Spam and peas.

Tonight is Walpurgis Night in parts of northern and central Europe. For those who still celebrate it - enjoy your bonfires.

Tomorrow is International Workers' Day. Have a good one everybody - and (as Wolfie would say) WOTWU

Tomorrow is also Beltane (in the north) and Samhain (in the south) we wish all our Pagan and Wiccan readers a good feast.

I was looking at my email just now and thinking "I really must sort out my SPAM folder". I suddenly seem to have a lot in there. Yesterday there were around 20 or so and I was thinking that I aught to look at it soon, today there are 76. This probably means that somebody I'm connected to via a yahoo group has had their email hijacked and it's peppering various lists. That's usually the case when there's a sudden jump in the numbers.

Actually it's about time I sorted my inbox out too - and deleted some of those hundreds of read mails. That's one of those little jobs - a bit like defrosting the fridge/freezer - where you can always find something else to do rather than tackle it. And it's only when the ice is so thick that you can't squeeze so much as a packet of peas in - or in the case of email you have six pages to scroll through to find the one you need at that moment - that you finally do something about it.

Which reminds me - I need to defrost the fridge. The peas are in there but I can't get them out because the ice is so thick!!

I'll do it tomorrow.

The email that is - the fridge will have to wait til the weekend.

Ze

BtVS
• Too Seriously by KW_Jordan (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Glee
  
• Chapters 1 to 6 of That Almost Perfect Moment by salerate (brittana).
  
  Original
  
• Chapter 37 of Eikasia by Illise Montoya (Her website).
  
  
• Her Name Is Melony by Lex Taylor (Sapphic Voices).
  
  
• Part 1 of The Story Of Us by Lex Taylor (Saffic Voices).
  
  Pitch Perfect
  
• The Barden Bellas Conspiracy by cdybedahl (GirlGay).
  
  Stargate Atlantis
  
• Second Chances by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  
• A Year in the Future by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• March 26th, 1943 (Mel & Janice) by CN Winters (Her website).
  
  
• Part 1 of The 10th Muse by CN Winters (Her website).
  

Monday has gone by.

One day down and four more before the next weekend. My first day back after vacation and the day went as expected. It's over now and on to Tuesday we go.

Enjoy your updates and chat at you closer to the weekend.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

BtVS
• Chapter 20 of Broken Bonds by Rebelrsr (her web site).
  
  
• Chapter 7 of By the Book by jonesingjay (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Comics
  
• Jane's World:04/29/13 by Paige Braddock (Go Comics).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Chapter 16 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  
• Stumbling Along by A. Windsor (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Once Upon A Time
  
• Ricochet by Regalish (Regina & Emma).
  
  
• State of Mind by Faithinthepoor (Regina & Emma).
  
  Original
  
• Sundown by Geonn Cannon (his lj).

Back to Reality

Back to school and work for all of us tomorrow. Farewell, Spring break, you were much needed.

Tamara

BtVS
• Chapter 47 of Whatever Doesn't Kill Us by invalid_reality (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Chapter 14 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Chapter 2 of You Saved Me by fortunata13 (LotS Femslash).
  
  Original
  
• Part 2 of Hoosier Daddy by Maxine Redwood (Academy of Bards).
  
  Warehouse 13
  
• Making Time by Rebecca (Meet at Gunpoint).

Day of Rest

Couple of chores and some serious cleaning and filing, but overall a very calm day of rest. After all our walking in Portland it was nice to be home and taking it easy. We did have beautiful weather in Portland and I had hoped spring had moved along a bit in Seattle, sadly it was an overcast and coolish day.

Have good weekend, enjoy those updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Bad Girls
• Secrets & Lies by Filbert Fox (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• What If by Filbert Fox (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Criminal Minds
  
• Fragile Truce by Kayryn (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Letting Go by Kayryn (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Harry Potter
  
• Paris Is Big and We Are Small by holyfant (Femmeslash).
  
  Lost Girl
  
• The Brave by Kate (Passion & Perfection).

Home Sweet Home

We made it home safely today. Portland was beautiful. I'd like to go back and see more of the sights.

Both of us managed to spend a little bit at Powell's. I didn't go crazy there, keeping in mind we don't have a lot of room for me to stack unread books. I managed to get enough that I'll be re-arranging some book piles this weekend.

Portland also has a lot of comic stores. By far the two best we saw were Cosmic Monkey Comics and Excalibur Books and Comics. Cosmic Monkey Comics had more non-comic related merchandise than Excalibur but I liked them both. And the back issue selection at Excalibur was fantastic. Since I don't live near Austin Books & Comics any more this was a nice surprise.

Tomorrow will be E's birthday. Wish her a good one if you get the chance.

Tamara

BtVS
• Chapter 15 of Disappear by Hayley (Electra's Fanfiction).
  
  
• Chapter 3 of First Day of My Life by Hayley (Electra's Fanfiction).
  
