Hah! Very likely! But they had the good sense to hire people with good taste. Not everybody does.

Off topic, but both of the gowns in the lede pic are absolutely stunning; perfectly complementing each other in colour and texture. These ladies both have exquisite taste.

I salute your sidewalk salvage find! I’ve picked up things ranging from a completely undamaged stained glass window, all my home office supplies (I don’t have a home office, but everybody needs magazine files and other paper storage), a silver plate platter, an exquisite handmade chair that may be over 200 years old,…

I wish I could come a give you a hug.

I’m so sorry. It’s so hard when they go, and it sounds like you haven’t had her for all that long; most cats that develop kidney disease are 15+, but it can hit cats younger than that.

I’m so sorry; it’s so very hard to lose such a dear friend. Dogs are distilled love.

There was an interesting article a few years ago in Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, about women bank owners and businesswomen in the Regency period.

If you want a terrific rom-commy, but not actually a romance about snow-bunnies, I can recommend “How I came to Sparkle again” by Kaya McLaren. I think there’s a love interest? But it’s mostly about the main character learning to stand on her own two feet. There are some genuine hilarious bits, like the traditional…

I’m a librarian, and what I see that as a writer gets more successful, it seems that people are less likely to edit them, so their novels get more and more bloated.

I think what you are feeling seems perfectly reasonable, under the circumstances; I’m not in the North West region, but it sounds horrific, and on top of everything else, it sounds really, really hard to take.

Years ago, someone on this forum said (and they may gotten it from someplace else), words to the effect that you shouldn’t make someone a priority, if you are an afterthought to them.

He assumes that my ex started following me, because a. he was bored moving back to Europe during a lockdown, so just followed everyone he knew when he used to live here and b. he is such an immature, callous douche that he can’t imagine what it would mean to me and do to me to have him follow me. I guess our mutual…

I know! Nala has now visited something like 16 countries in her basket on Dean’s bike. Every decision he makes is with her needs at the top of the list. He has made friends all over Europe because of Nala. It’s fair to say that rescuing her changed his life.

Dean and Nala!

Hello! No recommendations, but welcome, and you might also want to check out The Salad Bowl, another kinja blog as well;

THANK YOU!! I’ve had so many people say to me that they couldn’t get into it, that the reveal was too slow (what? it’s revealed early on that the narrator is The Strength and Patience of the Hill, even though we don’t know the name yet), that the whole thing moved too slowly, that it was confusing, etc.

I loved all of the Lord Peter Wimsey books, but Gaudy Night really stands out.

Let me know what you think of the Raven Tower when you finish! And her sf is completely different.

I’ve never been tested, but my diet doesn’t really change say, when I’m on vacation, or over the last few months at home vs being at work, and yet the tummy is okay on the weekends, on vacation and over the last few months. The first day back at work; blam! bloated by the end of the day. I don’t even think it’s…

I get the gas and the pain, but it doesn’t seem to be related to any food issues, but I can blow up several clothing sizes over the course of a day.