• Album review: Errance, by Bon Debarras

    I give an awful lot of fangirling time to Le Vent du Nord, De Temps Antan, and the Charbonniers, it’s true–but there is a lot more to be found in the genre of Quebecois trad, and I’ve got quite a few other groups represented in my collection at this point. One of these is Bon…

  • The entire Victoria trip, part 2: Saturday

    The entire Victoria trip, part 2: Saturday

    This being the writeup + photos post for what Dara and I did in Victoria earlier this month, on Saturday the 5th! Aside from going to see Le Vent du Nord, that is, which of course I covered already. 😀 The previous post of this set, for Friday the 5th, is here!

  • The entire Victoria trip, part 1: Friday

    The entire Victoria trip, part 1: Friday

    I already went on at considerable length about the general awesomeness of seeing Le Vent du Nord perform at Hermann’s Jazz Club. And of course, y’all also know about my newly christened mammoth! But I’ve been reminded that I did not in fact give you a proper writeup of the weekend as a whole. And…

  • In which Anna has something to say about breast cancer

    In which Anna has something to say about breast cancer

    Because another of these appears to be going around Facebook again, Internets, it’s time for me to do another post on the topic of “Please Leave Anna Out of These Status Update Games”. Somebody just tried to loop me into one of these again. I’ve already privately PMed her about that, and this post is…

  • New Valor of the Healer giveaway starting RIGHT NOW!

    New Valor of the Healer giveaway starting RIGHT NOW!

    The fine folks at Carina Press are promoting me today, with some tweets and Facebook posts going up! The first of the promo tweets just went up a little while ago, and it should surprise exactly NONE OF YOU that this is what it says: Now, this is all very well and lovely (and in…

  • Le Vent du Nord at Hermann's Jazz Club, Victoria BC, 4/6/2013

    Le Vent du Nord at Hermann's Jazz Club, Victoria BC, 4/6/2013

    I made absolutely no secret of how crushed I was, Internets, when I missed Le Vent du Nord’s Oregon show this past November. And I was quite disappointed as well when the symphony show in Vancouver was cancelled. But tonight, I am thrilled to report that the show at Hermann’s Jazz Club in Victoria, BC,…

  • The challenge before you: name this mammoth!

    The challenge before you: name this mammoth!

    I will be doing a full weekend report when I get back to an actual keyboard, but for the time being I must report that Dara and I did in fact make it to the Royal BC museum in downtown Victoria. We did not do it nearly enough justice, considering how little time we spent…

  • Le Vent du Nord Plan B is GO

    Le Vent du Nord Plan B is GO

    Because I am damn well going to see some Le Vent du Nord SOMEWHERE this coming weekend, I have now enacted Plan B: going to the Victoria show on Saturday night! Advantages to this plan: Dara is coming with me so I’ll have oodles more fun anyway Dara and I have never been to Victoria…

  • No Le Vent du Nord symphony show after all :(

    No Le Vent du Nord symphony show after all 🙁

    Y’know, there’s NEVER a good time to find out that your current favorite band has just had the show you were aiming for cancelled out from under them. But “while you are at a science fiction convention trying to a) promote your work and b) assist with the music programming and c) HAVE FUN” is…

  • Blogging at Here Be Magic today!

    Blogging at Here Be Magic today!

    Hey folks! Surfacing from Norwescon long enough to report that my very first contribution to the Here Be Magic blog has gone up today! I’m being relaxed and groovy, and talking a bit about Valor of the Healer as well as Faerie Blood, and mentioning a few of the ways I’m shooting for equality and…