  Comics
  
• Jane's World:04/26/13 by Paige Braddock (Go Comics).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Chapter 13 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Original
  


• Episode 32 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur & Vlamme (Academy of Bards).
  
  


• Zoned In by D (Academy of Bards).

Sunshine

In Portland we have found plenty of sunshine. Our few days here have been filled with lots and it has been great. Today we spent money in Powell's Books and than saw the Pittock Mansion plus the Portland Japanese Gardens all splendid. Our time here is coming to an end as we pack and head home on Friday. Back to the basics of life. Overall a great honeymoon with Tamara.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

BtVS
• Chapter 19 of Broken Bonds by Rebelrsr (her web site).
  
  
• Chapter 30 of You Can't Hurry Love by Really-an-angel (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Comics
  
• Jane's World:04/25/13 by Paige Braddock (GoComics.com).
  
  Devil Wears Prada
  
• Part 3 of The Lord of the Nile and the Lady of Grace by xenavirgin (dvlwears_prada).
  
  Glee
  
• Chapter 5 of The Lateness of the Hour by (Brittany & Santana).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Part 12 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Chapter 1 of You Saved Me by fortunata13 (LotS Femslash).
  
  Original
  
• Chapter 10 of Secretions of Philathymna by kendralynora (Warehouse 13).

Swallows (But No Amazons).

First it's Hanuman Jayanti, we wish our Hindu readers a good festival. It's also Mahavir Jayanti, we wish our Sikh readers a good festival.

And it's ANZAC day. To our Aussie & Kiwi readers - thank you.

Another nice day. And - the swallows and house martins are back. Spring is definitely well established and summer's on the way.

Not a lot for you tonight I'm afraid. So many fic writers use FF.net and AO3 these days (and they're a bugger to track updates on) and fewer using specialised websites that finding stuff to post is getting to be quite a problem. Still - we do our best.

See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

Grey's Anatomy
• Chapter 11 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (callie-arizona).
  
  Original
  
• Hoosier Daddy by Maxx Redwood (Royal Academy of Bards).
  
  Star Trek: DS9
  
• Minerva by sophia_gratia (Where No Woman).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Part 10 of Princess of the Realm by WarriorJudge (Royal Academy of Bards).
  

England and St. George.

Today was St. George's Day. Patron Saint of England (among other places). But since the English don't make a great deal of fuss about that sort of thing we didn't really pay a lot of attention to that fact.

For that matter neither do the Welsh (St David) nor the Scots (St. Andrew) about their saints. In fact none of us make anything like as much fuss as US Americans make about the Irish Patron Saint - even the Irish don't!! How is it that US Americans don't celebrate a Patron saint of the USA??

There is a small movement trying to get St. George's Day recognised as a bank holiday, (as if we need another spring bank holiday!!), but most English people aren't really that bothered.

Of far greater importance is the fact that it's also William Shakespeare's birthday. Now that's something worth celebrating. (And, yes, he did write the plays. No, the conspiracy theorists are not right, in fact they're so far off the planet that they're orbiting Alpha Centauri.)

And as far as the weather goes - what a glorious day. The sun shone. The sky was that particular shade of blue you only get in spring. It was warm. There were bluebells, and primroses, and the robin sang beautifully. The blue-tits cheeped their Morse code squeak. I saw the first butterflies of the year.

It was one of those great-to-be-alive days.

Ze

(The) Devil Wears Prada
• Good Morning by lennonandstreep (dvlwears-prada).
  
  
• Say Goodbye by lennonandstreep (dvlwears-prada).
  
  
• Chapter 3 of A Flawed Fragility by theladyholl (dvlwears-prada).
  
  
• Favorite Things by judroozz (dvlwears-prada).
  
  Doctor Who Universe (SJA)
  
• Chapter 4 of Heaven, Hell, or Someplace In Between by faedevil (The Second Time).
  
  (The) Good Wife
  
• Something Different by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Chapter 10 (Chapter 9 is friends-locked) of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (callie-arizona).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Part 22 of A Little Evil Comes A Long Way by raug_moss (LotS Femslash).
  
  Once Upon a Time
  
• Absent Friends by faithinthepoor (regina-emma).
  
  Person of Interest
  
• Part 3 of An Item of Mutual Interest by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Part 13 of Play The Game by e-dog (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
  

Ready for Portland

The kids are at their respective other houses. Laundry is done. Suitcase is 95% packed. Tomorrow morning we'll head to Portland for a few days. I'm really looking forward to seeing some cool comic shops and checking out Powell's Books. E is prepared with her Nook to give me a lot of time to browse.

Just in case you think E won't have anything to keep her busy. I'm ready to sit and read while she checks out local pubs that are well stocked with pinball machines.

Tamara

BtVS
• Chapter 15 of Disappear by Hayley (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• Chapter 6 of By the Book by jonesingjay (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• Chapter 3 of First Day of My Life by Hayley (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Part 1 of I Want You by cassanova33 (LotS Femslash).
  
