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- May 2012 (24)
- 24: New Thing, 12
- 23: Of Blog Fiction
- 22: Nonstandard Monday
- 21: Whinge snarl cavil
- 20: New Thing, aka KES, 11
- 19: Forum knitting
- 18: Doodah doodah
- 17: Shut up, Billy
- 15: New Thing, 10
- 15: Writery things
- 14: My life as a bell ringer . . .
- 12: The Odyssey, part two — guest post by Corellia
- 11: New Thing, 9
- 11: More about ME . . .
- 10: ME Awareness Week. And some bad bells.
- 09: The Odyssey, part one — guest post by Corellia
- 08: New Thing, 8
- 07: Sunday night after Sunday afternoon
- 06: Happy happy happy. Happy. Happy. Grrrrrr.
- 05: New Thing, 7
- 04: Yarny
- 03: More tea. More lack of sympathy. More frelling bells.
- 02: New Thing, 6
- 01: YESSSSSSSSSSS.
- April 2012 (29)
- 29: Chirpity chirpity chirp chirp chirp
- 29: Tea and No Sympathy
- 28: New Thing, 5
- 27: Meteorological Mayhem
- 25: Wet wet wet
- 24: New Thing, 4
- 23: The GameMaster (guest post by Black Bear)
- 23: Diana
- 21: Steps on the way to beekeeping IV (guest post by AJLR)
- 21: How New Thing Happened, More or Less
- 20: New Thing, 3
- 19: A whangblamming thunderstorm and dazzling blue sky kind of day
- 18: Handbells, and further bulletins on comparative ickiness
- 17: Singing and a ’cello
- 16: New Thing, 2
- 14: La Trav and other less salubrious topics
- 14: Pan-galactic finals
- 12: Uncomfortably numb
- 12: New Thing Premiere
- 11: Mouth breather
- 10: New Thing, New Thing, nanny-nanny-boo-boo, tra la la New Thing
- 09: Jolly jolly jolly jolly Easter technology
- 08: Fresh Blood
- 07: Better. Yes.
- 05: Unnnngh, continued indefinitely
- 04: Placeholder
- 03: Death on Toast
- 02: Poor overwhelmed exhausted lurgified person
- 02: Lurgy Reading
- March 2012 (32)
- 31: Peter Story, continued
- 31: Thrilling, thrilling news*
- 30: A Peter Story
- 29: Technology the Damned
- 28: Frost
- 27: No Sleep Monday
- 25: Spring Sunday with a friend
- 25: Unnecessary excitements
- 24: No post tonight
- 23: Caveats and clarifications
- 22: The Continued Non Arrival of Doodles
- 21: Technology and gardening
- 20: Roses. And Singing.
- 19: Roses
- 18: Blood-pressure headache
- 17: Life goes on
- 16: Twas spring, and the slithy toves . . . no, wait . . .
- 15: Various. Hey, I’ve been working, I have no brain or ability to make connections
- 14: Three (or four) links
- 13: The Usual Monday Stuff
- 12: Big Fat Throbbing Ratbags
- 11: One-Legged Dog, Part 2 – Guest blog by Diane_in_MN
- 10: Three Books about Outsiders
- 09: A Visceral Response to International Women’s Day
- 08: Something New to Worry About
- 07: On Not Yelling at Your Computer
- 06: Important if muted news
- 05: Mechanical Mayhem and sundries
- 04: One-Legged Dog, Part 1 – Guest blog by Diane_in_MN
- 03: Even more singing
- 02: Singing
- 01: A Day in Which Almost Nothing Happens But I Rattle on Endlessly Anyway
- February 2012 (29)
- 29: Another day, another frenzy
- 28: Singing while hysterical
- 27: (Someone else’s) Puppy, con’t
- 26: Sublime and Ridiculous
- 25: Dark Days for Robin — guest post by Jodi Meadows
- 24: Update . . .
- 23: More Japanese
- 22: Gods and slang
- 21: Your Body Is Your Instrument, Chapter 412
- 20: Puppy
- 19: Bells, Books, Baths
- 18: Brainless brainless brainless
- 17: If I say it’s been a pretty good day, will something awful happen?
