tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-05:2851756cyanmnemosynecyanmnemosynecyanmnemosyne2020-11-26T05:12:15Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-05:2851756:16451Santa letter received!2020-11-26T05:12:15Z2020-11-26T05:12:15Zcheerfulpublic10A couple of days ago I went on a rather overdue walk to my mailbox (somehow despite being home pretty much all day, every day in These Times, I keep forgetting to go check my mail on a regular basis…) to discover two exciting things: <br /><br />A Costco delivery that I had written off as lost because I expected it to be in a comically sized box on my doorstep instead of in a padded envelope wedged into my (rather small) mailbox, AND, more importantly: <br /><br /><img src="https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cyanshadow/12880941/25829/25829_900.png" alt="A picture of a letter written in rainbow ink on fancy stationary, with a picture of a beautiful woman holding a globe lantern by Stephanie Law in the lower left, and overlaid by a black card with five pins on it." /><br /><br />A lovely letter from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://ambyr.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ambyr.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ambyr</b></a></span> !! With delightfully over-the-top stationary, quite nice penmanship, and rainbow text, which I agree was an excellent touch. :D <br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://cyanmnemosyne.dreamwidth.org/16451.html#cutid1">More squeeing, at length</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />And in case this long bulletpointed letter-in-LJ-post-format hasn’t made it clear, thank you so much <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://ambyr.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ambyr.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ambyr</b></a></span> for such a lovely and thoughtful letter! I very much look forward to trying the things you’ve suggested, and I hope you have as lovely an experience in this letter exchange as you’ve given me. <3<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cyanmnemosyne&ditemid=16451" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-05:2851756:15186Silver and Stars2018-10-06T05:06:40Z2018-10-06T17:39:50Zto the beginning, Kalafinadeterminedpublic93<br />A.k.a. the sync-read post for myself and <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://hamsterwoman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://hamsterwoman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>hamsterwoman</b></a></span>, tracking our reactions to <em>Spinning Silver</em>, by Naomi Novik, and possibly later <em>The Calculating Stars </em>and <em>The Fated Sky</em> by Mary Robinette Kowal. <br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cyanmnemosyne&ditemid=15186" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments