
- 27: Thanksgiving
- 25: Guest blog by B-Twin
- 25: Rain and Song
- 23: Lo-text hi-cal Monday
- 22: Shattered again
- 21: Guest post by Annagail
- 21: A Story of How, If You Are Going to Be a Lazy, Careless Slut, It Is a Good Thing to Be THOROUGH about It.
- 20: Fangirl
- 19: Photos and Guest Posts
- 19: Guest Post by Susan in Melbourne, Australia
- 17: The Day After the Night Before
- 17: Ploughed *
- 17: Ploughed, cont
- 15: Eve of Doom*
- 15: Guest Post by Jeanne Marie
- 14: Not the Best Friday That Ever Was
- 12: Rain, rain, go away . . .
- 12: Guest Post by Black Bear
- 10: Ugly Truths in Storytelling
- 10: Lo-text Monday*
- 08: Remembering Sunday
- 07: Guest post by Jodi Meadows
- 07: Sacrilege
- 06: Bells and whistles
- 05: Guest post by Diane in MN
- 04: Robin is on Twitter
- 04: Tales of a Strangled Cat
- 02: The inauguration of lo-text Monday
- 01: Night Adventures
- 01: Guest post by Bratsche
- October 2009 (34)
- 31: Coherence Not Guaranteed
- 29: Help update
- 29: Robin on Facebook!
- 29: Help
- 28: Pupdate – First Day of School
- 27: Publication day
- 26: Pale green Monday
- 26: Bitten by a sea monster
- 24: Guest blog by blondviolinist
- 24: The middle of the night
- 22: Limbo
- 21: Carnival of the Animals III
- 20: Tra la la etc revisited
- 19: Okay . . . *
- 18: Another Sunday evening *
- 17: Carnival of the Animals II
- 17: GAAAAH. Also ARRRGH. And perhaps BLEEAUGH
- 15: Waiting for an editor or someone like her*
- 14: Double Trouble Pupdate No 2
- 13: Singing
- 13: Another of Those Days
- 11: Thoughts on some Future or other
- 10: No Rest for the Wicked
- 09: Carnival of the Animals I
- 08: 8 October
- 08: Hurrah for Blogmom
- 07: 7 October
- 07: Summer in the Garden
- 06: 6 October
- 05: 5 October
- 04: 4 October
- 03: GUEST POST BY LIBRARYKAT
- 03: 2 October*
- 01: 1 October
- September 2009 (32)
- 30: The Last Day of September
- 29: Aggle redux, etc
- 28: AGGLEBLAGGLEDORGLE* URK! Also GALVINIZED BLISTERING EEEEEEK!**
- 27: STOP PRESS
- 27: Guest post by Jodi
- 26: Guest Post by Black Bear
- 26: Midnight
- 24: In Which I Am Saved by Footnotes
- 23: Guest blog by Jeanne Marie
- 22: Tuesday Afternoon
- 21: TWICE-BORN
- 20: Must. Finish. SPINDLE.
- 19: Guest post by Bratsche
- 19: Handbell Wedding Two
- 17: In Which I Totally Lose Control of My Footnotes
- 17: Nnnnnnnnng
- 17: Pupdate – 4 months
- 15: Tweet
- 15: Another Tale of Bells
- 13: Miracle
- 12: Guest Post by Ajlr
- 12: September 11
- 10: A Walk in the Dark
- 09: Guest Blog from Southdowner
- 08: Carpe Diem
- 07: My Brains Are Melting
- 06: Patterns
- 05: Anniversary
- 05: A Life Uncancelled
- 03: More about the comforts and discomforts of food
- 03: Double Trouble Pupdate – Guest Post by Lucy Coats
- 01: Mamee mamee oo oo oo
- August 2009 (32)
- 31: The Thirty-First of August
- 30: Oven cloths and things to take out of hot ovens with them
- 29: Guest post by Jeanne Marie
- 29: Ooooh
- 27: Comforting food
- 26: In which the gods are not kind
- 25: Interesting weather
- 24: Rubbish
- 23: Music, various
- 22: Guest blog by Jodi Meadows
- 21: And a Fabulous Friday
- 20: Another Thrilling Thursday
- 19: Ta Da
- 18: Not a Good Day
- 17: Happy Birthday
- 16: Three Weddings and Some Gardening
- 15: Guest blog by B-Twin
- 15: Double or nothing
- 13: Ungleblarg, continued
- 12: Ungleblarg*
- 11: Rats, ratbags, and singing
- 10: Mind boggling
- 09: Silly Day
- 08: Guest post by Peter
- 08: Silly Canon MIDI file
- 08: Articulateness not guaranteed.
