Through hollow lands and hilly lands

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I think this year's Halloween party was a success. There was mulled cider and pomegranates and cranberry cake, the ritual evisceration and inflammation of the sacrificial gourds, and a mix of costumed attendance and not, so that my brother and his fiancée were a pair of vampires (this year, with professional teeth: I watched their smiles confuse pumpkin-buyers at Wilson Farms this afternoon), fleurdelis28 lurked academically as the Raccoon of Furtiveness (with her black-framed glasses and dreamcatcher), lignota called from Alewife a nereid in sea-scrolled blue (white-veiled, braided with shells and coral), and eredien was tamago sushi (with a stacked headdress of pillows, because she is just that awesome); lesser_celery as his childhood namesake pumpkin, nineweaving with the mask and broad hat of one of her guisers, and Eric showed up as a Red Sox fan, which how exactly makes this night different from all other nights? Two friends of the family came, as themselves with beer; a Mithraic friend from Brandeis whom I see far too infrequently unexpectedly turned up; the first-time pumpkin carved by shmeislin's friend whose livejournal handle I do not yet know was a fern-light stunner. (I dressed as a student from the Rijksuniversiteit in Ostia Naye, which exists only in "The Mirror of Venus" and the ongoing novella. It provided a good excuse for the eighteenth-century shirt and the futhark scarf.) The conversation was of excellent caliber. There should be photographs, tomorrow. The rain on the street sounds like the hush of waves.

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about how lovely the rain sounds... was going to write an entry, but will probably sleep instead.

Wilson Farm! In my mind's eye it's always on my right as I'm driving in to Lexington--why don't I ever have memories of leaving Lexington by that road?

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I was just thinking about how lovely the rain sounds... was going to write an entry, but will probably sleep instead.

It's a good rain to sleep to. There are still glowsticks scattered around the house, luminescing faintly in the dark.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it was a successful party. It sounds lovely.

The rain on the street sounds like the hush of waves.

Splendid line, that.

It's been raining here as well.

[timesygn.livejournal.com]

"(I dressed as a student from the Rijksuniversiteit in Ostia Naye, which exists only in "The Mirror of Venus" and the ongoing novella. It provided a good excuse for the eighteenth-century shirt and the futhark scarf.)"

Is this story available anywhere on-line? If not, which of your books can I find it? (Am currently saving pennies to purchase one ...)

Looking forward to the Halloween pictures! Our most recent party experience was the birthday of a one year old.

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Is this story available anywhere on-line? If not, which of your books can I find it?

"The Mirror of Venus" is as yet uncollected; it was published in greygirlbeast's Sirenia Digest #30 in May, and I imagine copies are still available.

Thanks!