I'm back!

[ellenkushner]

Had a grand old time at Arisia this weekend.  All my fans seem to be amazingly well-dressed!  If you were one of them, say Hi - or better yet, post a photo.  Friday night's "town meeting" for Interstitial Arts Foundation was full of people with wonderful ideas, which were seriously discussed by the IAF board on Sunday at our all-day meeting (which none of us would have survived without the spectacular hosting - and baking - of Wendy Ellertson & her husband, Jon). Crammed in a few sightings of old local friends, as well:  particularly enjoyed putting on Unicorn hood & prancing with young Ursula Link Grant (who enjoyed bopping the unicorn on the nose) . . . and visiting Laurie Marks & Deb Mensinger.  Oh, my.  Deb is out of the hospital, recuperating at home from her Jan. 5 Liver Transplant. Her brother was a donor - and his ability to fly back & forth for testing and its various expenses was due entirely to YOU, my dears! It really is like a fairy tale:  for the first time in over 12 years, Deb is free of porphyria symptoms.  She's lucid and clear-minded (if unnaturally cheerful - hey, they give you plenty of painkillers when they've cut you open like that: I got to see the humongous scar, with the staples still in) . . . . I do hope that she makes a full recovery, and that Laurie can stop being her devoted nurse and go back to writing novels soon!

A lovely ride home on Amtrak, and then today I collapsed utterly.  Funny:  I thought I was made of stronger stuff.  But, as Delia says, it's what comes of having no Dimmer Switch.

Comments

Delia's comment

[(Anonymous)]

"No dimmer switch". . .is a perfect description of you and several other friends of mine. I play to use it, with attribution.

--Jane (Yolen)

Re: Delia's comment

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

With attribution - of course! Delia noticed long ago that I have an ON switch and an OFF switch (which people who don't live with me don't usually see) . . . but no dimmer. I wonder if I'll find one before I'm 80?