Excuse my language but,

F*CK F*CK F*CK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I just opened my computer about a half hour ago, and it's has completely wiped itself.
Or factory reset itself, or whatever you want to call it.

EVERYTHING, well almost everything, is gone on it.
It still acknowledges that I have Norton on the computer and it showed my "name" on the computer,
and one or two passwords showed when logging onto something, but EVERYTHING else is gone.
All my pictures. All my bookmarks.
EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am beyond pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was just coming back from an hour's walk early this morning, all sweaty and with my hair frizzing all over the place, when I met my across-the-cul de sac neighbour walking her dog. She told me I was looking amazing; I said I guessed it was the early morning humidity giving me a glow.

Today I've made a large batch of tomato sauce for pasta in the slow cooker, enough to last for almost two weeks if that's all I eat for dinners. If I have to cook, that's the way to do it as far as I'm concerned.

I'm expecting to have to turn on the a/c soon, but so far I've avoided it by using a fan when I start to feel a bit too warm. I've just now moved a couple of fans into strategic positions, ready for action. The nights are still relatively cool so I can cool the house somewhat by opening all the windows in the early morning. The time will come when that won't work because the nights will be too warm, but not yet.

The sudden warmer weather has also inspired me to finally pack away the last of my winter clothes and take out my summer ones. At the same time, I forced myself to separate out some clothes I've had for years (decades in some cases) and don't wear anymore, and put them into a bag to go to Goodwill. I figure that since it's still some months until I'll be moving, I can chip away very gradually at sorting and disposing of things.

I ordered and received a bundle of small sturdy packing boxes for books a couple of days ago and I've been filling one every day with books to go to Friends of the Library for donation. Even working on just one box a day is rather emotionally taxing, I'm finding. I'd rather not have to get rid of any of the books in the house except a very few that don't interest me at all, but I'm making myself dispose of others that, although I enjoyed them, I'm pretty sure I'll never get around to reading again.

Today I get to send out...

*~*~*~*~*GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES*~*~*~*~*

To a very special preson, my future husband...





I hope he has an extra special day.

10. If today was the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today? I don't see why not, but I'd be extremely disappointed if I had to spend the day away from any of my family.

11. If today was the last day of your life, who would you call and what would you tell them? I would call my daughters and tell them I love them and I'm proud of them.

(I can't say I'm a fan of questions that start with "If today was the last day of your life…" It's too much of a reminder of how little time I've got left compared to how much I've already had.)

12. Who do you dream about? I don't normally dream about people, even people I know. although I have had a couple of dreams about S. Generally if people appear in my dreams they are strangers.

My morning started off well enough; I woke up a couple of minutes before my alarm and was able to go for a good walk just after 6 am, while it was still pleasantly cool outside. Things went slightly off the rails while I was getting my breakfast ready though. I'm not sure exactly how it happened (I think I turned around too quickly) but I knocked over my cup of tea just as I was about to spread marmalade on my toast, and the hot tea spilled right onto the front of my right thigh. Luckily the tea wasn't quite still at boiling temperature, but I hadn't yet added milk so it was quite hot. I stepped out of my wet shorts as quickly as I could and then got into the bath and ran cold water over the leg for a while before going back to the kitchen to deal with the mess.

I was eventually able to make myself another cup of tea and warm up my toast, but breakfast wasn't as enjoyable as it might have been. My leg was quite painful for a couple of hours but it's feeling much better now. The burns are still very red but there doesn't appear to be any blistering. I was afraid it would be much worse than this.

Accidents like this are one reason why I'm nervous about living alone. I'll be relieved to be closer to my daughter in due time.

Gay Trivia.....


In 2012 which country's senate unanimously
approved the "Gender Law", praised by the UN
and World Heath Organization as one of the
most comprehensive transgender rights laws?

A: France
B: Denmark
C: Sweden
D: Argentina


( Da Answer )

It's another pretty day, but very humid. I went for a run before 7 and came back drenched in sweat. (Of course that's normal for this time of year.) I was woken up around 11 pm by extremely heavy rain, but it didn't last very long and as far as I could tell it didn't rain at all after that.

I keep thinking I should do something different instead of keeping more or less to the same routine and the same pursuits every day, but I don't want to do things alone. One of my sisters is travelling in Australia with a caravan (with her husband) for a minimum of two years (they've been travelling for almost a year already), another sister and her husband are on a short road trip in Canada right now, and a third sister and her husband have just returned home from a six week hiking trip with their caravan in another state. (She hiked, her husband was backup with the car and caravan.) I am so envious of all of them because they still have someone to share travel adventures with.

Because this needs to be said.....

The States of America no longer have a free and independent Press.
Our Press is now run by our dictator...

