"I care not if you kneel."

[greygirlbeast]

Just something short to let people know we've not washed away. But the same can't be said for much of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. There's severe flooding all around us, from Pawtuxet all the way down to Exeter and into eastern Connecticut. Warwick has been especially badly hit, and we're hearing that Olneyville, which is not far from us, has flooding. We've just heard that the basement of Spooky's parent's place has flooded. This is the worst flooding in Rhode Island in the last century. It's still rainy today, but we're promised sunshine tomorrow.

Yesterday was spent putting together Sirenia Digest #52. As soon as I have Vince's illustration (he's having to work around sick children) the issue will go out to subscribers. It includes "Houndwife," as well as one of my favorite stories by Sonya Taaffe (sovay), the novelette "A Ceiling of Amber, A Pavement of Pearl," which has previously appeared only in her collection Singing Innocence and Experience (Prime Books, 2005). I'm very pleased with how this issue has come together.

I think that's all for now. I'm just not up to blogging. Maybe tomorrow the sun will come back, and I'll find myself in a more talkative mood. Maybe I'll sleep tonight....

Comments

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you didn't wash away.

[alvyarin.livejournal.com]

I too am glad you didn't wash away. =) Have we ever gotten a Sonya Taaffe story before? I kind of remember a poem, but an actual story...my brain is on the fritz unfortunately. I am nevertheless excited to read both of your stories!

[docbrite.livejournal.com]

I hate to see floods touch the lives of people I love. Anyone's lives, really, but ... well, shit, I'm not going to maunder on about it. Stay dry and safe.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Here in [redacted], we got a little roof leakage at the height of the deluge, but no flooding, thank Crom. (We prayed to Crom, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and Randolph Mantooth. We think it was Randolph Mantooth who came through for us.)


"Yes. You shall have no flooding. I have spoken."

[ulffriend.livejournal.com]

Apparently you were going to be flooded one way or another: in the fall there was a 500-year flood that closed interstates in Atlanta, now there is a 500-year flood closing interstates in New England.

Having lived through the floods down here (and having friends and relatives living with them up there), I'm so sorry that they are there, and am very glad that you haven't washed away.