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Sophia's 8th birthday party went very well. 12 kids, well behaved, lots of climbing, no deaths.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

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We took a trip to Perth to visit an old friend, Lesley, who was at university at St Andrews with the Scot and was also my maid of honour when we got wed.

The museum is where the stone of destiny is now kept and also has some very fine Pictish symbol stones:

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Current Location: ici

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Making a note here:

https://thinkingautismguide.com/2026/05/autinsar-2026-highlighting-autistic-priorities-in-autism-research-prague-version.html

Current Mood: busy

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I was intending to get some much needed gardening done this week, but it didn't happen. It was either raining all day (Monday) or cold (the rest of the time). I kept wondering why I was always so cold, when the temperature outside was staying above freezing, but just barely at night. I kept turning on the electric blanket on high, wrapping in my warmest clothes, and turning on the small electric heater in my bedroom. I was not at all motivated to go outside for gardening.

Well, it happened again. I finally checked the thermostat downstairs around noon today. The batteries were dead again. Ugh. When I replaced them, it said the temperature on the main floor was 13C/56F. The gas furnace immediately turned on. *sigh* No wonder my upstairs bedroom was so cold.

Okay, I'll get gardening done... next week. At least I got clothes washed, so I accomplished something today.

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The cover of the Traveller deluxe box: black, with the title and Game Designers Workshop in red, the subtitle Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far Future in white, as well as a distress call in white.

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Technically, of yesterday.

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A novice cleric is caught up in a refugee crisis.

A Long and Speaking Silence (Singing Hills, volume 7) by Nghi Vo

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The first 12 volumes of the Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, the guides for the Traveller tabletop science fiction roleplaying game from Mongoose Publishing.

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