  Nikki & Nora
  
• Chapter 10 of Near Life Experience by 1shinyboat (Lady Cops).
  
  Once Upon a Time
  
• Chapter 9 of Satin Town by Coalitiongirl (Regina & Emma).
  
  ST: Voyager
  
• Ice Cream, Coffee and Strawberry Tart by Llin (Where No Woman Has Gone Before).

Announcement Night

Another giveaway comes your way!

April 23 is a day to be marked:
It’s my birthday and World Book Day – all in one. To celebrate both occasions the Ylva team is giving away quite a few books on this day.
There will be e-books (from all our published books) as well as some rare autographed paperbacks.

So, come and visit our blog on Tuesday, 23 April, and celebrate World Book Day and my birthday.

http://ylvapublishing.wordpress.com/

Astrid Ohletz
Soon a year older and (maybe) just a little bit wiser...

www.ylva-publishing.com
________________________________

Hey go get a book! Enjoy the updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

BtVS
• Chapter 18 of Broken Bonds by Rebelrsr (her web site).
  
  
• Chapter 46 of Whatever Doesn't Kill Us by invalid_reality (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• Chapter 4 of First Day of My Life by Hayley (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• Chapter 6 of By the Book by jonesingjay (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Glee
  
• Our Day Will Come by Lazarus_Girl (her web site).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Chapter 8 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Once Upon a Time
  
• A Cure by modestroad (Regina & Emma).

Time to Relax

Spring break has begun for me and Cal (Duncan had his last week). I actually slept until 9 today. E and little e got up bright and early for two Ultimate frisbee games. I had good intentions of going but sleep was so much nicer than freezing my butt off outside. I spent my time at home being productive...dishes and laundry.

After they came home we ran a few errands then stayed in for the rest of the very rainy day. Tonight we're watching 2010. Makes me feel old to realize I saw this in the theater the same year I graduated high school.

Tamara

Grey's Anatomy
• Chapters 6 & 7 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Original
  
• Episode 31 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur & Vlamme (Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Lady Yvonne's Reel by Norsebard (Academy of Bards).

Vacation is close.

Tamara and the boys are on spring break, however my vacation is not until Tuesday. I will go to work Monday and hopefully breeze through the day. Get home and pack up for our vacation to Portland. Look out Powell's here we come.

Until then a weekend of usual for us. Couple Ultimate games with my daughter and chores all about.

Enjoy those updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

BtVS
• Chapter 17 of Broken Bonds by Rebelrsr(her web site).
  
  Birds of Prey
  
• Part 1 of What the Butler Saw by Dev (Clom 'n' Dev's).
  
  Comics
  
• Jane's World:04/18/13 by Paige Braddock (Go Comics).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Chapter 4 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  
• Chapter 5 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Glee
  
• BSB + 2 drabbles by kiarcheo (Glee Femslash).

Spring Break!

After tomorrow the boys and I are off for a week. Portland here I come....

Tamara

BtVS
• Chapter 29 of You Can't Hurry Love by Really-an-angel (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Nikki & Nora
  
• Chapter 9 of Near Life Experience by 1shinyboat (Lady Cops).

Baaaaa

Happier stuff tonight.

Such as this - Kiwis are awesome. Why can't the House of Commons be this much fun. (Not that I really want the nightmares that watching Ian Duncan Smith hugging Kenneth Clarke would bring).

Due to a mix-up at work (not my error) I was surplus to requirements this afternoon. (In other words they had arranged for me to prime a whole batch of timber and forgotten to order primer!!). So I got the afternoon off - with pay!!

I took the opportunity to do something different. The Easter school holidays being over, I decided it was safe to go to Crealy. Crealy started life as a kind of glorified petting farm (attached to a working sheep farm) for lambs, rabbits, miniature goats, pony rides, etc. Then it grew and they turned it into an amusement park as well. It's pretty small though.

After being revived by the by the staff at the ticket office - blimey!! Talk about expensive. I went in and had a look around. I bought goat food and hand fed the goats. I bought duck food and hand fed the ducks - and got pecked by a swan because I wasn't feeding him too!! I looked at the meerkats. They really do do that standing-on-guard thing. (Didn't see Sergei though. LOL.

I rode the roller-coaster. Twice. Because I was the only one on it. I rode on the swinging pirate ship. Me and a woman with two middle-school-aged kids, (around 9 or 10 years old).

And I checked the programme and found that - yes - the thing I went there for, the one thing I really wanted to do, the thing I'd been willing to pay that amount for, was on the schedule for 15.30hrs. So I went and waited in the queue. I say "queue" but in actual fact it consisted of me and a six-year-old girl.

