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And the Regular Season Ends

The regular softball season for Katie's team, that is. They won today, beating the Skokie Schwarbies by a score of 8-2. Elia hit a big three-run home run (the team's first of the season) to give the team a 3-2 lead and they scored five runs in the fourth to win going away.

The Lightning finished in second with a record of 9-2-1, going 9-1 after an initial loss and tie. They are an impressive bunch of girls.

Playoffs start on Tuesday, but finishing second in the ten team league will mean a first round bye, so the next game is Thursday. Fingers crossed!
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Good book. Recommended.

Here's the NY Times review. which includes this snippet:


Given their pervasive influence today, it is worth remembering that in the 1930s, before either reached the heights of reputation, both men were in disgrace. Churchill was a political pariah, alienated from his own Conservative Party by his opposition to the appeasement of Hitler. Frederic Maugham, Lord Chancellor in the national government, suggested that Churchill should be “shot or hanged.” Similarly, when the socialist Orwell wrote “Homage to Catalonia” (1938), a coruscating indictment of both left and right during the Spanish Civil War, he was denounced by many on the British left. His usual publisher, the Communist fellow-traveler Victor Gollancz, refused even to put out the book.


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Friday gig cancelled

The Gas Works Park show tomorrow is cancelled – turns out the organiser didn’t realise that even ‘private’ parties require permits for entertainment, and once made aware of that, discovered… well… yeah.

Sorry folks. Just found out myself.

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March, 2017

Seanan McGuire--”Carry On”
Seanan McGuire, Amber Benson, Sarah Kuhn--”Magical Girls”
Bryan Cranston--A Life In Parts
Seanan McGuire--”Lady Antheia’s Guide To Horticultural Warfare”
John Lithgow--Marsupial Sue
John Lithgow--Marsupial Sue Presents The Runaway Pancake
Kathleen N. Daly--The Big Book Of Backyard Birds
Maurice Sendak--Outside Over There
Adventures Of Superman--4 Adventures
Cari Best--Sally Jean, The Bicycle Queen
Susan Wojciechowski--The Christmas Miracle Of Jonathan Toomey
Deborah Kogan Ray--Lily’s Garden
Yoshiko Uchida--The Two Foolish Cats
Diane Wolkstein--The Magic Wings
Diane Kelly--Death, Taxes, & Extra-Hold Hairspray
Maurice Sendak--We Are All In The Dumps With Jack And Guy
Leon Garfield--Fair’s Fair
Michael Bedard--The Lightning Bolt
Simon James--The Birdwatchers
Nonny Hogrogian--The Cat Who Loved To Sing
Dean Morrissey--Ship Of Dreams
Seanan McGuire--”Persephone”
Kameron Hurley--”Our Faces, Radiant Sisters, Our Faces Full Of Light!”
Alyssa Wong--”God Product”
Charlie Jane Anders--“Margot And Rosalind”
Maria Dahvana Headley--”Astronaut”
Nisi Shawl--”More Than Nothing”
Brooke Bolander--”The Last Of The Minotaur Wives”
Amal El-Mohtar--“Anabasis”
Catherynne M. Valente--”The Ordinary Woman And The Unquiet Emperor”
Jo Walton--”The Jump Rope Rhyme”
Carrie Vaughn--”Alchemy”
James Daugherty--Andy And The Lion
Judy Corbalis--Porcellus, The Flying Pig
William Allingham & Michael Hague--The Fairies
Kathleen & Michael Hague--East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon
Margaret Mahy--17 Kings And 42 Elephants
William Mayne--A House In Town
Joanna & Paul Galdone--The Tailypo
Jane Yolen--The Little Spotted Fish
Jane Yolen--The Girl Who Loved The Wind
Jane Yolen--The Bird Of Time
Jane Yolen--The Seeing Stick
Jane Yolen--Piggins
Jane Yolen--Picnic With Piggins
Theodora Goss--”Come See The Living Dryad”
Anne Rockwell--Our Yard Is Full Of Birds
M. C. A. Hogarth--”Snow Maiden” [reread]
Catherynne M. Valente--”Fade To White”
Wen Spencer--”Peace Offering” [reread]
Wen Spencer--”The Price Of Peace” [reread]
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindtouch [reread]
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindline [reread]
M. C. A. Hogarth--”Gwydion”
M. C. A. Hogarth--Claws And Starships
Wen Spencer--Tinker [reread]
Wen Spencer--Wolf Who Rules [reread]
Wen Spencer--Elfhome
Wen Spencer--Wood Sprites
Wen Spencer--Project Elfhome
Thomas Noel Turner--Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas
Matthew Kessel--”The Last Novelist”
Terry Pratchett--Carpe Jugulum [Mark Reads reread]
Zanda Myrande--”Conversation Piece”
Charlotte Zolotow--My Friend John
Charlotte Zolotow--Mr. Rabbit And The Lovely Present
Charlotte Zolotow--Someday
Charlotte Zolotow--When The Wind Stops
Ted Hughes--Nessie The Monster
Jay Williams--The Silver Whistle [reread]
Jay Williams--Forgetful Fred
Jay Williams--Seven At One Blow
Jay Williams--The Youngest Captain
Amanda Cooper--Tempest In A Teapot
Edward Ardizzone--Tim’s Friend Towser
Edward Ardizzone--Tim’s Last Voyage
Sonia Levitin--All The Cats In The World
Marilyn Hirsh--George And The Goblins
Ursula K. LeGuin--Fire And Stone
John Scalzi--”After The Coup”
Julianna Baggott--”Ecdysis”
The Opie Rhyme Book--Tail Feathers From Mother Goose
Martin Waddell & Sarah Fox-Davies--Snow Bears
Nicola Davies & Sarah Fox-Davies--Bat Loves The Night
Janni Howker & Sarah Fox-Davies--Walk With A Wolf
Angela McAllister & Sarah Fox-Davies--Little Mist
Amy MacDonald & Sarah Fox-Davies--Little Beaver & The Echo
Tomie de Paola--The Prince Of The Dolomites
Dean Morrissey--The Christmas Ship
Dean Morrissey--The Wizard Mouse
Dean Morrissey--The Monster Trap
Dean Morrissey--The Great Kettles: A Tale Of Time
Dean Morrissey--The Crimson Comet
Amanda Cooper--Shadow Of A Spout


