Arggh the Squelching!

It rains and rains and rains.

I recently visited my parents, who live in the Hunter Valley. They live in a dust bowl, but even outside the village of Broke, it's been raining (a bit). While there I made two yarn girls (one of whom looks very cranky and shall be called Gretel), bothered the cat (Luna, who flicks her tail whenever you say her name) and caught a cold (and didn't manage to release it again).

I'm working on a radical mental health zine, reading "Mansfield Park" and huddling under blankets.

Galaxy Bookshop had their annual preview to their big sale and I bought some fantastic books, massively discounted. Now "Anansi Boys" and Charles de Lint's "Dingo" are on my "to read" pile. Galaxy is a fantastic bookshop - for science fiction, fantasy and horror. The staff are friendly and know what they're talking about. Check out the website to find out more - they have an online catalogue and are happy to order out of stock books.

While I was on York St I popped into Eckersley's for some blank notebooks. All to encourage me to start writing again. Feel free to pelt me with rotten fruit if I don't get back to work on the novel.