fic (reposted): Suite (TDIR)

Originally posted to my RL journal back in June 2004.


Title: Suite
Characters: Paul, Bran, Will, and Lord Peter Wimsey's great-niece.
Rating: PG
Genres: Hurt/comfort, established relationship (Paul/Bran), futurefic, Set twenty years after Silver on the Tree.


( Chapter 1: Warmup )

( Chapter 2: Not Quite in Tune )

( Chapter 3: Tri )

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Notes: “didgd” – short for “Dw i’n dy garu di” (“I love you” in Welsh)
"Tri" = "three"

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Dear Subconscious:

For fuck's sake, no more screaming nightmares this year, ok? The BYM needs his sleep and I prefer insomnia.

Cheers,
me

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Yesterday was a good day, in spite of managing only three lines of writing. Sang in three services, and Rev. Gail was in excellent form in her storytelling and preaching (on Martin Luther King, Jr., his original reluctance to lead the Montgomery bus boycott, and the deepening of his relationship with God as he coped with 30-40 death threats per day). The guest minister from Corinthian Baptist also spoke at length about reluctant leaders -- King, Naomi, Esther, Gideon, Moses, and Jesus himself, all of whom he depicted as having moments when they shrank back from the tasks God assigned to them.

I also like the changes Rev. Gail's been making, particularly to the benedictions: instead of saying "Go in peace," she's taken to saying, "The service is over; let the service begin." I'm thinking of combining that with "go in peace" for the services I lead at UUCC.

Also made chicken salad sandwiches for lunch and udon for dinner. Took the rest of the mandelbrot to the MLK service reception; next, taiglach (a kind of honey-ginger-pecan cookie).

Writing goals this week:

finish three poems for critique

finish batch of poems for Scifaikuest

revise four-six poems and get them into the mail

next 1000 words of a gift-fic

fifteen-minute sermon for upcoming UUCC service: "Who is the 'Who' in 'Whoever We Are'"? The publicity blurb:

One of the most beloved hymns among Unitarian Universalists is "Come, Come, Whoever You Are." While our congregations enjoy a hard-earned, well-deserved reputation for welcoming wanderers and worshippers alike, Unitarian Universalists must also grapple with such issues as the myth that "people can believe anything they want as UUs," the tensions that exist between different groups within our denomination, and the challenge of being inclusive without becoming insipid. In this service, we'll examine some of these issues and consider how to reconcile them with our collective spiritual goals.

I do want to get back on track with the 365-drafts-this-year project, but I think it needs to be shelved for the rest of this month (I'll do doubles in February or March, mayhap). I like challenging myself, but actual deadlines come first. :-/

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Happy birthday, agincourtgirl! Enjoy the sushi and goat cheese, and may there be many sunny days and scholarly triumphs in your future!

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The Tennessean's write-up of yesterday afternoon's MLK service.

recs

Splendid rant by Untitled!Draco. You don't have to have followed the game for it to make sense. (On the other hand, if you're not following the game, you're missing some entertainingly vicious explosions of temper. Bill to Zach: "All those jokes they make about sodding Hufflepuffs being stupid as a skrewt's behind are bloody true, aren't they?")

On the sweeter side, over at worlds_collide, there's a vivid Tonks and Ginny illustration that knocks my socks off.

During last night's stretch of Not Getting Things Done, I did get caught up in two of Arsenic Jade's newer stories, "Real World Experience" (SS/RL/HG) and "Rule of Law" (SS/HG and others). I've just realized that I have a definite kink for Overprotective!Severus (especially when it's in tandem with Undercommunicative!Severus), and that's the Severus of "Real." (I also like the glimpse of Severus and Remus together: "Despite the business-like efficiency of his tone, Severus' fingers were curled delicately over Remus' robes, and Zev could see the movement of muscle that told him Severus was sweeping his thumbs up and down in a calming motion.") As for "Rule of Law," it's long and plotty, and there's a bit of sex and heaps of snark, with Hermione giving as good as she gets...