- 16: In which Robin Gets It Wrong (or Has It Gotten Wrong) in a Variety of Ways
- 15: Unexpected Valentine’s Day News
- 14: Another Monday
- 13: Peter Dickinson
- 12: A few of my favourite things, part 2 – guest blog by B_twin
- 11: Weather. Etc.
- 10: Late
- 09: There Is Hope, continued
- 08: The Great Gimblefurzle Search
- 07: I’m in it for the journey
- 06: My First Goat and the best-selling paperback, guest post by HorsehairBraider
- 05: Editors and editing, a demented view
- 04: A Few Pages After the First
- 03: First Pages
- 02: There Is Hope*
- 01: SHADOWS?
- January 2012 (31)
- 31: SHAAAAAAAAA. . .
- 30: A little tangential Mongo and some Ask Robin
- 29: A few of my favourite things, part 1 – guest blog by B_Twin
- 28: Snippet Number Three* with footnotes**
- 27: Mostly coherent. And with lots of footnotes.
- 26: Um, SHADOWS
- 25: Extreme Brain Death, etc
- 24: I sang. I rang.
- 23: Sunday
- 22: The Enchanted Island*
- 21: Another Day After
- 20: I am not looking forward to writing this post
- 19: Patricia Briggs, guest post by Susan in Melbourne*
- 18: DAYS LIKE THIS SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DOG.*
- 17: Team Bell (Ringing)
- 16: Lurgy Update*
- 15: Here Kitty Kitty (guest post by Black Bear)
- 14: In which Mongo is comforting
- 13: Yet another day of no brain and too much coughing
- 12: Death-deflecting chocolate
- 11: Cough
- 10: But SHADOWS is still still going*
- 08: But SHADOWS is still going
- 08: World Premiere Opera, Guest Post by Diane_in_MN
- 07: Flu, hellhounds, SHADOWS and Jodi Meadows
- 06: The Tourmaline Ring
- 05: The Middle of the Night Again
- 04: Anniversary
- 03: Resuscitated Ask Robin Aftermath
- 01: New Year’s Resolutions
- 01: I’m not ready for January
- December 2011 (31)
- 31: Wha’?
- 30: Mongo Saves a Little Piece of the Universe, the Piece with Maggie in It
- 29: Singing and leftover turkey
- 28: Absolutely clueless
- 27: Boxing Day
- 26: Christmas
- 25: Grinchly yours
- 24: Christmas Eve Eve
- 23: Oh go away with that Christmas
- 22: Unngh SHADOWS unngh
- 21: Another Great Day
- 20: Audience
- 18: Bells, with stomachache
- 18: Eight days till Christmas
- 17: Peter’s birthday
- 16: Musings, including the semi-mathematical
- 15: Whether Brugge or Bruges, it’s still a pretty city (guest post by AJLR)
- 14: Maths, Chaos, Darkness and Handbells
- 13: Wet and Shrill
- 11: The day after
- 11: Pollyanna be damned
- 10: Skiving off*
- 09: ANOTHER RATBAG DAY
- 08: ARRRRRRRRRGH COMPUTERS ARRRRRRRRRGH
- 07: A Day Longer Than Its Hours
- 06: I came, I sang . . .
