lillian_peterson

I'm at my best friends' house for the week, staying with them and being Auntie Riverlight for the next few days. And, man, this reminds me of childhood! Winters in Connecticut then were like what winters in Maine are now—bitter cold. And my dad kept the house cold (55°) as my friends do (60°). And there's the constant battle with the woodstove.

…And, alas, there's the tip-toeing around a man's volatile temper. ( Cut for details of poor parenting/men behaving badly )

I survived my childhood, and even thrived, and I love the person I am today. But that doesn't change the fact that I shouldn't have had to experience what I did, and neither should any other kiddo.

riverlight

I swear, 2026 is a nonsense future year. Surely 2026 is a year when we'll have future marvels like super-tall skyscrapers and moon shuttles and flying cars—not a year I live in! And yet. Here we are.

It turns out I haven't posted here in, ugh, over a year. Historically, not posting meant I was too depressed to do more than the bare minimum of sustaining life—thank god that's no longer the case, and in this case I was just too busy and out of the habit of doing it, I guess.

But this year I've decided that one of my Year Goals is to post here at least 3 times a week, in service of staying in better touch with all y'all! I don't make resolutions, per se—I'm not really into the whole "optimize yourself" thing that seems to go along with the idea of resolutions, because they feel so open-ended: like, "get in shape!" is a resolution, and you just have to, what, do it every day for the rest of your life. No thanks! But the idea of making a goal for myself of the things I want to accomplish by the end of the year—that makes sense. So my Year Goals are: finish a draft of my novel, post here three times a week, and stay committed to my spiritual life/meditation practice. Not a bad list, I don't think!

Since it has been so long, here's the ( state of me in 2026 ).

So, that's that. And now I have to go play Scrabble with my nieces, who are demanding Auntie time posthaste.

sage

I received the absolutely delightful:
The Day After (4505 words) by rabidsamfan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey
Characters: Mervyn Bunter, Harriet Vane, Peter Wimsey
Additional Tags: Missing Scene
Summary:

A coda to Busman’s Honeymoon.

And I wrote:
Closing Ceremony (1651 words) by Sage
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Summer War - Naomi Novik
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Argent of the Woven Blade/Elithyon
Characters: Elithyon (Summer War), Argent of the Woven Blade
Additional Tags: Yuleporn, Yuletide, Yuletide 2025
Summary:

Elithyon & Argent, before the curse.

synecdochic

I just posted a thread to my Bluesky account about why I think it's extremely urgent for people to back up anything they still have on LiveJournal, however they do it. Thread starts here:

https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3mbebi2xfxc25

ru-news LJ post I was relying on:

https://ru-news.livejournal.com/80899.html

Please spread this far and wide so as many people see it as possible, because I really don't see English-language LJ continuing in its present form for much longer, and I know some people may still have things they care about there. It doesn't matter how you get it backed up, but it's absolutely crunch time for getting it backed up.

denise posting in

dw_maintenance

Привет and welcome to our new Russian friends from LiveJournal! We are happy to offer you a new home. We will not require identification for you to post or comment. We also do not cooperate with Russian government requests for any information about your account unless they go through a United States court first. (And it hasn't happened in 16 years!)

Importing your journal from ЖЖ may be slow. There are a lot of you, with many posts and comments, and we have to limit how fast we download your information from ЖЖ so they don't block us. Please be patient! We have been watching and fixing errors, and we will go back to doing that after the holiday is over.

I am very sorry that we can't translate the site into Russian or offer support in Russian. We are a much, much smaller company than LiveJournal is, and my high school Russian classes were a very long time ago :) But at least we aren't owned by Sberbank!

С Новым Годом, and welcome home!

EDIT: Большое спасибо всем за помощь друг другу в комментариях! Я ценю каждого, кто предоставляет нашим новым соседям информацию, понятную им без необходимости искать её в Google. :) И спасибо вам за терпение к моему русскому переводу с помощью Google Translate! Прошло уже много-много лет со школьных времен!

Thank you also to everyone who's been giving our new neighbors a warm welcome. I love you all ❤️

sage

books
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) by Richard Osman. This one just didn't grab me. Too many criminals, not enough Murder Club.

Xmas
was good, though delayed until Monday. I had a nice time, even if one of my gifts to my parents was redundant. The food was pretty great, though.

yarning/etsy
My Rock Star Lestat art doll sold on Christmas Day! Yay!! After which I finished a donation hat. And then another hat while reading Yuletide. I missed yarn group due to traveling for Xmas, though I got a commission for a Kermit green kickbunny, so I worked on that over my belated holiday. And I got a commission for an Older Daniel Molloy art doll yesterday, yay, so I'll be working on that over the next couple of days.

yuletide
reveals are tomorrow! Yay!

#resist
Tuesday, January 20: #50501 Free America Walk-out, 2pm local time. https://www.FreeAmeri.ca

Happy New Year, everyone! Please be safe as you enjoy kicking 2025 to the curb! <333

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sage

books
The Fortune of War (Aubreyad #6) by Patrick O'Brian. Very satisfying, if occasionally super gross. I'm rationing these, because I'll be sad when they're over.

Ancient Iran and Its Neighbours: Local Developments and Long-range Interactions in the 4th Millennium BC by Cameron A. Petrie (Editor). 2013. I started this an age ago & put it down in the middle of the driest of dry articles. It's a lot of archaeology, and little of it is engaging, but I love the general subject matter so I finished it.

still reading: The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) by Richard Osman. This one is failing to hook me.

yarning
I went to yarn group Sunday and had a good time, though I messed up the bunny I worked on there, doh. Adding a Made To Order option in my etsy shop for kickbunnies was a good idea. I've had several sales already, and also the burgundy and rose pink ones keep selling out. Etsy's color of the year for 2026 is "Patina Blue," or blue copper, which is basically teal, so I'm focusing on burgundy and teal now, while hoping the brown and yellow bunnies in the shop will eventually sell. A fun aside: my Santa from the Kitten Academy holiday card exchange drew a great, colorful scene in the card he sent -- a Christmas tree filled with cats and two kickbunnies looking up at them from in front of a fire in the fireplace. A very happy-making surprise!

yuletide
I've been volunteering as a SPAG beta on the Yuletide discord & have gotten to preview some really cute/sweet/charming fics! Fic reveals are THIS AFTERNOON!! and I cannot wait! \o/

( healthcrap ) However, the flu is, and my brother has it, so Christmas is delayed until he gets better and has a few days off again, whenever that will be. At least I'll have Yuletide to keep me company.

Solstice
was Sunday at 9:03am CST. Happy YULE!! Welcome to the return of the light, northern hemisphere peeps! Happy Summer Solstice, antipodeans! \o/

#resist
Tuesday, January 20: #50501 General Walk-out, 2pm local time. https://www.FreeAmeri.ca

Wishing everyone safe travels and a very happy holiday season, whatever you celebrate! <333

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