So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night

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1. I woke up to an explosion of my name on Facebook notifications, which in this rare case heralded a pleasant surprise, because I had nearly forgotten until I saw asakiyume's announcement that a delightfully macabre bit of messing around on cucumberseed's livejournal two Octobers ago had turned into Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes, edited by Francesca Forrest and illustrated by Adam Oehlers. Contributors include Erik Amundsen, Samantha Henderson, Rose Lemberg, Julia Rios, and other fine writers; I can't wait to see if there are any rhymes I missed. Proceeds go half to charity and the rest to the support of Cabinet des Fées.



Apparently I'm on a streak of good things to wake up to. I would say that I should forget about pieces I've had accepted more often, but I'm sure that way lies some terrible crack-up of paperwork.

2. George Dyson will be at the Brattle Theatre next Tuesday to discuss his new book, Turing's Cathedral. I was already interested for the obvious reasons (and the fact that Dyson was a friend of my father's when I was in high school; some of it was just the windbreakers and living in the Pacific Northwest, but I associated him almost irresistibly with Stephen Falken), but this review is a strong encouragement. Anyone else going to be there?

3. I didn't see this card from 2D Goggles in time for Valentine's Day, but I approve of it nonetheless. Also, that is one sexy Brunel.

4. Courtesy of Dean Grodzins: the Round House in Somerville. How is it I've never walked by this place? Has it in fact been restored?

5. I am meeting lesser_celery for lunch at The Salty Pig. I should leave before the buses of Satan get any ideas.

Seriously, it's like someone flipped a switch in my brain. I am walking around feeling like Alastair Sim at the end of Scrooge (1951): "I don't deserve to be so happy! I can't help it!" I'm used to the toggle going the other way.

Comments

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I saw this earlier, but I fell down the rabbit hole of links on round houses. Alas for my free time.

You have now successfully earwormed me with your header twice in one day. Hooray for Dave Carter. Do you know that Tracy found the master tapes for a new Dave Carter album in her basement? It just came out at the beginning of the month.

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I saw this earlier, but I fell down the rabbit hole of links on round houses. Alas for my free time.

I really feel I must make a pilgrimage to the Round House on Atherton Street. Casual perusal of maps online indicates I can walk with no difficulty from Porter Square.

You have now successfully earwormed me with your header twice in one day. Hooray for Dave Carter.

Hah. Thank you. "Lancelot" is one of my favorite songs of theirs.

Do you know that Tracy found the master tapes for a new Dave Carter album in her basement? It just came out at the beginning of the month.

Dude! I had no idea. Have you heard it yet?

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Dude! I had no idea. Have you heard it yet?

I have! It was streaming live, I think on the Folk Alley site a few weeks before it came out, and it featured some of the tracks I got from a friend's bootleg almost ten years ago, so that was very exciting. That reminds me, do you know about American Noel?

Hah. Thank you. "Lancelot" is one of my favorite songs of theirs.

I am awfully fond of it too. batyatoon and I cover it here and there, and I'll probably wind up singing it at the Arthur event at Lunacon, along with Gwen's Lullabye for Ygrena and possibly Falling For Lancelot.