- 06: Undesirable new experiences
- 05: Return of the Web Site, or
- 04: Another New Experience
- 03: Kent
- 02: The problem with Sundays
- 01: Guest blog by Jeanne Marie
- July 2009 (37)
- 31: The End of July
- 30: Silly Canon
- 29: Guest post by Peter
- 28: Bowen method for creatures great and small
- 28: Unfrelling Glyndebourne*
- 26: Frelling OBE
- 25: Guest post by Diane in MN
- 25: Another Friday
- 23: Frelling ratbag
- 22: Just a little more about homeopathy
- 22: Pupdate – Chasing tails
- 21: Homeopathy for nettle burns
- 20: Frell
- 19: The best, the greatest vampire novel ever written
- 19: Relative pitch, more on
- 18: Guest post by ajlr
- 18: Thrilling
- 16: Mostly of Imps and Hellhounds
- 16: Note
- 16: First Fruit(s)
- 14: The benefits of bad language
- 14: Rumbled
- 12: Technology is hell
- 11: Guest post by Maren
- 11: Almost a night off. Sort of
- 11: Pupdate – barely standing still
- 11: PS. Pupdate addendum
- 09: Dogs
- 09: Life, the Universe, and Sweeping the Floor
- 07: The Day After
- 07: La Traviata
- 05: Itty Bitty Triumph, Medium-Sized Disaster
- 04: Guest Puppy Post by Lucy Coats
- 03: Another typical day
- 02: The saga continues
- 02: Pupdate – and then there were five
- 02: Norma
- June 2009 (34)
- 30: Hysterical
- 29: My OBE-winning husband
- 28: Opera in July
- 27: Performing, Practicing, and Pink Elephants
- 27: Better
- 25: Misery
- 25: Pupdate – 5 weeks on
- 24: Some Thoughts on ‘The Nine Tailors’
- 23: Treasure Trove
- 22: This finishing-a-novel thing
- 21: Midsummer flowers
- 20: Not a Social Creature
- 19: Guest blog by Black Bear
- 18: Hell’s bells
- 18: Pupdate – 4 weeks on
- 17: Hunger
- 16: Where do the names come from?
- 15: Hand-wringing
- 14: Guest Post by The Hon Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson, FRSL†, OBE
- 13: Peter Dickinson, OBE
- 13: Handbells revisited
- 11: (almost) midsummer garden
- 11: Mini-Pupdate
- 10: SUNSHINE visible
- 09: Fire and champagne
- 09: Lemon flavoured wreckage
- 07: Handbell wedding
- 06: Guest post by Southdowner*
- 06: Doom
- 04: Another Frelling Day
- 04: Mini Pupdate – 2 Weeks Old!
- 03: A Day Beyond Ratbaggery
- 02: The Therapeutic Value of Roses
- 02: 1 June
- May 2009 (34)
- 31: DONE
- 30: Guest Blog: A Meeting of the Mods
- 29: PEGASUS watch
- 29: Entitlement, III
- 27: Puppies
- 27: Guest Blog: The First Week – A Pictorial Pupdate
- 26: First Roses
- 25: Famous (Not Blue) Raincoat
- 24: Sunny Sunday
- 23: Beam
- 22: Guest Blog from B-Twin-1
- 21: Immortal Muffins
- 20: Aggravating blokes*
- 19: Pet-friendly
- 19: Peter Grimes
- 17: Life is so frelling swell
- 16: Guest post by Jeanne Marie
- 16: Entitlement, continued
- 14: Bluebells
- 14: Missing link
- 13: Entitlement
- 12: Anyone fancy a bath?
- 11: Tiles
- 10: PEGASUS
- 09: Guest post by Black Bear
- 09: Phantom of the Opera or someone like him
- 07: Noises off
- 06: Little walled jungle
- 05: Yesterday, continued
- 05: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, or
- 03: Cuckoo. Cuckoo
- 02: The Inauguration of . . .
- 02: Guest post by Jodi Meadows
- 01: Cavorting hellhounds
- April 2009 (30)
- 30: There’s harrowing and harrowing
- 30: Catalogue company follies
- 28: Gloucestershire
- 27: The high cost of tower grabbing
- 26: Friday night from the wilds of Gloucestershire
- 25: KIRITH, third fragment
- 23: Yeeep
- 22: More baby things
- 21: Lambs, etc
- 20: Authority
- 19: There were two of us at the tower this morning.
- 18: Frelling tiles
- 17: Branwen speaks some more
- 17: I love this time of year
- 15: Stedman Doubles . . .
- 14: Another Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- 13: Writing as an off-lead Portuguese Water Dog
- 12: Easter flowers
- 11: Hurtling. And not hurtling
- 10: Lawnmowers, vampires, and bathroom tiles
- 09: Music and Technology, II
- 08: Music and Technology . . .
- 07: Sweet Peas
- 06: Stairs
- 05: Watering the garden
- 04: Apricots
- 04: A Study in Arrrgh
- 02: Never work with dogs and children
- 01: You win some . . .
- 01: forum is back up
- March 2009 (32)
- 31: Rewriting
- 30: Kirith, second fragment
- 29: Daylight Savings Crime
- 28: Sharp frost
- 28: Spoons, frelling
- 27: London Bridges
- 25: Another day, another crisis
- 24: Predictive Insomnia
- 23: I Always Need More Pots
- 22: As Tidy as It Ever Gets . . .
