Sasha Distan

you have to do something fun. And also, from experience with dieting and other stuff, what you weigh, and your amount of muscle tone, does not dictate your health. get fit, get healthy (I got a horse and haul hay, but it doesn't mean I'm ripped like Carlos up there) but don't get sucked in to the thinking that looking good and being happy are ever the same thing. Also, I was totally the sit inside and read a book kid too.

that was very nicely put. you have quite a lot of faith in this kid!

Why does the kid like so many sports I barely understand? I swear my characters are out to get me. You've got the balance of parenting about right there I think. Ishca is going to be a natural, he feels everything and can anticipate a lot too. Aki is proud, because already he feels that bond, though whether Hel feels it is debatable.

school brings problems as well as solutions. Let's hope they balance out.

that about hits the nail on the head! Being an empath is a strange thing, so even before Aki fully forms the thought, and communicates it, a hint of it will reach Ishca, usually without his knowing. It does make it hard for an empath to distinguish his own emotions though.

James has many fine qualities, especially as far as Peter is concerned!

The universe is out to do something to Aki, that's for sure!

the ceramics world around here is WAY bigger than you might think. Unless they make objects in similar research fields or belong to any of the same magazines/firing groups, they've probably never heard of each other.but maybe he can do something good for Aki one of these days.

I reserve the right to never answer any questions!Parents share secrets all the time right? Poor Hel, he won't be happy when he finds how just how much of his mind Ishca can read.

Ig is Ishca's brother, in a very real flesh and blood sense of the word, and an empath, but not a haptic.Whether or not Ig is really THERE when Ishca sees him, that is the real question. also 'Ig' is short of Ignatius. I'm more than 'a bit' concerned about Hel, this is a lot for him to get on with.

thank you Gary!they are all benefiting nicely right now... does that mean it's time for me to make someone cry?

the evolution of an empath is always pretty fascinating!

the evolution of an empath is always pretty fascinating!

Aki still isn't used to having regular parent moments, let alone the one that leave even regular parents quaking in their boots!

Seconded. Completely and absolutely.

I'm so proud of you guys.

haha! all the telephone lines are provided by BT, they have a monopoly, and it was the line we were waiting for.

Grey - english Gray - american simple. pick one, stick with it.

bog standard Microsoft Office Word 2010 (the newest one). All other "programs for writers" just seem like really good procrastination tools built to hand people excuses in my opinion.

Happy Birthday Thorn!!!

I really thought you guys were having chapter updates while I was away, but sadly no. you got another one today though, in celebration of re-internet connectivity.

...and then I ran out of likes! Thank you all so much! I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends, fans, and family. Many thousand kisses xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo I spent my birthday not sleeping (at that point there were no curtains hanging up in our bedroom and I cannot sleep without blackout curtains), arranging all our books (apart from Cris's very technical programming manuals), and then being cold (because apparently we moved house and spring bypassed summer and went right to November weather). For other good news, y'all can go check my blog in about half an hour once I post a general update. Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes xxx

So I've not been about. This is not my fault. 1) our internet got cut off 5 days before we moved 2) we moved house 3) school blocked GA from all school computers 4) despite having moved in on the 2nd May, our internet didn't get connected until TODAY! Normal people are irrational and grumpy without the web, so can you imagine what my life has been like living with a first-class grade-a bona-fide geek-nerd and programmer without internet? He's been in hell. Oh goody. The house is bliss, and very nearly perfect. I've painted the front door John Deere green, then we had 2 solid days without water when the water main under the A22 snapped, flooded the road and left 10,00 homes without any running water (makes a mockery of finally owning more than one toilet when you can't use any of them), I bought a chicken coop, which I need to convert before the chickens arrive this weekend. I'm not even close to being fully set up in the kitchen yet! And then there's Dashi. Follow me if you will. My riding buddy Clare has a son called Dylan. Dylan's best friend Charlie (always known as Weller) has a beautiful long haired lurcher called Kelly. Kelly is his gun and running dog, which for the uninitiated does not mean she goes running with him. Kelly hunts for him, because a lurcher is fast enough to catch a rabbit which hasn't been shot. In Ireland they use Greyhounds and lurchers in hare coursing, a sport in which the hare is now given a head start because otherwise the dogs win too often. Kelly is a good hunter, and Weller eats a lot of rabbit (he's also a cracking good shot - through the eye socket with an air rifle and practices on 5p pieces at 200 yards). A lurcher is not a specific breed, but a mix of sighthounds and other working dogs. Kelly has greyhound, whippet, and Beddlington terrier in her background, which makes for wonderful robust health and very fast dogs. And Kelly had puppies. The sire is a lovely boy, also fawn coloured, with collie, greyhound and other stuff in his genetic make up, and I have also met the grandsire and the bitch's sister, who are all owned by Weller's family and his parents-in-law. The puppies are 4 weeks old today, and as of last friday, one of them is mine. Obviously Dashi isn't home with us yet, because he's only little, and unlike his brother's and sister, he is black, tan and white, with orange eyebrow spots and little white paws. I love him into tiny pieces already. I've waited so long for my pup; he's going to be perfect. and yes, I'm going to train him to do what his mother does so well, and be a loving, loyal family pet who kills rabbits for us to eat. Pictures of little Dashi are on my twitter @sashadistan because GA and image hosting no longer seems to be such a useful thing.

“So the new body of work will be ready on Monday.” “I want exclusive previews before the show opens,” the client flicked open and checked his phone, “Sunday night. You’ll be there right?” “Of course,” Ishca gave the man his best winning smile. “We’ll expect your car.” “Always a pleasure.” Ishca watched the man in the slick suit leave, and as the town car pulled away, turned around to see the gathered artists lingering in the doorway behind him in a variety of paint, clay, and oil spattered c

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