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Pegasus Sunday [message #25725]

Sun, 31 January 2010 18:25

b_twin_1
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Pegasus Sunday

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25727 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Sun, 31 January 2010 20:23

skating librarian
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this is going to be really hard to wait for ... maybe I should finish my taxes and then go dormant until next fall ...

"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25730 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Sun, 31 January 2010 21:00

Melissa Mead
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Thank you!

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25734 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 00:01

Diane in MN
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I’m going to spend a pleasant hour or two cruising on-line plant catalogues

Looking for SERIOUSLY winter-hardy plants, right? Smile

I hope your copy editors found very little to complain about (and that you are not feeling the urge to tinker much as you read). Thanks for the snippet. I'm looking forward to fall!

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25735 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 06:28

AJLR
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If anything could make me look forward to autumn, this book's publishing would. Smile

_{"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."}

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25736 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 06:31

Lucy Coats
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Quote:

sick as a denwirl owl or mad as a mudge

Think I am currently at least the former, and may be the latter by the time I have finished with the surgeons. I hope you've found many esoteric plants to buy--all I have so far for my troubles is a lot of seeds and a packet of onion sets from Marshalls. The Really Interesting Stuff will come later in the spring. I am awaiting Heucheras Key Lime Pie and Purple Petticoats, among others for the new Acer/Heuchera border. The Wanton Toast Eating husband will have to plant them, though, as I shall be terminally unbendable for months. Am sending virtual G and B to assist with the eye-watering Pegasus work. And licks from the Desk Dog to the hellhounds.

Lucy xx
"'Thou shalt not' might reach the head, but it takes 'Once upon a time' to reach the heart."
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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25750 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 13:54

Jeanne Marie
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Lovely! Thank you!
Smiles,
JM

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25754 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 16:35

Angelia
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Thanks for the peek! Smile

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25758 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 18:50

212Judy
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Please add me to the list of people waiting not-so-patiently (but full of hope and good wishes for you) for The Book.

(I don't suppose you'd like to write a TUNE for the lullaby? In your spare time, of course. I'd like to sing it to family babies and then fly them.)

Judy-in-NY

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25759 is a reply to message #25725 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 19:31

prairiehil
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Delicious!

I might find snippets more maddening than horrifying cliff-hanger endings and another year to wait for the sequel! And since my Outcome-based Evaluation textbook is not going to cut it as a distraction tonight it looks like I will have to go pull out Chalice instead.

I hope you've had a productive day editing. Smile

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25764 is a reply to message #25734 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 19:53

Robin
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It is the NATURE of copyeditors to complain. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25766 is a reply to message #25735 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 19:55

Robin
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What's wrong with autumn? I LIKE autumn. It's January and February (and December) I have trouble with.

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25767 is a reply to message #25736 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 19:55

Robin
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Oh dear! Good luck! (Also with the heucheras! I used to do really well with them and lately all the interesting ones--including Key Lime, *twice*--keep DYING on me.)

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25768 is a reply to message #25758 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 19:56

Robin
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Oh. Hmm. Okay. Thanks. :)

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25769 is a reply to message #25759 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 19:57

Robin
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Ummmmmmm . . . (maintaining silence on SEVERAL topics broached . . . )

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25770 is a reply to message #25759 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 19:58

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Wait, whoa--you're doing a course in outcomes-based evaluation?? I used to teach a course in outcomes-based evaluation... How very odd.

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25772 is a reply to message #25770 ]

Mon, 01 February 2010 20:45

prairiehil
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As long as you aren't currently teaching my course, I'm okay with that. If you are secretly my prof, I would like you to know that I am on top of that paper rewrite -- just stretching my fingers.

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25778 is a reply to message #25736 ]

Tue, 02 February 2010 01:25

Diane in MN
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Lucy, good luck with the surgery and best wishes for a full recovery.

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25781 is a reply to message #25766 ]

Tue, 02 February 2010 06:18

Mrs Redboots
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February is nice as the days are noticeably longer; it was actually dawn when we left the house just after 7:00 this morning. I agree, the weather could be better. But autumn - the days are getting shorter, and darker, and the colours are fading from the land. Just, no.

(And I have seen the first daffodils on sale in the street market - spring is coming, it's coming, it's coming, I tell you! Spring!!!!)

Mrs Redboots
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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25786 is a reply to message #25781 ]

Tue, 02 February 2010 11:49

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Mrs Redboots wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 05:18

(And I have seen the first daffodils on sale in the street market - spring is coming, it's coming, it's coming, I tell you! Spring!!!!)

Grump. I don't believe you. Even though the yard was full of very noisy squawking robins yesterday. We have robins all winter anyway. Grump. I'm tired of being COLD. And I don't want to even think about my rent-house's gas bill this month.

But thanks much for the snippet.

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25787 is a reply to message #25766 ]

Tue, 02 February 2010 13:09

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Robin wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 00:55

What's wrong with autumn? I LIKE autumn. It's January and February (and December) I have trouble with.