Terry Moran Terminated from ABC After X Post Criticizing Trump Administration

The former ABC News reporter referred to the president as "a world-class hater"

By Angel Saunders


https://people.com/terry-moran-terminated-abc-x-post-criticizing-trump-president-11752244?hid=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&did=18087003-20250611&utm_source=ppl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ppl-news_newsletter&utm_content=061125&lctg=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&lr_input=758ad690760192cf49795c3f52223721cac5324e3e862e41c5d4db73a4d43f32&utm_term=AM

Posting here because I haven't in years, and I struggle to find people who share even one or two interests with me, so the suggested template doesn't fit me any better than most things. I'll use what I can of it, and I apologise for being very rambly. :)

Name: sweetsorcery

Age: well over 18

I mostly post about: Writing, Fandom Events (Exchanges, Challenges, etc.), Life and Health Challenges. After that, it gets murky, because I often want to post about the many, many things that interest me and then just talk to myself about them instead, because my tastes couldn't be less mainstream.

What are these interests: Writing M/M (see fandoms), Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories/Horror/Weird Fiction, Golden Age Adventure Stories, Audiobooks and Vintage Radioplays, WWI and WWII (specifically British Military History, Aviation, and Naval warfare), British Social History from the Victorians through to the middle of the 20th Century, Ancient History, Art (esp. Romanticism, Neoclassicism and Surrealism) and Architecture (esp. Art Deco, Tudor, Jacobean), Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, Paganism, Spirituality, Reincarnation, Mythology, Folklore, Parapsychology, Taoism, British Dance Bands from the 1920s - 1940s, Baroque Music (incl. Opera very selectively), Romantic Era Music, Pop from the 1950s - 1980s, Dancing (sadly mostly passive these days), Romantic Poetry, Old Movies (I say 'old' instead of 'classic' to avoid confusion, because again, my favourites are pretty obscure to most people and include a lot of War Movies), Silent Movies, Age of Sail, etc.

My fandoms have been many over time, but these are the ones I'm most likely to read/write now and in future: Biggles - W E Johns, Famous Five - Enid Blyton, Vienna Blood (still on my first run-through of the TV series, but loving it), Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson, Vintage Ghost Stories (I keep adding to the list of inspiring ones to write about), Vintage War Movies (ditto), 18th and 19th Century RPF, Ancient Egypt RPF

I'm looking to meet people who: share one or more of my eclectic interests

My posting schedule tends to be: What is a schedule?

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: You might assume from my old-fashioned interests that I'm rather conservative. Nope, not unless it comes to wishing people were still polite and well-spoken. Think of me as a kind of Ariadne Oliver type... and if that means anything to you, we might get along well. ;)
While I don't post or read about Politics if I can possibly help it, please keep on your side of the enclosure if you're homophobic, transphobic, racist, ableist, anti-science, anti-personal freedom, supportive of fascist regimes, or prone to diving down conspiracy theory rabbit holes. If you don't believe in the motto "Live and Let Live", we won't get along; that extends to writing too, because while I don't write anything needing AO3 archive warnings, you'll regularly find themes and pairings in my writing that offend conservatives and antis. Also, you must be over 18 too - I don't censor my writing or my posts.

Before adding me, you should know: I'm a Pisces with a Scorpio ascendant, and an INFP, so I'm consistently spinning day dreams and easily distracted. I avoid conflict, but I have claws/pincers for emergencies. I'm agoraphobic and aegosexual.
I have CPTSD and Fibromyalgia, and I do talk about that. I mention this because it's cost me "friends" before, so if you easily get sick and tired of people whose daily life mostly consists of being sick and tired, and who sometimes need to vent their grief about that in their own journal, you might like to avoid me. It's unfortunately part of who I am, but I promise, I don't post detailed medical horrors. If I do post about it, it's usually as an apology for disappearing for a while and under a cut.
I sparingly use generative AI art to help me visualise literary characters of whom no proper visuals exist, but I don't use AI in writing. I don't claim AI art as my own, and fandom icons are about the most public use I make of it; if you're going to lecture me on that, please just move on.
I get hyper-fixated and will post about my fixations at length with the least amount of encouragement.

From inside looking out you'd think it's a perfect day: clear and sunny, but looks can be deceiving because it's much warmer out there than I like. No doubt many people are enjoying this weather though.

I've occasionally been buying frozen meals from the supermarket lately (instead of subscribing to a meal delivery service); I intersperse these with meals I've cooked myself from scratch just so that I don't have to cook so often. Most of them have been good (better than most of the meal delivery service meals) but one or two have been "nope, never again". I can't help wondering how nutritious these meals might be. They sound good according to their lists of ingredients (no unpronounceable chemicals) so I'm hoping for the best. A few days ago I bought a "family sized" meal which says it has three and a half servings, but I divided it into three servings and the servings weren't all that big. And why would you make three and a half servings anyway? Why not four, or just three?

The Dark Touch by Beth Ross was excellent! In the United Republic of Britain, Nova finds out that witches are not extinct and that she is one of them.

This contemporary novel mixes an alternate history, urban fantasy and some elements of activism (women's rights, including abortion, and queer rights). A large tapestry of characters are introduced little by little, making it relatively easy to learn who's who. There's no cliffhanger, but I'm looking forward to the sequel.

Nova has a bi awakening at 23 (same!), there are sapphic characters of various orientations and there's major f/f. Abigail is on the autism spectrum.

You are important and you are loved.....