Slip-sliding away

[jhetley]

Ice worse this morning, slipped multiple times on my way for the newspaper* and actually fell once. Wet. Could play hockey on some of the parking lots. I _thought_ I'd get more than two ski outings out of two feet of fresh snow, but guess not.

*Yeah, I could get the fish-wrapper delivered to our very own front door, but I prefer my morning walk. Even on ice. It's that spice of danger that reminds you of mortality and encourages carpe diem behavior.

Comments

[ebess.livejournal.com]

Hello, James!

I just added you as a friend and wanted to introduce myself. Name's Elizabeth; I just found your books, THE SUMMER COUNTRY and THE WINTER OAK, and I love them.

It's such a treat to read fantasies set in Maine. I live in Brooklyn now, but I grew up and went to school in Orono. My dad still teaches at the university, in the chemical engineering department.

Do you like traditional Irish music? I'm a fiddle player and I write a zine about playing in the subways; website is here (http://www.support-your-local-busker.com). I'm very much a Charles deLint fan as well.

*wave*

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Hi, Bess!

Did you escape from the original "Highwayman" poem, or the (abridged) song? Whichever, beware of redcoats.

I'm glad you liked the books. Now go forth and evangelize all your friends and relatives into buying their own copies....

Yes, I like Irish (and Welsh, and Scots, and Cape Breton, and...) music -- have you found Greenman Review on the web? They wallow in the whole Celtic complex of music and literature and visual arts. (They also posted rave reviews of my books, which might explain why I evangelize _them_.)

I have another book due out in November of this year, DRAGON'S EYE, which also uses a Maine setting. It (and DRAGON'S TEETH, the sequel) have a distant relationship to SUMMER COUNTRY and WINTER OAK, but use a different location and cast of characters.

Welcome!

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess you've met Green Man Review -- if you have a link to them on your LJ layout....

Sometimes I _do_ research before posting, rather than after.

[ebess.livejournal.com]

*grin*

No worries, there. Green Man Review is the bomb! I wish I had about a million hours to get through all the stuff they post about over there.

The "Highwayman" reference, besides giving props to a poem I love, is a nod to my partner (http://www.packrabbitpress.com), who... well, it's a long story, but let's just say that the whole moonlight-though-hell-should-bar-the-way thing was apropos. :) "E. Bess" is a nickname I've had for years and he just ran with it.

I love all the talk of snow and sleet and plows and snowblowers on your journal. Reminds me of home. And the Subaru! Of course, my family had several over the years. I never did ski, though; spent too much time figure skating instead. At the Alfond Arena! It has changed a lot since then.

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

I see the guv'nor slipped on ice himself, and broke three ribs a doing, ayuh. Walk careful!

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I figure he must have landed on the steps or some ornamental granite thingie to end up with those symptoms. Broken arm or wrist or shoulder injury would be more common. Or skull, of course, if you don't catch yourself.

Me, with my cat-quick martial-arts reflexes honed to third-dan black belt, I just went splat in a puddle in the Premier Video parking lot....