It's the way the dark starts encroaching. I know there can be lots of lovely days in autumn but in my mind they're all coloured by the knowledge that each one will be shorter and darker than the preceding one. My in-built solar panels start suffering extreme input deficit. I agree January and February are trying, but at least we're on our way back into the light then. Smile

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25791 is a reply to message #25787 ]

Tue, 02 February 2010 16:18

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Before I had a dog, autumn was my favorite season, but the experience of daily cross-country walks has radically altered my perception. Now, faced with the choice between mud, deerflies, and snow, I actually like winter best. We usually get a few glorious days of crisp air and blazing foliage in the autumn that are far and away the best of the year, but overall, I've come to really love the crunchy-clean cold of deep winter.

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25798 is a reply to message #25786 ]

Wed, 03 February 2010 00:26

Diane in MN
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abigailmm wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 10:49

Grump. I don't believe you. Even though the yard was full of very noisy squawking robins yesterday. We have robins all winter anyway.

We don't have robins all winter, but there was one out in a tree last week, in the snow, looking seriously discontent. I can't imagine what it was doing in Minnesota in January. It will have more sense than to stick around next winter, I'm sure.

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25816 is a reply to message #25758 ]

Wed, 03 February 2010 21:22

Kim A
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212Judy wrote on Mon, 01 February 2010 15:50

(I don't suppose you'd like to write a TUNE for the lullaby? In your spare time, of course. I'd like to sing it to family babies and then fly them.)

Oh, yes! It's such a lovely text. And how about that ballad about the sweet green land? (But only after you're done with A Pox Upon Their Heads, of course.)(Yes, we do know about all the spare time you have for taking song commissions . . .)

It was the only lullaby she would ever sing, and it was sung in Hell. --Laini Taylor

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25821 is a reply to message #25816 ]

Wed, 03 February 2010 23:03

b_twin_1
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Kim A wrote on Wed, 03 February 2010 21:22

212Judy wrote on Mon, 01 February 2010 15:50

(I don't suppose you'd like to write a TUNE for the lullaby? In your spare time, of course. I'd like to sing it to family babies and then fly them.)

There's a reason why one of our major Australian poems refers to a "sunburnt country" and dusty plains.... LOL A sweet green land sounds nice!!

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25824 is a reply to message #25781 ]

Thu, 04 February 2010 02:04

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Mrs Redboots wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 03:18

Oh yes, spring! Even if it's chilly, the birds and squirrels are excited. There's that feeling in the air - I just know that the trees are secretly planning leaves and that there'll be more crocuses every time I turn around.

My daughter asked if I could start some flowers for her friend's wedding on my light tray. Just when I was trying to trim my own list to fit. Looks like this year I'll be growing white flowers in that sunny patch.

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25833 is a reply to message #25824 ]

Thu, 04 February 2010 10:17

blondviolinist
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katinseattle wrote on Thu, 04 February 2010 02:04

Spring? Spring? The (winter) birds around here seem pretty sure it'll never show up. I did see some Canada geese flying the other day, but otherwise I don't think spring will show up here for a good month or more. (Real spring doesn't usually show up until April.)

"Purity of heart is to will one thing." Kirkegaard

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25838 is a reply to message #25833 ]

Thu, 04 February 2010 15:56

katinseattle
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blondviolinist wrote on Thu, 04 February 2010 07:17

katinseattle wrote on Thu, 04 February 2010 02:04

Spring? Spring? The (winter) birds around here seem pretty sure it'll never show up...I don't think spring will show up here for a good month or more. (Real spring doesn't usually show up until April.)

This is a big reason I never moved back home to Indiana. Smile

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25855 is a reply to message #25833 ]

Thu, 04 February 2010 19:14

Robin
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Yep. Signs of spring here too: daffodil leaves poking up--trying to keep my and hellhounds' big fat feet AWAY from them where they're as it's called naturalised which is to say IN DANGER--and my first splurge of snowdrops are out, although this is late for first snowdrops.

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25867 is a reply to message #25838 ]

Thu, 04 February 2010 20:26

Black Bear
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katinseattle wrote on Thu, 04 February 2010 15:56

This is a big reason I never moved back home to Indiana. Smile

LOL! It's actually one reason I *stay* in Indiana--for all my complainer-pants-ing, I really do enjoy having a good solid WINTER. I can wait another 2 months for bulbs. Smile

We're supposed to finally get some snow this weekend, and I'm childishly excited at the prospect.

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Re: Pegasus Sunday [message #25876 is a reply to message #25867 ]

Fri, 05 February 2010 00:11

katinseattle
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Black Bear wrote on Thu, 04 February 2010 17:26

katinseattle wrote on Thu, 04 February 2010 15:56

This is a big reason I never moved back home to Indiana. Smile

LOL! It's actually one reason I *stay* in Indiana--for all my complainer-pants-ing, I really do enjoy having a good solid WINTER.

My brother, after being based in the South after Vietnam, said he wanted to live where there were four seasons. One of us must be adopted. Four seasons? Fine. So long as the snow and ice season lasts two weeks.

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