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Chapter nineteen up:

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Wednesday, November 30th, 2005 02:56 pm
So here it is. There are four more chapters and I'm moving like molasses. I'm in a sort of slump in general, so slow updates on Bella and Chain. Probably because I've been coughing like crazy. It's reflux coughing, not asthma couching (lung capacity is fine) or infection coughing. I went out and bought a scale because I need some kind of feedback besides my erratic notetaking to let me know that I really am eating the whole lot less I think is essential for dealing with the reflux. In addition, I'm going to see the doctor and ask if it makes sense to switch medications again -- could the one I'm on have stopped working? It's really demoralizing, because ( TMI )

So my tree kept having more and more and more apples on it and I finally went and got some expensive English cider yeast and that very night we discovered we were finally just about out of apples. So I made more apple butter and I think I will make pie. And I will have to do something with the yeast so I'm going to buy several gallons of nice apple juice.

The apple butter is good. It was easy to do. And I've made notations in the relevant cookbook as to the changes I made -- less sugar, less ground spices, some orange juice and brandy. I don't understand this phenomenon. Other people use cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg in much higher quantities than I do and I don't get bland results. And I'm not supersensitive. I* just wonder what other factors there are?

So my keeping Nicky company in NAnoWriNoMo, only doing shorts, was a failure. I contracted for eight short stories and I produced one and most of one.

I'm still contemplating the end of the rain one.
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005 07:51 am
I'm not doing nano, right? But I'm trying to keep Nicky Browne company with her month of shorts. Unfortunately I'm sick as a dog.

So far this month I have fallen behind on my Bella and Chain updates (five days behind! but I've written some of what hasn't been posted) and on my months of two shorts a week.

I wrote the first one, starting last Thursday and ending last Saturday. (my schedule is Monday and Thursday) The second one, which was not, as I thought, the cheating thing of going back to a half-finished one and finishing it, but a brand new one, needs a couple hundred words to finish. The third one I should start today but I won't. I promised to take Gloria to the IMAX in San Jose and I'm going to try not to break my promise though I'm sick as a dog. Yesterday I had a nightmare time in San Francisco, lost my car keys, drove home in my dad's car and thank dog! Frank is living with us and unemployed because he's taking my dad's car back to the City today and bringing back my car while I drive the nice fellow's car to Watsonville and San Jose and stuff. And I've committed to spending Mondays in the City helping Rosemary with my father.

So I think I'll finish that story tomorrow, and I'll do my Thursday story on the weekend.

But, Emma? I did get some reeds. The Scottish ones were $15.50, and they seemed hard though the desk clerks didn't know for sure, and I only got two. The Pakistani reeds seemed softer and were only $3.00 but they were twisted looking and not symmetrical and there were only five to choose from so I got only the very best looking one. So you have three reeds to choose from. And I know why Jay wants to use only the ones from his friend in LA. I could really see the difference. Your old reed was much nicer, more symmetrical, with a more gradual taper and a neater wrapping thread. So if none of those reeds work I'll talk to Jay.
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