Acceptance
Jan. 23rd, 2012 10:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoI've just had a short story (which some of you may already have read on FurRag) accepted for publication. That's always a nice affirmation that what I do isn't totally pointless, even if it goes against the "usual" grain of furry fandom. Of course, I should also admit here that I've backed off quite a bit from really trying to get stuff published for just that reason.
Weird weather here has been a distraction today and last night. We went to bed with six inches of snow on the ground but rising temperatures. At about 3:30 AM we were awakened by a great lightning and thunder crash and then a rush of rain against the windows that sounded like July rather than January. No additional crashes, so we went back to sleep. In the morning, the roofs were dripping. It apparently rained much of the night. Almost all the snow washed from the barn roof, and little canyons were cut in the standing snow by the running water. Everything was slushy and wet.
Tempeerature dropped for much of the day after rising in the night. We had fog, snow, drizzle, and ice pellets at various times. Wind chills dropped down to about 10F by sunset. And, of course, the wet snow turned to slick ice everywhere we had made paths through the snow.
Woodstove going now, and almost bedtime. I have no idea what comes next, though memories of that January tornado a few years back keep popping into my head. The weather really does seem to be out of whack.
Weird weather here has been a distraction today and last night. We went to bed with six inches of snow on the ground but rising temperatures. At about 3:30 AM we were awakened by a great lightning and thunder crash and then a rush of rain against the windows that sounded like July rather than January. No additional crashes, so we went back to sleep. In the morning, the roofs were dripping. It apparently rained much of the night. Almost all the snow washed from the barn roof, and little canyons were cut in the standing snow by the running water. Everything was slushy and wet.
Tempeerature dropped for much of the day after rising in the night. We had fog, snow, drizzle, and ice pellets at various times. Wind chills dropped down to about 10F by sunset. And, of course, the wet snow turned to slick ice everywhere we had made paths through the snow.
Woodstove going now, and almost bedtime. I have no idea what comes next, though memories of that January tornado a few years back keep popping into my head. The weather really does seem to be out of whack.
