1️⃣ How about my son's library books, due Saturday?
2️⃣ From tagged and pictured "Quel est l'insecte qui marche sur la tête? Le pou" *rim shot*
3️⃣ A very mild 0ºC and overcast.
@eggs #wondrouswednesday
1️⃣ Of course. Who doesn't?
2️⃣ When my urge to fling it to the wall is near impossible to contain.
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday
Back to the drudgery.
What did I miss? Please tell me.
After a very long 6 days, my mother left us about 22:25 last night. A cousin and her daughter were on watch, playing boardgames. She stopped breathing in between two moves. We are all releaved. Now begins the marathon toward her funeral, which will be as well attended as her personality was large.
I must THANK YOU ALL for your good words and your warm thoughts over the last week. You are too numerous to thank each personally. You were a boon 😘😘
Against all odds and to everyone's dismay, my mother is still with us. Hopefully, it will not be long, because I have to leave Monday and I would hate to go of she's still here. It's hard, hardest on my father. There's nothing else to do but wait.
Still with us. It's a long wait, but it is her passage and we are only there to accompany her.
As stubburn in death as in life, my mother is still with us. She has been off life saving apparatuses since Sunday night but hangs on. She is quite comfortable and with family round the clock. We sang for her, 11 of us sisters, cousins and spouses, and for all of the ICU as well. From her life signs, it should be today. Her last moments awake were doing her favourite thing ever: clothes shopping. She make a killing too!
300 km from Qc, no news yet.
I want to thank all those sending good thoughts and love on my previous post. Not in a position to answer all of you individually, but I am overwhelmed by the love and support. Thank you! 😘😘😘😘😘
When it rains, it pours. My mother ⬆️ is on her death bed. We are leaving tomorrow morning for Québec City and will likely not be back until after the funeral. I have no idea how often I'll be on here, with *everything* that'll need to be done in the coming days, but please know that my world is made better by all you #littens and the books we share. You are the best.
Oneward and forward.
Am I missing a metaphore or eight?
1️⃣ Multiplayer, Tokaido; solo, Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden.
2️⃣ Antarctica.
3️⃣ Very well, because I had not set any!
4️⃣ I can't think of one right now.
5️⃣ How's the weather?
@howjessreads #friyayintro
#bookmail Ever since Lynda Barry published the amazing Syllabus, I've been fascinated with her experiential approach to course building and teaching. I've only read a few pages so far, but there is meat on these bones. I will say that her approach ignores disabilities, but that's for me to correct on my side when I teach. Really like this overall.
Snow. And a sad doggo who hates snow. He's been grumping at it since he woke up. *gnuff gnuff gnuff*
#petsoflitsy #dogsoflitsy #schnauzersoflitsy
Thanks to @MrBook for the tag and to @ljuliel for the reflection.
1️⃣ The Community, there are so few asshats here! I've had to block like two people since I've been here. It's two a week on other places.
2️⃣ So many things! But nothing about Litsy.
3️⃣ A qualified pick and a not-for-me buttons.
4️⃣ RL is insane right now, so 1 or 2 a day only. I miss it.
5️⃣ Yes to all 4, even if I lack time.
6️⃣ Make the Android app on par with the iOS app.
Oh boy, is it ever racist! Common and expected for the time period and the kind of person Desmarets was, but damn! This said, once he gets to the Empire of Knowledge, he starts excoriating French culture and the French state, so he's just a sad, angry, bitter old man by that point. I'm still having fun, but it's not for the easily offended. Oof.
Exhausted. Grumpy. Should be writing courses, but nope. I'm reading. Tagged book is one of the earliest science fiction ever written, 1815,, though published last year for the first time. A mix of classical travel narrative that veers into secret white African advanced civilization, but 50 years before it was fashionable. It's fun for what it is so far.
Done with #inktober2019! Happy to be done. Highlights from today and yesterday.
26. Boketto, gazing from afar.
29. Kilig, the excitment felt when one is first in love.
30. Crown, not an obscure word.
31. Catharsis, the liberation of supressed tension or emotion.
1️⃣ Ketchup flavoured chips. Crunch!
2️⃣ No. Someone reading to be puts me to sleep.
3️⃣ End of semester
4️⃣ Two.
5️⃣ 🖤⚫⬛💜🟣🟪
#friyayintro @howjessreads
I am not finishing #inktober2019 in October, but I got five done today. This is my favourite.
28. Nyctophilia, prefering the night or darkness.
Gah! Evaluating potentially plagiarised papers is the bane of my existence. Explaining to students that they plagiarised is the single worse part of my job. They even complain when we apply a reduced penalty. Gah! Have a concerned Michael Shanks. I'm going back to my computer.
