I never had a gift but one, to know when the great wheel gives to the touch, to know and act

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So it is Valentine's Day, and the vast majority of my week so far has consisted of physical stress, emotional stress, doctor's appointments, and realtors.

But the Google doodle is a pair of Ferris wheels with some coasters spelling out the rest and I can live with that.

I'm going to go buy some books with derspatchel.

[edit] Also dinner at Mary Chung's.

Comments

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- you look extremely happy in that photo.

derspatchel has a knack for taking photos like that.

I must read more Hand. Thanks for sharing!

Weirdly, I like her recent, almost nonfantastic work best: I think Available Dark is her best novel and there are ways in which I think you could start perfectly well with it here and backtrack to Generation Loss (2007) if you felt like it. Of her most recent collection Errantry (2012), not all the stories speak to me at the same level, but "Winter's Wife" and "Near Zennor" make it worth seeking out. The latter story in particular you need to read.