The staff came out and looked at us. They looked a little hesitant. I nodded. "Yep. Me too, please". The chap shrugged and opened the gate. I went in, and the little girl's father led her in. Her mother stayed outside. The chap handed the little girl a bottle. He offered me two. I took them. He took two and his assistant took two.

And then we bottle-fed the orphaned baby lambs. Big kid that I am. I had a grin as wide as the Bristol Channel!!

Made my day, that did!!

Hope your day was as magic as mine. Not a lot for you tonight, I'm afraid. See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

Birds of Prey
• Part 2 of What the Butler Saw by Dev (Clom & Dev's).
  
  BtVS
  
• Chapter 5 of By The Book by jonesingjay (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Part 20 (conclusion) of Aftershocks by pens_co927 (callie-arizona).
  

Scum.

With what happened in Boston yesterday it didn't seem appropriate to grumble about the weather, or the fuss the papers are making over a dead politician. Or to write any unimportant little details of life and daily routine.

We had 30-odd years of that kind of thing here in the UK. We got used to the checking. Got used to taking note of things. Got used to being alert. Got used to never seeing left-luggage lockers or litter bins at bus stations, train stations, airports.

No matter how used to those things I became I still could not, could never, will never, understand why.

Why does anybody think that blowing up innocent bystanders, killing and disabling people, is a good way to make a point??

Why does anybody think that it's a reasonable way to protest??

Why does anybody think that setting off explosions in cities will make anybody give in to whatever demand they're making. Or change a government decision, or national policy??

And how can any sub-human scum think killing kids with shrapnel bombs is a sane, reasonable - justifiable - way to express discontent with any situation, political or otherwise??

If I live to be as old as Methuselah I will never, ever understand.

Ze

(The) Devil Wears Prada
• No Smoking by akasarahsmom (dvlwears-prada).
  
  
• Chapter 14 of With You Gone by pure_ecstasy6 (dvlwears-prada).
  
  Doctor Who Universes (S J Adventures)
  
• Chapter 3 of Heaven, Hell or Someplace In Between by faedevil (The Second Time).
  
  (The) Facts of Life
  
• Chapter 7 of Twists of Fate by hollyhwrites (FoL Femslash).
  
  Glee
  
• Chapter 3 of The Lateness of the Hour by Lazarus_Girl (brittana).
  
  Harry Potter
  
• Time by Anon. (Femmefest).
  
  
• Comfort by Anon. (Femmefest).
  
  
• Modus Operandi by Anon. (Femmefest).
  
  Original
  
• Chapters 1 to 36 of Eikasia by Illise Montoya (Her website).
  
  
• Part 8 of Afterglow by Stein Willard (Royal Academy of Bards).
  
  Person of Interest
  
• Part 2 of An Item of Mutual Interest by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Part 9 of Princess of the Realm by WarriorJudge (Royal Academy of Bards).
  

Submission Request

Astrid once again has come buy with some info....

Submission Call from Ylva Publishing Halloween 2013

Werewolves, vampires, ghosts, fairies, djinns, goblins, trolls, witches, brownies, banshees—beings that are not of this world. Or maybe they are.
I love Halloween, and I love stories about supernatural beings. I’m a publisher. So why not combine my love for both and publish an anthology in October with stories that involve Halloween in one way or another?
Yes, let’s do that. Let’s put out a submission call.

Here you go:

We are looking for lesbian fiction.
All submissions must have either Halloween or supernatural beings as the main theme. The stories can be romantic, humorous, enthralling, spooky or erotic.
We accept only short stories that haven’t been previously published.

Word count:
We are looking for stories between 4,000 and 12,000 words in length.

Payment:
Writers whose stories are selected for the anthology will receive a one-time payment of $40 (via PayPal) plus a free e-book of the anthology in each format (epub, mobi, pdf).

Deadline:
The deadline to receive submissions is July 31, 2013.

Submissions:
Electronic submissions only. Please send your story as an e-mail attachment (.doc, .docx, or .rtf) to info@ylva-verlag.de.
Put “Halloween Anthology” in the subject line of your e-mail. In the body of your e-mail, please include your name, the title and word count of your story, and a two-or-three-sentence summary of your story.

All information is available also on: http://www.ylva-publishing.com/ylva-verlag-e.kfr.--submission-calls.html

It will take our editors about two weeks to review your submission; then we’ll get back to you.
We are looking forward to receiving your stories.

Astrid Ohletz
www.ylva-publishing.com

I want to thank Astrid for posting this with us. And for the rest of you, get busy. I am thinking there's plenty of time for some of you writers.

Enjoy those updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

BtVS
• Part 14 - 16 of Broken Bonds by Rebelrsr (her web site).
  
  
• Chapter 1 of Castles and Dreams by Squeewockle (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Comics
  
• Jane's World: 04/15/13 by Paige Braddock (Go Comics).
  
  Once Upon A Time
  
• Part 16 of Destiny Is The Rabbit Hole by maggiemerc (Regina & Emma).
  