Sadly, on a train again. What I can tell you is that 1) I've not read anything fictional in 8 days, and 2) Not going to read fiction any time soon, because course writing, and 3) Not going to finish Inktober in actual October.
Please tell me fun bookish things!
Hi! I'm Igrec. I just want to let you know that She, my human, is too busy to play with me and has been running around and gesticulating for two days. It's really boring.
Bloodwork! More bloodwork!
End of day, another train, this time in first class, which I almost never do. Onward and forward to Toronto. I am exhausted!
Gloomy traveler on a gloomy train day. Forgot my lunch bag at home. Heading to uni for a full teaching day, then taking another train to Toronto, where I have a specialist appointment tomorrow morning. After which, I'm going to the Muji store to buy All. The. Stationary!!! Then another train home. Too much marking and lecture writing to do for getting any reading done. We'll see. *sigh*
Something wrong with Litsy web today? Anybody else having issues? I did not change anything on my end.
@LitsyTips @Litsy
Last for today, super ultra cliché.
16. Ephemeral, which does not last
#inktober2019 #inktober #obscutober #ObscureWords
Perhaps not quite finished.
20. Eccedentisiast, one who smiles to hide one's discomfort.
#inktober #inktober2019 #obscutober #ObscureWords
14. Dormiveglia, the state between sleep and wakefulness.
#inktober #inktober2019 #obscutober #ObscureWords
Got very much behind in doing #inktober2019. Will have to do a few a day to get back on track. Here is a glimpse.
13. Lotus, sacred flower;
17. Eternal, which has no end (concept from my 9yo son);
19. Anhedonia, inability to feel pleasure or joy.
Québec City bound. I'm teaching a class at Université Laval tomorrow. (This time, I'm travelling 1st class 😉)
Missed a few days of #Inktober2019, so I'm only posting #day12 #ObscureWords
Nephetibata : One who has one's head in the clouds.
1️⃣ The Tyranaël Cycle by Élisabeth Vonarburg.
2️⃣ Star Trek : TOS
3️⃣ Nope!
4️⃣ No idea. I still don't know what I can eat at all, so...
5️⃣ Sure does!
@jesshowbooks #friyayintro
Do you know who is fed up about New Fun Medical Issues™? Me. I spent half the night in the ER under observation, again, for severe chest pain, classic presenting. My heart is fine again. The pain was severe and was propably esophageal spasms. Why? No clue. Maybe triggered by the new food allergies or by the exhaustion they caused. One more thing to add to the new list of medical investigations. I'm exhausted and enraged. Fed up. 🤬🤬🤬
For anyone interested, NYPL is doing great things.
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/11/you-can-read-beautifully-illus.html
I'm heart broken. I was planning to go to Scintillation Convention this weekend and hang out with my writerly friends, but my doc recommended I stay put and rest to make sure I'm fit for work in the long term. I've been looking forward to it for a year. That's disability for you, having to sacrifice life for health. I miss Jo, I miss Su, I miss Jon, and I'll miss them more.
Here is a photo of my dog Igrec. He's lovely.
#inktober2019 #obscutober #ObscureWords
#day9
Spiral: A curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point.
Allergy results. I have what is called Oral Allergy Syndrome, in my case related to an allergy to birch made worse by the wasp sting. My reaction to the wasp seems to have been a systemic toxin reaction and not a venim allergy, which is good, but needs to be confirmed by blood tests. In the mean time, I need to cook more the foods that cause reactions and the strawberries in the fruit bar were probably not cooked enough. Information is power.
Glipse of what I did today for #inktober. I got behind and had to do three, but my hands are shaking enough that I had to keep things simpler than I like. I'm happy with the ideas. #ObscureWords
Tacenda : things left unsaid
Kalopsia : thinking one is better looking than in reality
Paroxysm : sudden or violent emotion or reaction
Off to work today, despite having had an allergic reaction to prosciutto last night. Had to take an antihistamine which means my meeting with the allergist tomorrow is compromised, which means my travel this weekend is compromised too. Hate my life!
Ok, now I'm angry. They *fridged* the *girlfriend*!!!! In 2019. I thought they were going to handle her murder better, but no. It's plain old fridging. Shouldn't Henson Co know better? I expected better. I'm still going to watch, but it's one big strike right there.
Finally getting around to watching it. Dark Crystal : The Age of Resistance.
And now for something different.
#day5 of #inktober2019 ObscureWords
Nautilus : Mollusk, genus of cephalopods in the family Nautilidae, with four extant species.
First overnight freeze of the season and despite the heay being on, somebody is cold. I'll be a church widow all day, so I don't know how much reading I'll get done. It's rather far down the list.
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