Tropism (LJ Annex)

Riverboat

Rich Horton has a nice review of Poison Sleep at SF Site.

I'm quoted a bit in an article about writing and roleplaying at Clarkesworld: "Of Dice and Men".

Yesterday, we took River for his first swimming lesson! Admittedly, as a six month old, it wasn't so much actually swimming as getting used to being in the water, but he totally loved it. He's a little froglet! We also wandered around the Berkeley Farmer's Market, ate ice cream, and strolled about. (Heather went dancing, too, Saturday night, but she can blog about that -- I stayed home with the baby and watched romantic comedies and read a novel manuscript by a friend.)

Jenn came to visit today! She met the kid, and we all ambled around the lake to the Coffee Mill for brunch, then ambled back. An immensely pleasant morning/afternoon, and I only wish she could have stayed longer! (At least we'll see her again soon, at Wiscon.)

I'm mostly better now, though my stomach is still very touchy. At least I got my appetite back. Heather's also feeling ill, so I suspect my horrendous bout of soul-destroying food poisoning was followed by whatever (far less dramatic, but still unpleasant) bug she's got, since at this point our symptoms are identical. Not a lucky week for the gastrointestinal integrity of the PrattShaw household. River seems okay so far, at least.

I realize that I often post something like, "I have good news, but I cannot tell you what it is yet!" on this journal. I suspect that's probably annoying. So, um, I'm not going to do that this time. Admire my restraint!