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A lot like yesterday

Tuesdays and Wednesdays often bleed together. They're my library shift days, so they're more structured and have exactly the same rhythm, week to week. That makes them the same day in my head:

Get up, putter through chores, get in some writing or computer puttering, have a walk with Spouseman, have a snack, write a bit more, go to work, come home, crash on the couch with supper & something to view.

That's what I did yesterday, and today was very much a "rinse and repeat."

I only got more writing done on the dog story, rather than digging into Ghost Town as planned, but I enjoyed myself and don't regret a minute of it.

Tonight's couch viewing was another foray into the world of Studio Ghibli has been The Secret World of Arrietty, which if I'd known was a Borrowers adaptation I would've seen AGES ago.

I adored the Borrowers books and reread them multiple times. On my all-time early faves list, right up there with Boxcar Children, the Mary Poppins and Oz series, all of Joan Aiken's books, and The Wind In the Willows. IThen in fourth grade I discovered Narnia and the worlds of Andre Norton and never went back.

Huh. Now I want to read all the Borrowers books all over again, just to revisit the happy memories and compare the adaptation to the original.

The movie was sweet.

We'll be working our way through Studio Ghibli pretty steadily over the next month or so. Next, it'll be Howl's Moving Castle. Tomorrow, if Spouseman's tolerance for watching television holds up. Three movies in three nights!

Shopping for cat trees is on the schedule tomorrow too. That should please Pippin. I'll report on the results.

It occurs to me that if I'm going to keep rambling here like this, I should probably be plugging my books here, too.

I write unapologetically progressive science fiction and super-powered fantasy novels. Disability representation, female protagonists, found family vibes. Also crafting, cats, thrills, laughs, and more.

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That's it. Until later!