Hype!

April 16...mark your calendars....

Twice is Nice - "Nikki & Nora" Returns

www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine/2013/04/17/twice-is-nice--nikki-nora-returns
Funny how things come full circle. It was in October 2009, not even six months after F4F Radio went on the air for the first time, that we interviewed Nancylee Myatt, Liz Vassey and Christina Cox about, among other things, the enduring popularity of the leaked pilot “Nikki & Nora”. (Okay, yes, they answered questions via email because they couldn't be there live, and their answers were then read out loud over the airwaves by hardcore N&N fans, but every word said was still theirs.) Well, now it's less than THREE months until F4F Radio goes OFF the air, and guess who’s back – in person this time - to talk about N&N? This time, however, they won't be here to talk about the past. They’ll be here, along with recurring guest Christin Mell, to discuss the future. Nikki Beaumont and Nora Delaney are back and working as private investigators in the Big Easy in Nancylee’s new webseries, slated to begin filming next month. That’s why, through April 22, they’re trying to raise $50,000 on Indiegogo.com. We’ll be discussing the fundraiser and why your contribution will benefit you as well as filming. We’ll also talk about the kind of things to expect from the new N&N, the new cast, and what else has kept Nancylee, Liz and Christina busy since 2009. Also joining us will be cohost Jojo, aka Docwho2100, who was herself one of those fans standing in for our guests over three years ago.
Allaine
www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine

Enjoy the updates!

Tamara

BtVS
• Chapter 45 of Whatever Doesn't Kill Us by invalid_reality (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  CSI
  
• The Power of Chocolate by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• The Female of the Species by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Fridge Poetry by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Geek Love by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Job Share by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Lover's Touch? by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Einstein by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• The Proof is in the Eating by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Steady Hands by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Too Much Information! by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• For the love of Zucchini, the Chicken was lost by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• House Party by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Guiding Light
  
• Chapter 80 of Once Upon a Dream by Kelinswriter (Burning City).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Dawn is Breaking II by madame_denna (LotS Femslash).
  
  Mass Effects
  
• Rocky Ground by karen alexander (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Original
  
• Episode 30 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur & Vlamme (Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Part 15 of Winds of Change by Melissa Good (her web site).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Part 3 of Winds of Change by hollyhwrites (Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Parts 13 -15 of Winds of Change by hollyhwrites (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Scott & Bailey
  
• Ending a Mistake by ralst (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Stargate SG-1
  
• September, in the Rain by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Parts 1-3 (updated) & 4 of The Crazed Ramblings of a Madwoman by Verrath (Academy of Bards).

Quiet

Tamara vacuumed and mopped half the tile area in the house today, but then we took a break to go see Silver Linings Playbook. We both enjoyed it a lot. Back to chores we went as we headed to grocery store before going home. Early tomorrow I think Tamara is planning on getting the other half finished up.

These updates are continuing to be small, so if you know of some site we are not checking do let us know.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

BtVS
• Chapter 4 of By the Book by jonesingjay (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• These and Other Differences by Valyssia (Femmeslash).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Chapter 23 of Winds of Change by hollyhwrites (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).

Sleeping in is in my future....

My week has left me a little scraped and sore so I'm ready for the weekend. Plans for Saturday involve vacuuming and mopping but I'll get some relaxing in too. Hopefully we'll have more for you to read tomorrow.

Tamara

Legend of the Seeker
• Chapter 8 of Legend of the Mord'Sith: Deception by erinlier004 (LotS Femslash).
  
  Original
  
• The Ballad of Victoria Lynn by Norsebard (Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Howl at the Moon by Geonn Cannon (Academy of Bards).

Friday is coming up.

A fast work week it seems to me. Hope next week goes as fast because than another vacation is on the horizon. I do like vacations. Hope you all have a great Friday and a splendid weekend.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

BtVS
• Chapter 12 of Broken Bonds by Rebelrsr (her web site).
  
  Birds of Prey
  
• Part 1 of What the Butler Saw by Dev (Clom 'n' Dev's).
  
  Comics
  
• Jane's World:04/11/13 by Paige Braddock (Go Comics).
  
  Last Tango in Halifax
  
• Some Dances in Harrogate: Glide by ncruuk (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Dawn is Breaking by madame_denna (LotS Femslash).
  
  Lost Girl
  
• None Of Us Were Angels by Catherine Westwood (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Nikki & Nora
  
• Part 8 of Near Life Experience by 1shinyboat (Lady Cops).
  
  Original
  
• Pleasure Master by sHaYcH (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Oz: The Great and Powerful
  
• A New Dawn by In-Betweens (Passion & Perfection).
  
  

And the Rain is Back...

Tomorrow is the Hindu new year, Saturday is the Bengali new year, Sunday is the Sikh new year. We wish all our readers of these faiths and nationalities a very happy festival.

