At Sirens, in Vail, Colorado, I learned how to wear chain mail and intimidate people. AARRRR! I WILL CRUSH YOU!!!

Thanks to Artemis for the photo :o)

Moving on, at stop three in the tour — Seattle — my dear friend, secret codename: T. Lovely R., took me to meet the Troll Who Lives Under the Bridge.

A tip to anyone going on tour: It will boost your morale if around stop nine you can arrange to wake up to the following:

And then it helps to bring thousands of family members to your bookstore events. Here are secret codename: Cordelia, secret codename: Apocalyptica, me, our mother, our father, and Cordelia’s daughters, secret codenames: Phoenix and Isis! Joe, sorry you couldn’t be there, but hope you enjoyed the brief man-cation. This photo was taken at The Bookmark in Atlantic Beach, Florida — thanks, Rona!

Here’s one more photo. Just in case I haven’t gotten my point across.

I’m trying to exercise restraint on the blog when it comes to photos of the twins. Really. Have you looked at this post recently?

:o)

So. Just a few images from my trip. It’s lovely to be home.

What are you reading these days? I’ve embarked on a spate of rereading, starting with A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. I might move on to The Princess Bride next, and Beauty by Robin McKinley. I’ve got my eye on Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (the Tiina Nunnally translation), but at 1400 pages, that’s going to take some commitment. Anyone out there doing any good rereading?