On my wall

I know they’re a total rip-off and a blatent attempt by Lucasfilm to extract even more money from fans, but I don’t care. I’ve finally got my copies of the theatrical release versions of episodes IV-VI. I’m a happy cat. Guess what I’ll be spending the rest of the weekend doing?

We’re down in Alexandra, and feeling much better after a good night’s sleep and a relaxing day. Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts and wishes – it really does help enormously to know that people are thinking of you. I saw several flags flying at half mast around town today, and it was strangely affecting….

We were woken last night at around midnight by a very dramatic thunderstorm, with almost continuous thunder and lightning, and incredibly heavy hail (they said on the news today that there were marble-sized hailstones – I wasn’t going outside to check!) In the morning, there were still patches of unmelted hail on the ground –…

I’ve decided that the books I released in Sydney must all be homing pigeons in disguise. I just got an email telling me that Safari Adventure by Willard Price, one of the books Skyring caught from me at the conference, and then released later in Canberra, has been caught – by someone who is going…

Thursday 3.40 pm I’d originally envisioned spending today exploring and maybe hitting a museum or art gallery. Instead, I sat in the Chinese Gardens reading until nearly 2 – still, that’s what a holiday is all about 🙂 I sat in this pavillion for a bit, until I looked up and noticed the spiders living…