Last week was cold, (the wind was absolutely bitter), but glorious. The sun shone, and, if you were out of the wind, you could feel the heat of it. The sky was blue, the birds were singing. Even the robins stopped their fight-to-the-death routine and paired up. (Note to North American readers: the bird you know as the robin is not the same bird as the European robin. Our bird is smaller, redder, associated with winter not spring - though it's an all-year resident - and very anti-social towards other robins.) It really felt as though spring was on the way.

This week it's cold, grey and raining again. I know the UK is famed across Europe for its rain but this is getting ridiculous. Please can we have spring this year?? And summer?? Pretty please??

Struggled for updates again tonight. Seems as though nobody posts to websites or livejournal much these days. Folks, if you know of a good femslash archive, webpage, journal, notes scribbled on a fag packet, etc. that we don't cover (not Fanfic dot net, Adult FF, FictionPress, AO3, or any other load-it-yourself-with-no-quality-control--and-God-help-anybody-trying-to-check-for-new-postings site) please, please, please let us know about it.

Enjoy what there is. See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

BtVS
• How Good Girls Get Laid by Pares (AO3).
  
  (The) Good Wife
  
• Part 9 of Lawyers, Swords and Secrets by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Chapter 21 of A Little Evil Comes A Long Way by raug_moss (LotS Femslash).
  
  Once Upon a Time
  
• Part 15 0f Destiny Is The Rabbit Hole by maggiemerc (regina-emma).
  
  Original
  
• Chapter 1 of Loving the Enemy by Katja (Anomaly of Hearts).
  
  
• Chapter 2 of Loving the Enemy by Katja (Anomaly of Hearts).
  
  
• Chapter 3 of Loving the Enemy by Katja (Anomaly of Hearts).
  
  
• Chapter 4 of Loving the Enemy by Katja (Anomaly of Hearts).
  
  
• Chapter 5 of Loving the Enemy by Katja (Anomaly of Hearts).
  
  
• Chapter 6 (conclusion) of Loving the Enemy by Katja (Anomaly of Hearts).
  
  
• Shut Up by Katja (Anomaly of Hearts).
  

And Behold, a Black Horse.

Well, I've been able to find some updates for you. Not a lot, mind, but some is better than none. Right??

Quite a couple of days here. Half the country is in mourning for the most divisive politician the country has ever known. The other half is enthusiastically singing a song from The Wizard of Oz and may indeed buy enough copies of the song to make it number one on the charts this week.

Me??

I'm singing.

Ze

(The) Devil Wears Prada
• Part 8 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  
• Part 9 (conclusion) of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  Doctor Who Universe (SJA)
  
• Chapter 2 of Heaven, Hell or Someplace In Between by faedevil (The Second Time).
  
  (The) Facts of Life
  
• Chapters 1 to 6 of Twists of Fate by hollyhwrites (FoL Femslash).
  
  (The) Good Wife
  
• Part 8 of Where Angels Fear to Tread by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  Harry Potter
  
• A Tender Curiosity by anon (Femmefest).
  
  
• Smoke Signals by anon (Femmefest).
  
  
• Love in Times of War by anon (Femmefest).
  
  
• Abyss by anon (Femmefest).
  
  Once Upon a Time
  
• Part 14 of Destiny Is The Rabbit Hole by Maggiemerc (regina-emma).
  
  
• The Flowering of the Pawn by the_scabbard (regina-emma).
  
  Pitch Perfect
  
• The Morning After by cdybedahl (GirlGay).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Part 8 of Princess of the Realm by WarriorJudge (Royal Academy of Bards).
  

Hype!

I'm very sorry but I've got nothing in the way of links for you tonight. I'm sure Ze will have plenty tomorrow, however.

In the meantime, here's some hype from Allaine.

Making Beautiful Music Together - "Pitch Perfect"

www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine/2013/04/12/making-beautiful-music-together--pitch-perfect

It’s a rare day when a movie comes to F4F Radio’s attention. Of course there was “The Devil Wears Prada”, which we discussed in 2009. But generally speaking, a hit Hollywood movie – a couple hours and it’s done - can’t generate the same level of enthusiasm and the same number of devotees as a hit TV series – creating hours and hours of new material over a period of several years. Tonight, however, we’ll be visiting the world of the movie “Pitch Perfect”, which has already generated hundreds of fanfics since its release in the fall of 2012. Sort of a mix of “Glee” and “Bring It On”, PP tells the story of Beca (Anna Kendrick), a reluctant college freshman who is drafted by an all-female acapella group and becomes the unlikely key to their tournament success. The person doing said drafting is senior Chloe (Brittany Snow) and, well, let’s just say it involved no clothing whatsoever. The chemistry between Beca and Chloe is what caught the attention of fans all over the country, some of whom happened to be fanfic writers – and we’ll be interviewing two tonight. Our guests will be first-timer Novel Concept, who wrote stories like “Storytellers and Legends” and “The Harmony That Kept Me Sound”, and the returning GilliganKane, author of “Your Body is a Wonderland” and “Song Beneath the Song”. Joining me as cohost will be former guest Misty Flores, and together we’ll discuss Beca and Chloe, not to mention Aubrey (Anna Camp), Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) and the other ladies of the Barden Bellas who occasionally catch our fancies.