- 04: Some of the Usual Brain Death Suspects
- 04: Rodelinda
- 03: In which Mercury stops being retrograde at least briefly
- 02: Mercury is retrograde
- 01: Dire
- November 2011 (30)
- 30: Frelling knitting
- 29: Extreme Brain Death
- 28: It’s Sunday, therefore I am short of sleep*
- 27: Brain dead
- 26: Forum round up, more of
- 24: UnThanksgiving
- 24: Some Forum round up
- 23: Another Fiona Day
- 22: Not Dove Sei
- 20: Prospective Anguish
- 20: Bark at the Moon – guest blog by Black Bear
- 19: Your Body Is Your Instrument
- 18: Never Promise Anything for the Day After Your Birthday
- 17: Happy Birthday to Me
- 16: Gigantic Throbbing Neon Ratbags
- 15: Triumph
- 14: Ringing, singing and remembering
- 13: Secret Onion Relish: guest post by Hedgehog
- 12: Better
- 10: Bleeeech con’t, day two
- 10: Bleeeeeech
- 08: Hanging onto your health with both hands
- 08: Voice lesson
- 07: Bummed
- 06: Photo Safari II – guest post by CathyR
- 05: Luck
- 04: Grumble grumble mutter mutter
- 03: Doodle update
- 02: Don G, continued
- 01: Singing and ghostbusting
- October 2011 (30)
- 31: Photo Safari I – guest post by CathyR
- 30: Return of the Knitting Lady
- 29: Rain, Books, Maths, Bell Fund, etc
- 27: Cambridge. My doom.
- 26: technology 1, robin 0
- 26: ANOTHER FRELLING DAY
- 25: Hee hee hee hee hee
- 23: MYSTERY NOVEL
- 22: Very Not A Good Day, with Veterinarians
- 22: Maths. Boo.
- 20: Twin fiends: handbells and technology
- 20: Monday afternoon I got a phone call from Niall
- 18: The Announcement You Don’t Want to Hear
- 18: Fulmination
- 16: Long thirds at 8:50 a.m.
- 15: Life, With Cheese (guest post by HorsehairBraider)
- 15: Oooh. Shiny.
- 14: So I overslept
- 13: Bells and brainmelt
- 11: Logistics and tea
- 11: Demon-infested technology
- 09: Geography and Chocolate
- 09: LAST AUCTION/SALE DAY
- 08: Another bellish Friday
- 07: Fiona, shining with an ethereal light
- 05: Other cat-like beings
- 04: Cats, etc
- 03: Bonkers
- 02: Speed of . . . writing. Guest post by Elizabeth Moon
- 01: Singing for a Wedding
- September 2011 (30)
- 30: Giggling, various
- 30: More Squeakery Freakery. And some auction comments.
- 29: Oh, the usual. Bells.* Hellhounds. Singing.
- 27: Lurchers and lurgies
- 26: Singing, Croaking and Crunching
- 25: When There Are No Words There Are Still Doodles
- 24: Uggggh
- 23: It’s alive
- 23: Squeaking
- 22: Banana
- 20: ANNOUNCEMENT
- 20: Did You Not See My Lady
- 18: Frustrations and . . . uh, frustrations
- 17: Ringing despite obstacles
- 17: Ringing inside
- 16: Splendid, fabulous, awesome news
- 14: More blurry chick photos!
- 13: A Keeping My Head Down Day
- 12: Tangents
- 12: Una Voce Poco Squeak
- 10: What’s a Top Bar Hive? and why I want one (bees part two)
- 09: Music and a few critters
- 09: Bat-like squeaking
- 07: Howling at the Moon
- 07: Tunefulness, various
- 05: There Are Definitely Bats in My Belfry
- 05: Prospective things
- 03: Chick chick chick
- 03: Autumn
- 02: Cacti and doodles
- August 2011 (31)
- 31: Why I Should Not Be Allowed Out without a Minder
- 30: Yet another less than optimum day
- 29: Millions of Geraniums
- 28: Intelligibility not guaranteed
- 27: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR)
- 26: Chinese Cresteds and Giraffes
- 25: Due to the exigencies* . . .
- 24: Meltdown
- 23: Life with Hellhounds: the soap opera
- 22: Some guarded chirping
- 21: No.
- 20: I moan better than I ring
- 19: The Ghastly Prospect of a Service Quarter
- 18: Staying out of the Rain
- 17: It’s . . .
- 16: Something somewhat resembling a blog post
- 15: Moaning on key
- 14: Handbells and hopelessness: guest post by Alicia
- 13: Ringing and knitting
- 12: Hot and Thick
- 12: SUNSHINE
- 11: She’s heeeeeeere
- 10: A night semi-off
- 08: Good and bad. And good and bad.
- 07: I don’t do nearly enough ringing. So I did some extra today.
