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We agree with you that making the term plural again during front matter QC was incorrect. I'll take it. One down, 49 to go... I love how she uses the "royal we."

Not just Chile... we get empanadas everywhere here, supermarket, gas station, roadside. (y)

Wednesday, and the work week is over. Tomorrow is Independence Day, and I have taken Friday off as well. I had another run-in with that horrible quality control person at work with whom I had the shouting match during the Zoom meeting in April. They say "choose the hill you die on." I'm...

I work until the lights go out or the roof flies off - whichever comes first! :LOL: Speaking of work - I've had a side gig for a few months now. Actually, I'm not sure if I can consider it a side gig because it's unpaid. I managed to get a position to review pre-publication copies of books for...

In the hope that this may help someone in the future, this is what happened. In the middle of my work, the screen went black, and the laptop shut down. I could not turn it on again for the rest of the day. In the middle of the night, ruminating, as one does, I remembered that this had happened...

I was able to resurrect my old laptop long enough to get all of my files off it. Nothing lost after all. Great relief!

My laptop died this afternoon. In the middle of work. I lost everything. I have been backing up, but not as diligently as I should. I lost a ton of stuff. I lost all the work I did today, so I couldn't turn it in and get paid for it. I had to go and buy a new laptop (I'm typing from it now)...

I'm reading more again now - life is slowing down a bit. Book 16 of 2024: One Perfect Couple - Ruth Ware (Library) What a nailbiter! I devoured it in 2 days flat. I read The Woman in Cabin 10 by the same author and loved it, and this one was just as good. * Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her...

Book 15 of 2024: Paladin's Grace - T. Kingfisher (Book 1 of of the "Saint of Steel" series) And here I was saying a while ago I don't read fantasy. I loved this. The plot was easy to follow, no complicated world where you get lost about 5 pages in and need a map to keep the characters straight...

Our resident hawk, waiting for the squirrel buffet

Book 14 of 2024: milk and honey - Rupi Kaur (gifted) Does poetry count? * The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in...

Reading very slowly this year, I'm not sure why. Sidetracked by travel and life, I suppose, which is not altogether a bad thing. Book 13 of 2024: Lies and Weddings - Kevin Kwan (Library) It was entertaining. I have read all of his others and liked them more. * A forbidden affair erupts...

My week started badly... Sunday evening I dropped pruning shears onto my foot, point down of course, and they speared and sliced my toe and made a great big hole. Should have worn my gardening Crocs instead of flip-flops! So Monday morning first thing I had to go to the Urgent Care for a...

All right, my birthday, continued. So, the doorbell rang, and there was the special surprise. Before I get into it, I have to clarify something without getting too political. Although my family and friends are firmly in the Russian community, the majority are pro-Ukraine. I would say that...

Sooo... my birthday. It started with a morning walk with my mother, where we came across a wild patch of the most glorious lilies of the valley (my birth flower), which I took to be an auspicious sign: Remember how I said we are a nordic bunch of people, and we sound like the cast from...

The farmer's market next to church: an institution since the early 1200s: The Flying Barista - best coffee in town: I have fond memories of Mikhail and I standing in the attic and shooting at the weather vane on top of the church spire with his air rifle. We never hit it, the distance...

Liebfrauen Church was built in the early 1200s as a Roman basilica and renovated in the Gothic style between 1499 and 1502. It is an official stop on the Camino de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago is a network of pilgrimage paths leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of...

It was more like this, actually

Seeing as this is actually a bike forum, here is a picture of Mikhail's bike.

Some odds and ends. There were walks in the park and a lot of food and drink. Mostly a lot of drink. My actual birthday and party can be summed up as: Ouch, my liver. But more about that day later. (Note to self: I can no longer keep up with Russian-level drinking.) A walk in the park below...