1) My green thumb is purple. I probably got wrong-sized plants together. I shall moan about it later.

2) I have the hives.

3) Thunderstorms and rain again today. We live in a rain forest, which is totally cool as I like rain forests. Except when the eldest son's car's windshield wipers do not work. They aren't today. He's trying to drive between rain drops.

4) I played the soccer with Buck, the Corgi, this morning. This is his favorite game. No matter how tricky my foot work is or how far I kick that ball, he always wins.

5) A few weeks ago, I read Barth Anderson's awesome book, The Magician and the Fool. Myth! Magic! Tarot! Academics! Adventure! Brotherhood and duality! Now, you can enjoy that same world by visiting the fiction selection at Strange Horizons this week.