- 06: Aspects of the Magnificence of Hellhounds
- 06: Aaaugh, chirp, clank, etc
- 05: Thursday night is handbells
- 04: Booklists, various. And one bell ringing . . . list.
- 02: In Which All Modes of Transportation Are Full of Gremlins
- 02: Bluuuuuh
- July 2011 (35)
- 31: Another how many things can you get wrong day. Plus doodles.
- 30: GUEST BLOG FROM OISIN, continued
- 30: And now, back to business
- 29: Follies, vehicular and personal
- 28: How to Make Beds When You Have Acute ME
- 26: 26 July 2011
- 26: In which the ME gets in the way of progress
- 24: Bell doodling
- 23: GUEST POST BY OISIN
- 23: Rose Dreams
- 21: Epic hellhounds
- 21: Frell and broad beans
- 19: Handbells and doodles
- 19: Sing n Ring Monday
- 17: Major Rant Alert
- 16: Auction
- 15: Epic Fantasy, guest post by Elizabeth Moon
- 14: Epic fantasy and a night off
- 14: How Many Ways Can a Single Day Go Wrong?
- 12: Summer fruit and squishiness
- 11: Aftermath, continued
- 11: Silly Signing Clothing Contest results (. . . finally)
- 09: Photos. Lots of photos. AMAZING NUMBERS of photos.
- 09: AMAZING NUMBERS of photos, continued 2
- 09: AMAZING NUMBERS of photos, continued 3rd and last
- 08: Signing, illustrated.
- 08: Signing. Survived.
- 07: Signing Eve
- 05: The Crossword Competition – and The Winners (guest post by AJLR)
- 05: Silly, and bats
- 04: Life . . .
- 03: Boomerang Day
- 03: The SSCC
- 02: Ratbaggery and contests
- 01: Fabulous embroidered shawls and other things
- June 2011 (29)
- 30: On varieties of public performance
- 28: In Which I Both Do and Do Not Deserve What I Get
- 28: A Day in London
- 26: Direful Anticipation
- 25: Twelve days and counting… (guest post by AJLR)
- 25: Fearsome Things
- 24: A Day Rich in the Wrong Kind of Incident
- 23: Rain and Fiona
- 21: DEERSKIN
- 21: Tantrum
- 19: Good Horror*
- 18: Really Ratbaggy Weather and Suitable Distractions
- 17: AJLR HAS HER BEES!!!!!!!*
- 17: Killer Thursdays
- 15: Real Magic
- 14: Not bluffing
- 13: Learning to Bluff
- 12: Rain
- 11: Mmmm. More Roses.
- 10: Return of Ask Robin
- 09: You’ve only got till midnight tonight
- 08: Listen up
- 07: Mmmm. Roses.
- 06: Another Critter Problem
- 05: Do I even need a title
- 04: Wuthering Heights the Opera, guest blog by Diane in MN
- 03: Even more bats
- 02: Bats, Inc
- 01: A Day. With Bats.
- May 2011 (32)
- 31: Navigational Follies
- 30: GRAVEMINDER by Melissa Marr
- 29: My Jungle
- 28: Post-recital guest post by Bratsche
- 27: Yet more high drama (and bats)
- 27: High Drama
- 25: Invasion
- 24: Concerning a hoped-for absence of bats
- 23: I Should Not Be This Tired
- 22: Whimper
- 21: By special request – additional guest blog from B-Twin
- 21: Two years ago today… guest blog by B-Twin
- 20: Yet more about bats
- 19: Better
- 18: A New Low Is Reached
- 17: My head is spinning
- 16: Tra la. In fact, tra la la la la la.
- 15: ME. Tra la. Not.
- 15: Die Walkure
- 13: It must be summer
- 13: No, no, don’t look at the clock
- 11: Gardening Update #1811, or, Bleeding Profusely Again
- 10: But first . . .
- 09: Wildlife indoors
- 09: Blerg etc
- 07: Steps on the way to bee-keeping III, guest post by ajlr
- 06: Geekiness, various
- 05: Why I love Hampshire
- 04: Gardening update
- 03: THOR
- 02: Singing and Belling
- 01: Rain and drama
- April 2011 (31)
- 30: Il Trovatore
- 29: More bluebells*
- 28: National Poetry Month. Oops.
