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[dchenes]

I got a lease renewal today. Which I was more or less expecting, but had pushed into the back of my brain to let more immediate things get dealt with. My rent is going up $5 per month, whee. But what really annoys me is the fact that the paperwork is dated July 8, and they couldn't be bothered to give it to me (all of a three-minute walk, if that) until now. At least it says I have to return it within 15 days of receipt, not within 15 days of the date on the thing. I bet somebody looked at it this morning and said Whoops, July 8 was 15 days ago, wasn't it? And these are the people who didn't fix my faucet for months, and who expect my rent promptly on the first of every month.

On a more cheerful note, the weather is behaving itself much more today. It's only 70-something, and there's a breeze. I opened the windows again.

Last night I finishedThe Birth of Venus, by Sarah Dunant. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and I think it's pretty good besides. I recommend it to anybody who likes Renaissance Italian art and/or female characters with brains.

My parents and my sister are all on vacation at the Cape next week. I wish I was going to be there too. Actually, I wish it was the end of August already so I could go back to doing what I came out here for in the first place. In the meantime, I really should start making a list of things not to forget between now and August 6.

Shock of shocks, I did find phyllo in the grocery store yesterday, so today I'm making spinach pie. I wish there was a way to get the flavor of onion in things without using actual onions. I hate onions, but sometimes they're necessary.

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[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Say more about the book?

[dchenes.livejournal.com]

It's basically the story of a Florentine cloth merchant's daughter who has both a passion and a talent for drawing. She eventually gets into a marriage of convenience (on both sides), but she and her husband both have brains, so there's at least some common ground there. The plot revolves around our heroine and 15th-century Florence, what with the plague and church politics and women's roles and such things.

I enjoyed it, to the point where it was quarter past midnight last night and I only had another hundred pages to go, so I stayed up and finished it.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Ah! Now that's a good book. The kind that keeps you up so you can see how the story ends. I love those. I wish I could stay up late reading. But if I do I end up being a veg at work the next day. Not such a hot idea. So my book reading time has to be limited. Sigh, I miss being in college and getting to stay up late to finish the book.

[melopoeia.livejournal.com]

Can you post or email to me you recipie for spinach pie?
I LOOOOVE it.

[dchenes.livejournal.com]

I'm making it up as I go, but I'll send you the resulting recipe if it comes out edible.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

BTW, I got your package yesterday. While it looks like I have now made the damned thing too small, I think we are getting closer. And at the least it is progress which means that getting to this point didn't have to wait till you got to Boston. I'm trying really hard to make as much headway as possible before you and Jill get here so that we don't leave it all for the last minute. Thanks for putting up with the packages back and forth. Hope you have been enjoying the care packages inbetween.