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Fandom: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Music: I got a Name by Jim Croce
Characters/Pairing: Thunderbolt/Lightfoot
Summary: If you're going my way, I'll go with you.
Warnings: injury, sadness

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Apprehension of the Ambassador


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I'm currently rereading Terry Pratchett's Guards series. I have all the books, bought as they came out, but I'm actually borrowing the ebooks from the library because ebooks are just more convenient to read, especially if I wake early before the alarm and want to read in bed before getting up. Putting on a light would disturb G. I can read the tablet without any other light.

So... I've just finished Jingo and started reading The Fifth Element. I've not enjoyed them as much as when I first read them. I'm not sure why. Despite being fantasy, I think there was more topical stuff than I realised at the time and some of the humour has dated. Having said that, I think I'll like The Fifth Elephant more, just based on the first few pages.

Meanwhile, on the Kindle app I'm reading The Golden Crucifix by Joyce Lionarans, a self-published author I follow on Mastodon. It's a historical murder mystery, set in medieval York. I'm enjoying it, even though it's not my usual choice of genre.

In addition, I'm listening to The Pied Piper by Nevile Shute. During WWII an elderly Englishman finds himself trying to escape from occupied France along with a growing collection of children. Shute seems to be the master of writing about quiet desperation.
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Thursday. Cloudy, cool, and damp. Weatherbeans are calling for the damp to start falling out of the sky in a few hours. And the sun has come out during the hour I've been away to tend other matters.

So, I watched Good Omens 3 last night. I'm sorry the story had to be punished for Neil's alleged bad behavior. The lack of his vision and what he imagined for Sir Terry's vision was obvious in its absence, and what was offered was a flimsy sort of closure with a "feel good" denouement.

I thought, but have since better informed myself, that the last season had been cut from 6 episodes down to 90 minutes, which I was willing to admire the editor's skill, while mourning the lack of depth.  In fact, I learn that neither Neil nor his production company was involved in Season 3. It was created by a Whole 'Nother Group, which ... kinda shows.

I actually wanted more of Jesus; he was shaping up really well, and I adored the practicality of -- whatever it takes to bring people to you so you can teach -- stories? pizza? Three-card monte? It's all good.

This morning, I have been doing bookkeeping and poking at financial matters, which isn't upsetting in the least. I will shortly get with sorting through closet and dresser drawers, moving winter out and into the spaces where spring and summer now reside.

For those following along at home, the preorder numbers thus far reported for the ebook edition of The Fey Duology are! Amazon 149; Apple 25; BN 7; Kobo 16.

The proof of the paper edition should be with me tomorrow.

Amazon wants me to go to "groundwood paper" for my paper editions, but doesn't seem to be offering a sample, so -- no, Amazon. Thanks for thinking of me.

And that's the news.

How's your day starting out?

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Sweet baby kitties. Who could guess that they were trying to murder each other five minutes ago?


I aten't dead

May. 14th, 2026 03:46 pm
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It's occurred to me that as far as most of you are concerned, I haven't posted for a while. I have, however, been posting every day on my new writing journals (LJ and DW). I've been writing new words for my novel each day, but other than that I haven't been doing anything interesting enough to post about. We did go for a walk last Saturday, but it was one of the forest walks I've done many times before and therefore only took a couple of photos.

Everything is new and green in the forest, including the conifers. The pale tips are the new growth.

New growth

It's less obvious on this tree. This isn't a fern, it's branch of a conifer, though what species, I don't know.

New growth

I haven't take the weekly photo yet, though this week's theme is an easy one, namely "stitch". I have quite a few options and hope to take a suitable photo tomorrow. I have knitting and crochet on the go. I may be doing some sewing, but more about that when it actually happens.

Community Recs Post!

May. 14th, 2026 10:34 am
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Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fanvids/fancrafts/fics/fanart/other kinds of fanworks/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

bedel

May. 14th, 2026 07:16 am
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bedel (BEED-l) - n., an administrative officer at universities in several European countries, often in charge of discipline.


In Dutch it's pedel, in German it's Pedell, in Swedish it's pedell, but they're all the same word -- as is beadle, a parish official similar to a sexton. Note that it's usually spelled bedell at Cambridge, because of course Cambridge different. In Medieval Latin it was pedellus/bedellus/bidellus, from Old High German bital/pital, one who invites -- as in invites students out of bounds after hours into his office.

---L.

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