- 27: A Fiona Day
- 26: Even more girliness
- 25: I love this time of year, continued
- 24: Roses, Opera and Bells
- 23: Steps on the way to bee-keeping II, guest post by ajlr
- 23: I love this time of year
- 21: Unexpected Pleasures
- 21: Girliness, con’t
- 19: A Not So Bell-Free Holy Week, Continued
- 19: Life, that beggar
- 18: Bluebells and various
- 16: Photo Shoot: Guest Post by Diane_in_MN
- 16: Being a girl
- 14: Another day of contumely and handbells
- 13: I Told You I Was Knitting
- 12: Winter and Shopping
- 12: Semi-riotous spring garden
- 11: Well the Iron Dragon part was fun
- 09: Steps on the way to bee-keeping I (guest post by AJLR)
- 08: Part Two. As Promised.
- 07: Part One: Silly Day
- 06: Exploding Chandelier
- 06: Philip Larkin
- 05: Singing to Different Tunes
- 03: Heroine size
- 02: Day Two of National Poetry Month
- 02: Triumph from the Jaws of Defeat So Assured It Wasn’t Bothering to Bite Down
- 01: Yarn and quite a lot of etc
- March 2011 (32)
- 31: Sartorial Drama
- 30: Little teeny demonstrations of progress
- 29: Crying in Your Beer
- 28: Landscape
- 26: Diana Wynne Jones
- 26: Spring gardening
- 25: The Therapeutic Value of Handbells
- 24: My Yarn Stash – guest post by Fiona
- 23: Good and very damn bad
- 22: A day full of adventures
- 20: Writing like a feminist
- 20: Lucia
- 19: ::Beams::
- 18: More about things with wiggly lines
- 17: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, guest post by Susan Cassidy
- 16: Tired and old
- 15: Yowzah
- 13: The Day That Did Not Go as Planned
- 13: In Which the Hellgoddess Proves She Can Talk at Length about Nothing
- 12: The Fine Song for Singing
- 11: Things Involving the Learning of Wiggly Lines
- 10: On First Books Followed by Second Books
- 09: Guest Blog: Part the First by OISIN*
- 08: SILVER PHOENIX and FURY OF THE PHOENIX by Cindy Pon
- 07: Making roses – Guest blog by B_Twin
- 06: Oisin winners
- 05: The hellgoddess knits
- 04: Blah erg (revisited)
- 02: Important announcement
- 02: Cats and Yarn. Not together.
- 02: Stash
- 01: In the first place. . . .
- February 2011 (30)
- 28: The Harass Oisin into Producing What He Promised Guest Blog Riot Thread
- 28: More knitting. Less opera.
- 27: Iphigenie and Knitting
- 26: The Quarter That Wasn’t
- 24: One car, eight bells, and a large dark cloud of prospective dread
- 24: I Brought My Knitting
- 23: Apologies. Here Be More Chirping.
- 22: Singing and Ringing
- 20: WHAT??
- 19: Bell Ringing with ME
- 19: I Should Have Brought My Knitting
- 18: The Story thus Far
- 16: PEG II: It Lives
- 15: And here’s another one you weren’t expecting
- 15: It Is Way Too Small A World
- 13: Wet Roses
- 12: Personal pandemonium – guest blog by southdowner
- 12: It’s late Friday night and I’m not making much sense
- 11: Teeth, chocolate and bells
- 10: ARRRRRRRRRRGH
- 10: More . . . um . . . knitting
- 09: THE SPEED OF DARK by Elizabeth Moon
- 08: Fiona Rules
- 06: Complicated Sunday
- 05: Dog Surgery–Guest Post from Diane_in_MN
- 05: The Suckage of Circumstance
- 04: Learning to knit. Slowly. Sort of. Maybe. Eventually.
