Yes, that is a typo, but it looked so cute I had to leave it. I suppose that means I should include a cute mouse story, no? We did find a mouse (our first in three years, thankfully) in our old creaky house a week or so ago. It terrified our dog Charlie so much (I think it was the way it stood absolutely still despite the fact that it was a fraction of his size) that he hid upstairs for the rest of the night, even after Bob relocated the mouse to the back of our yard. Charlie is still somewhat suspicious of the corner where he discovered the tiny monster though.

And now here are a number of random, un-mice-related but cool-to-me links to share:

• Looking for YA/MG Science Fiction? Ms. Yingling Reads has a great big list here, including a whole bunch I had never heard of!
• Via Charlotte’s Library, here’s a thought-provoking article by author Katherine Langrish on Fairytale Heroines, and why they may not be the spineless wimps some of us think they are, if we go back to the original source material rather than considering only the damsel-in-distress/princess archetype.
• Speaking of damsels, I love that there is a costume maker out there who markets under the name Damsel in this Dress. I am especially fond of the Pirate Coat.
• Physicists have achieved quantum teleportation over a distance of 10 miles. Neat! I also learned that “spukhafte Fernwirkung” means “spooky action at a distance” (what Einstein called the quantum entanglement that makes the teleportation possible. Although apparently he didn’t support the idea).

On a more writerly note, I’m taking a break from my WIP this weekend. I feel as if I’ve lost my perspective a bit, and need to step away. Or possibly I am lazy. But I will go with Meaningful Writing Perspective for now. I’m hoping to spend the long weekend (Monday is Memorial day in the US) doing a bunch of reading, since I’ve just gotten a stack of ILL books from the library (and I still have three shelves of to-read books at home!).