Allaine
www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine

By the way I should mention that Allaine's radio shoe is winding down. His big announcement a few weeks back was that he is stopping his blogtalkradio show in a few months. So enjoy Allaine's hard work while you can!

Tamara

Joyous fun, the work week begins again....

Vacation is over, memories of the beach will have to be enough for a bit. Luckily for me another vacation is scheduled in two weeks. Somehow April is the month of vacation and that's a good thing. Our beautiful weather has changed over to hard rain, beautiful but in a different way.

Here is hoping your weekend was splendid and that the coming week allows for some joy.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

All My Children
• M & Ms by Megs (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Nightmares by Megs (Passion & Perfection).
  
  BtVS
  
• Chapter 44 of Whatever Doesn't Kill Us by invalid_reality (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• Chapter 3 of By the Book by jonesingjay (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• Chapter 10 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Real Season 3 by SMoftheApocalypse (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  
• Chapter 19 of Vanishing by Valyssia (Femmeslash).
  
  
• Part 11 of Broken Bonds by Rebelrsr (her web site).
  
  Criminal Minds
  
• Control by RebelGirl (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Law & Order: SVU
  
• Chapters 11-15 of Something for You for Me (Conclusion) by aolurker (Alex-Liv-Lovers).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Good Things Come by ocean gazer (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Loving Annabelle
  
• Gravity by Foolish Heart (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Once Upon a Time
  
• Part 1 of Blood Red Moon by In-Betweens (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Hearts Beat Fast by In-Betweens (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• A Captured Moment by KC (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Original
  
• Two Daises by G.V. Nett (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• Sacred Memories by G.V. Nett (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Parts 10 -12 of Winds of Change by hollyhwrites (Passion & Perfection).
  
  Voyager
  
• The POV Series: Part One: My Home by Michael (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
• The POV Series: Part Two: Tom Muses by Michael (Passion & Perfection).
  
  
  

Saturday

We had a pretty easy Saturday. Took the kids to Carkeek park and were run off because of rain. We then took the kids to a roller skating rink. E and I spent a few hours running errands then picked up the kids and got some lunch.

The afternoon saw some laundry done and the boys' room tidied. I promised Cal a friend could sleep over but his room needed to be clean first. Then he received two weeks worth of grounding from computer and video games and we decided the sleep over could wait until the next time he was with me. His brother has a nasty head cold right now so it all worked out for the best.

Tomorrow four of us will get our hairs cut. Then Monday it's back to work and school (all but little e who has another week of spring break).

Tamara

BtVS
• Chapter 28 of You Can't Hurry Love by Really-an-angel (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Heroes
  
• Virginities by erimthar (GirlSlash).
  
  Original
  
• Episode 9 of The Dylan Morgan Show Season 2 (Conclusion) by Jenny Frame (Academy of Bards).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Part 12 of Play the Game by e-dog (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
  
  Stargate SG-1
  
• Forever Lost by Dhamphir (Area 52).

Weekend Begins

I am home from the beach. I love the ocean, many a happy memories for me. We spent hours in search of whole sand dollars...lucky to find one per trip. Now oddly enough I still love searching and picking them up, but there are hundreds, makes one wonder are the oceans in that much trouble or is there an abundance of sand dollars now? My garden will have many this summer.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Comics
• Jane's World:04/05/13 by Paige Braddock (Go Comics).
  
  Original
  
• Episode 29 of Hollywood Dreams by Fiur and Vlamme (Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Outlaw Blues by Norsebard (Academy of Bards).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Birthday Bard by Verrath (Academy of Bards).

Quick Read

Light night. Good time to catch up on the past couple of days from Ze. Happy belated birthday, Ze & Aries!

Tamara

Comics
• Jane's World:04/04/13 by Paige Braddock (Go Comics).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• USS Calzona: The Continuing Stories - Destiny by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  
• Chapter 3 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (Callie_Arizona).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Chapter 22 of Winds of Change by hollyhwrites (Rizzoli & Isles Femslash).

The Song of the Bird for Mirth

I can see I'm going to have problems with this new site. Two days I've worked there, and two days the five o'clock bus has not turned up, leaving me standing in the freezing wind for another 30 minutes waiting for the next one. Not happy.

Nice site though. Nice area. Seem a decent bunch. Some lads I've worked with before, some I haven't. Nobody's given me any grief so far, so I don't think there are any real tossers. They're pretty much the usual mixed bunch that you find on a site. Two other women working on site - which is brilliant. One's a brickie, one's a chippie, there's potential there if Barbara comes out to play.