- 03: The night after the night before
- 02: Ask Robin: First Story
- 01: I need a new phrase for ‘not a good day’
- January 2011 (31)
- 30: Shattered again
- 29: On planning and planting an orchard (guest post by AJLR)
- 29: Noises, various
- 28: One of those twenty-four hour things
- 27: The horror. The horror.
- 26: Just another day of infamy
- 25: Frelling knitting
- 24: The New Dark Side
- 23: Making a Wedding Cake (cont.)- Guest Blog by B-Twin
- 22: More adventures
- 21: The three-four to bob major
- 20: Another one for your booklist
- 19: Cat
- 18: And E Moon said . . .
- 17: We took the Christmas tree down today.
- 16: PRC prizewinners – Black Bear
- 15: Bach
- 14: A Quiet Day of Coming to Pieces in Various Directions
- 13: The Return of an Old Friend and a Surprise Meeting
- 12: Very Long Tuesday
- 11: HERO and PEGASUS
- 09: It was going to be about a garden
- 08: PRC Report The Last – Urbana Free Library (Black Bear)
- 08: Cargate
- 07: Camera, iii
- 06: London, Editor, Train, etc
- 05: Another blergy kind of day
- 04: And Now for Something Completely Different
- 03: PRC Roundup: Did I forget anyone?? – black bear
- 02: Camera, ii
- 01: Happy New Year*
- December 2010 (32)
- 31: Why Do I Seem Do Be Having Kind of a Lot of Really Stupid Days?
- 30: San Francisco Bay PRC Report – Black Bear
- 29: Weather and other circumstances*
- 28: Camera
- 27: TECHNOLOGY. JUST SAY NO.
- 26: A Merry Mod Christmas
- 26: I’ve Already Told You I Was Not Dreaming of a White Christmas. But Did Anyone Consult Me? No, They Did Not.
- 25: Grinch Eve
- 24: Melbourne PRC – guest blog from B_Twin & Ithilien
- 23: The Grinch Gets Her Tree Up
- 22: JANE EYRE, II
- 21: Central England PRC – guest post by southdowner, photos by CathyR*
- 20: Bells and Carols
- 19: JANE EYRE
- 18: On planning and planting an orchard (guest post by AJLR)
- 18: Pegasus Party Update – down to the wire! (Black Bear)
- 17: Birthdays, funerals, snow, etc
- 16: Squicky Vampires, cont
- 15: A Little Shameless Self Promotion. And Some Whining.
- 14: Remind us why we have dogs?
- 13: Too much too much
- 11: Saturday evening at 11:30 and I’m finally eating supper*
- 11: Around the World with Pegasus Parties (Black Bear)
- 10: Unexpected Handbell Jubilation
- 09: Heat and cold. And water.
- 07: Cold limbo
- 07: The Trouble You Can Get Into Staying Indoors
- 05: Incarceron and Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
- 04: Pumpkin, winter, etc
- 04: Pegasus Party Reports and Schedule (guest post by Black Bear)
- 03: Snow, continued
- 02: Weather with teeth
- November 2010 (39)
- 30: Further manifestations of creative reader baked goods & Ask Robin
- 30: Morning After Pumpkin Pie
- 28: Blah blah blah cold blah blah bells blah blah COLD COLD COLD
- 28: Pegasus Parties – NYC and Indy (Black Bear)
- 27: Reading in Bed
- 26: Happy Thanksgiving, you calendar-minded people
- 26: PRC Weekly Update – Black Bear
- 24: Guest blog by Jeanne Marie – Kansas City PRC
- 24: Thanksgiving
- 23: Barnes & Noble reviews PEGASUS
- 22: The End of the Birthday, Part l
- 22: The End of the Birthday, ll
- 20: Ghostly handbells and public blogging
- 20: A Double Arrgh Day
- 19: Chocolate and Cheddar (Black Bear)
- 19: Pegasus Party Update 8 (Black Bear)
- 18: The beginning of 16 November a day late
- 17: A Very Merry Unbirthday
- 16: Loss
- 14: All Singing. Not All Dancing.