- 21: Therapeutic effects
- 21: Fugue
- 19: In which it is demonstrated that there is more than one kind of hellhound
- 18: Aftermath
- 18: Opera
- 17: Surviving
- 15: Carless
- 15: Duet by Ratbag
- 13: Branwen speaks *
- 13: Musical modus operandi
- 12: Noises, various
- 10: Parcels in the post
- 10: The Evil Cow of R’lyeh Comes to Town, Laying Waste to All She Surveys
- 08: KIRITH
- 07: Mozak
- 07: The Piano Lesson
- 05: Well, well, well . . .
- 05: In which I foil and am foiled
- 04: In which the footnotes utterly take over
- 03: St Clements and others
- 01: The New Jungle
- 01: Late nights and early mornings
- February 2009 (28)
- 28: Lots of loud noise
- 27: Restorative
- 26: Radiators. And Newel Posts
- 24: S l o w . . . D a y
- 24: Fast Day
- 23: Bitty
- 21: Other people
- 21: Shoes
- 19: On the threshold of the palace
- 19: Ferdinand
- 17: Playing the piano again
- 16: Uh, summer?
- 16: Other people’s blogs
- 15: Valentine’s Day, Happy
- 14: Friday the Thirteenth
- 12: More whining about the weather
- 12: Further applications of hot water
- 11: Blog tech
- 10: Dei/dea ex machina
- 08: Fire
- 08: Photography
- 07: Person falling down
- 07: Winter, continued
- 06: A Brilliant Day
- 04: Whimper
- 03: Never . . .
- 02: Snow
- 01: The Plot Thickens
- January 2009 (33)
- 31: Mystery
- 31: Black and White
- 29: Klutzim revisited
- 29: Real handbells and putative snow
- 29: The ringing gods are kind
- 28: Rose Contemplation in January
- 26: Miracle
- 25: January windowsill
- 24: Get Thee Behind Me, Rose!
- 24: Alicia speaks
- 23: Note
- 23: Handbell victim
- 21: The Omen
- 21: Inauguration Day
- 19: The President’s Daughter
- 18: Fruit trees, cold and inaugural lunch
- 17: Countdown
- 17: A little blot on the carpet
- 15: Pupdate, at last
- 14: Rants, various
- 13: More cold
- 12: Very Old Eden, and Modern Serpents
- 11: Old Eden
- 10: Beautiful. And cold.
- 10: Peachy
- 08: I’m not joking
- 08: A Vision of Hellhounds
- 06: Perspective
- 05: Hot muffins
- 04: Cold January
- 03: A bell person story, continued
- 03: A bell person story
- 01: More Glad Gaming
- December 2008 (36)
- 31: The Glad Game
- 30: Tired
- 30: Medal
- 29: Another vague fluey post
- 29: Seriously dead person
- 28: Peter’s Ferret Story
- 27: Peter
- 25: Christmas
- 24: Holiday yeep
- 24: Christmas song
- 23: Brain-free day
- 22: Demonology
- 21: The Grandness of Life
- 21: A courtesan, a bride, and a mare
- 20: Getting on with the food, cont
- 19: Seasonal
- 18: Black leather jacket
- 17: A ten metre circle and a birthday party
- 15: ME, Dinner Parties, and Other Miseries
- 15: Tool Use*
- 13: Internet Christmas shopping
- 12: Pumpkin, continued
- 11: And we have to get on with the food
- 11: Just in time . . .
- 10: Jungle Tales
- 09: An email exchange
- 09: Hat weather
- 08: Cold
- 06: Yet another new leaf
- 06: Messiaen, Bartok and Britten
- 05: Twilight
- 04: We need to get going on the holiday food
- 03: Winter
- 02: The Beetle
- 02: THERE IS NO SEQUEL TO SUNSHINE
- 02: Hillary at last
- November 2008 (39)
- 30: Soggy Sunday
- 29: Further Besieged by the Past
- 29: Motorcycle Mama
- 27: Thanksgiving
- 26: Thanksgiving Eve
- 25: Waiting to be knocked down and sat on
- 24: Dog stories
- 23: Camellias, redux
- 23: Glamour
- 22: Pupdate
- 21: Vanity, vanity
- 20: Diverse and distracted
- 19: Pollyanna returns
- 18: Moan
- 18: YAAAAAY
- 17: Done
- 17: Happy Birthday to me
- 16: Hacking, and hewing
- 15: Tales of Moonlight and Rain
- 14: Another miscellaneous
- 13: Orange Horse
- 12: Edible chestnuts
- 10: Just way too frelling cute . . .
- 10: even more puppy
- 10: more puppy
- 10: Puppy, himself
- 10: Puppy story continued
- 09: Puppy
- 08: Continuing continued signing
- 08: The signing, continued
- 07: Another perfect day
- 06: WE WOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 04: While we’re hanging around waiting for the returns
- 04: Death on Toast
- 03: CRUMMY
- 02: First Song
- 02: Rainy Saturday. Make that very rainy.
- 01: Unscheduled Excitement
- 01: Computer Vicissitudes Continue
- October 2008 (41)
- 31: Comfort Food
- 30: Further Experiments in Blog Usage
- 29: Phony entry
- 28: Frost
- 28: The Food Ritual
- 27: London
- 26: The rich complexity of life
- 25: Voice
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