It's a great place for bird watchers. (The feathered kind of bird). Loads of waders, waterfowl, hedgerow birds, cormorants, herons, egrets. And I could have sworn I saw a guillemot. I must have been mistaken (I was a bit far away) they're sea birds not estuary birds. Can't think what else it could have been, though, that size, shape, and colouring. I'll have to keep a look out and see if I can spot it again.

Have a good week, goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

BtVS/Rizzoli & Isles
• Chapter 10 of Broken Bonds by rebelrsr (Her website).
  
  (The) Devil Wears Prada
  
• Part 7 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  Glee
  
• Part 2 of The Lateness of the Hour by Lazarus_Girl (brittana).
  
  Grey's Anatomy
  
• Part 2 of Once Upon a Calzona by fluffycalzona (callie-arizona).
  
  Legend of the Seeker
  
• Together by fortunata13 (LotS Femslash).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Part 7 of Princess of the Realm by WarriorJudge (Royal Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Birthday Bard (The Adventures of Sina & Gabby) by Verrath (Verrath's Book of Tales).
  
  
• Part 3 of the Re-write of The Crazed Ramblings Of A Madwoman by Verrath (Verrath's Book of Tales).
  
  
• Part 4 of the Re-write of The Crazed Ramblings Of A Madwoman by Verrath (Verrath's Book of Tales).
  

Reluctantly Springing Forward.

Our clocks went forward this past weekend. What with that, the extended weekend break because of Easter, and starting work on a new site today, I don't know whether I'm on my a*** or my elbow!! I don't know why we can't have GMT all year round. It was good enough for ages, right up until the First World War. We've repealed the bit of DoRA that restricted pub opening times, why can't we get rid of the bit that invented Summer time??

It didn't help that I remembered to put all the clocks forward - except my alarm (because I wasn't using it over the weekend). And my body-clock is still on GMT not yet on BST so I didn't wake up at the time I needed to. Getting to work turned into a chaotic rush rather than a leisurely stroll.

The new site is beautiful though, got some fantastic views across the estuary and over to the hills. (Views which we're going to wreck for some of the current residents of course, by building bloody great houses in the way). But I'm told we need new houses. I really don't see why we have to dig up the countryside to build them, though, aren't there enough plots already in town areas??

On my last day at the old site Barbara's mother asked me to call in on my way home, and have a cuppa and a hot-cross-bun. I did, not going to refuse a hot-cross-bun, am I?? Little Barbara had a birthday card for me, (birthday was Easter Saturday), that she'd made herself. She'd cut little pictures from a tool catalogue, (I expect one of the lads gave it to her as we've always got several lying around), and glued them to a piece of card. There were brushes, and a roller, and some paint tins, and a hard-hat, and a tape-measure. And inside it said "Happy Birthday to my friend the building lady".

Made me all choked up, that did.

I promised to keep in contact. And not to forget about her. And as soon as I've settled in the new site I'll see about getting permission for her to visit. Her mother says she's willing to make the trip.

She's a good kid.

Ze

(The) Devil Wears Prada
• Re-post of Chapters 1 to 13 of With You Gone by pure_ecstasy6 (dvlwears-prada).
  
  
• Part 1 of Dangerous by Design by Gun Brooke (Her blog).
  
  
• Part 2 of Dangerous by Design by Gun Brooke (Her blog).
  
  
• Part 3 of Dangerous by Design by Gun Brooke (Her blog).
  
  
• Part 4 (conclusion) of Dangerous by Design by Gun Brooke (Her blog).
  
  
• Part 1 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  
• Part 2 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  
• Part 3 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  
• Part 4 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  
• Part 5 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  
• Part 6 of Manipulations by Gun Brooke (Her website).
  
  (The) Good Wife)
  
• Part 8 of Lawyers, Swords and Secrets by Tamoline (GirlGay).
  
  Glee
  
• Part 1 of The Lateness of the Hour by Lazarus_Girl (brittana).
  
  Once Upon a Time
  
• Parts 3 & 4 of I'm With You by MsCrazybird (regina-emma).
  
  
• Cash or Check by kiarcheo (regina-emma).
  

Spring Break.

I am at the beach with my daughter and two of her friends. We tried different a hotel, sadly it's a dump. We won't be returning here. Also no phone service in the middle of nowhere, but hey a beautiful pool and access to beach so the kids are happy.

Enjoy those updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Mass Effect
• Aftermath by Robin Shelly Foster (The Athenaeum).
  
  Original
  
• Part 3 of Comfort Zone by Shea K. (The Athenaeum).
  
  Resident Evil
  
• Chapter 3 of Trigon by Red Hope (The Athenaeum).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Chapter 21 of Winds of Change by hollyhwrites (Rizzoli & Isles Femslash).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Warriors vs. Bards : During and Post-Episode 13 by Jinxie (The Athenaeum).