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This post is mostly to remind you that you still have One. More. Day in which to enter the last contest of April and win a signed copy of BLOOD FROM STONE!


I went outside today for the first time since...Saturday? Was like the first day in a foreign country.

Treated myself to some fresh pastry for lunch, which I probably will regret, and then came home before I started to cough and somebody called the CDC*. Then I took a nap. How can I be getting better and still so worn out? Now there will be more page proofs, and some work on the manuscript draft, and whatever else I have the energy to do.

I am so very ready to be healthy again, please thank you.

Anyone else sick? What stage are you in?




[*however, it has been pronounced that I have boring old every-spring flu, not anything exotic. Alas, I am NotAStatistic]

there is no bad here...

knowing that I a) needed a real dinner (to offset the non-lunch lunch I had) and b) that my taste buds are still numb, I went deep into the 'strong flavors' recipe files.

1 chicken thigh, previously marinated with dijon mustard and then poached in white wine and chicken broth mixture, chopped coarse
1 cup couscous, cooked in chicken broth, and seasoned with fresh cracked black pepper
a handful of spinach and 4 cloves of garlic, sauteed in oil until wilted/golden

Toss together, and eat. Yum.... (and I could taste every bite, yay!)