- 14: Opera HD
- 13: Publishers Weekly asks me questions
- 13: Pegasus Release Celebration Update 7 (by Black Bear)
- 12: Yet another link
- 11: Another link-blog
- 09: Our Story So Far…
- 09: Pegasus Party News 6 (black bear)
- 09: Lo-text Monday Revisited, or Possibly Exhumed
- 08: Pegasus Celebrations Update 5.1 (now with working links!)
- 07: In the first place . . .
- 06: On becoming a bellringer, Part Two. Guest post by CathyR
- 06: Pegasus Celebrations Update 4
- 06: It Can’t Be Friday . . .
- 05: Arrival
- 04: Awesome (someone else’s) and other stuff (mine)
- 04: Pegasus Celebrations Update 3 (from Black Bear)
- 02: Publication Day
- 02: Eve of the Big Day
- 02: Pegasus Celebrations Update 2 (from Black Bear)
- October 2010 (32)
- 31: Errors and Glorious Opportunities
- 30: Swings and Roundabouts
- 30: Pegasus Celebrations Update 1 (from Black Bear)
- 29: PEGASUS and Cake, continued
- 28: A Very Special Announcement from Black Bear
- 27: Really really really big YAAAAY! Also HURRAH! Possibly an additional YIPPEEE!
- 25: Hee hee hee hee hee
- 24: Planting Pansies in the Dark . . .
- 23: On becoming a bellringer, Part One. Guest post by CathyR
- 22: Excitements, various and noisy
- 22: In Which It is Revealed that Bell Ringers Are the Best
- 20: The Curmudgeon Speaks
- 19: The Horrors of Travel
- 18: Sometimes the gods are kind
- 17: Drowning in Pansies
- 16: Ninja kitty, ii
- 16: Ninja kitty
- 16: Frelled Out of My Own Mouth
- 14: The day after a good day
- 13: It may have been a good day
- 13: Hellhounds (and singing)
- 11: Not an Entirely Successful Day
- 10: It’s a rough job but someone’s got to do it
- 09: Husbandless
- 09: In which Tessa Gratton Saves My Day
- 07: Books on shelves
- 06: Yet Another Yarn Post, guest post by Jodi Meadows
- 05: Big Rant
- 04: Authors and Audiences. And Labels.
- 03: Round-up Sunday
- 02: Surviving a Music Seminar
- 01: How Not to Recover from Dental Surgery in an Efficient and Timely Manner
- September 2010 (31)
- 30: Ow, comprehensively revisited
- 30: Tir nan Og
- 28: Another Day Bites the Big One
- 28: Banned Books Week. Sigh.
- 26: A contest winner, frelling Twitter and . . .
- 25: Yep.
- 25: Stars and Bells
- 23: Fame. Sort of.
- 22: Another interview
- 21: Ask Robin. Sort of. Not. Yes. No. Maybe.
- 20: WISHING FOR TOMORROW by Hilary McKay
- 19: Itty Bitty Contest
- 18: Return of the Hellkitten
- 18: Return of the Hellkitten, continued
- 17: Ah the Writing Life
- 17: I need a night off.
- 15: Backlist
- 14: Stuffed
- 13: Draggy Monday
- 12: Critters, revisited 1,000,000,000
- 11: Hellkitten*
- 10: My husband the comedian and other funny men
- 09: Tractor
- 08: A Feeble Hellgoddess Is Given Support from a Willing to Be Imposed Upon Mod
- 07: Zero
- 06: Major bleeaurgh
- 05: A medium-slow Sunday
- 04: All Bells All the Time
- 04: Grandsire Triples
- 02: My Life and Hard Times
- 02: Revenge of the Kangaroo Rat, guest blog by Chris Laning
- 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
- 23: The disadvantages of hellhounds and the stupidity of humans
- 22: Computer Men
- 22: blog maintenance completed
- 21: Disaster
- 20: On balance
- 19: My Happening Life
- 18: Shattered again
- 17: Apple season
- 16: Puppy Fair Day, ll
- 16: Puppy Fair Day
- 16: Nightmares, various
- 15: BELLS and language
- 14: Anguish, Angst, Horror and Despair
- 13: More about Gardening
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