This was when I got very serious about clearing out the many boxes of kid books. Who knew so many sf authors had written kid books?
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Juneuary

"Juneuary." It describes how Portland often is wet and cool in early June. Juneuary is really in progress today.

We've had a lot of days like this in 2017. A lot. Portland broke a record for rain and snow over this past fall and winter. From October 1st, 2016 to April 30th, 2017, nearly 150 of those 212 days had measurable precipitation.

Yeah, it's gotten a little old. Today's not as cold as some days: we got above 60°, barely (it's 62 right now), but drizzle, drizzle, drizzle.

Wednesday afternoon — I'm glad I got outside in it — we were about 71, with sun. I soaked up some of it. If I were flying today, I could get above the clouds and maybe soak up more. Except airplane windows are small and let in relatively little light. (Isn't there an airplane design that would have windows in the ceiling? Hmm...) But, as I sometimes do have to tell myself, there will be more sunlight. There will be more warmth. Maybe before July.

Thursday Yardening

Today is a little warm but workable, and sunny.  We got rain last night!  \o/

I threw down some leftover grass seed along the strip where Doug mowed excess raspberries by the fence in the ritual meadow.

Also I discovered that a bird nest at eye level in one of Home Base's lower branches now has two fat baby robins in it.  :D  I hadn't seen them before because it's mostly covered with leaves.  Same with a nest I found yesterday in the hazelnut bush that has two speckled eggs in it. 

EDIT 6/15/17: I went back out and finished trimming around the septic garden.

EDIT 6/15/17: I trimmed grass around the firepit.

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