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Daion Echoes through Transglass: 6-5

8/27/2021

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    Todays 1-week update: no writing time, much busy, and the garage sale last weekend was a blast. We still need to have another garage sale in our own garage because we brought home more things than we wanted to pack back, but we had fun. As a bonus, we made enough to cover school supplies and buy a storage shelf for the "food room" (where the freeze dryer lives).
    This weekend will actually have days off ​and down time. My husband and I are both scheduled for floats. It's been a long time since I was this excited to do nothing! He goes tomorrow night and I go Sunday afternoon. We didn't even have to arrange a sitter! And I have a chiropractor appointment tomorrow morning which will hopefully get rid of the pinched nerve migraine and tingly arm.
    Speaking of feeling ouchy and having a numb hand, feels like it's time to get off the computer. I hope you get to have a good weekend!
Daion Echoes through Transglass by Amanda Flieder
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6-5

Content Warning: This section includes description of a terror attack against a large population, depicting destruction of structures and persons.
        Everyone’s smarts chimed and the report from the latest scheduled sweep showed Shiner had made yet another change in course. This latest change added an additional forty-five minutes to their route. Leo checked the still holo he’d captured and saw that, now, Shiner would arrive only fifteen minutes in advance of what Leo was gaining confidence in being the second pre-InterStel ship.
        “Lastin?” Leo called, lifting the handheld off his lap and setting it aside. “I can’t find anything similar to what you’re thinking are errors. I guess keep making note of it and we’ll see what comes up,” he said. The tone of his voice almost convinced himself he didn’t have a still vid on his smart right now that showed NavCom routing of the ‘error’ following exactly along Dockland’s pre-programmed route here.

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Daion Echoes through Transglass: 6-4

8/20/2021

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Daion Echoes through Transglass by Amanda Flieder
Almost finished Chapter 6... need to catch up? Click the above image to read from the beginning :)
   It was a busy market last weekend, and a lot of fun. Many thanks to the people manning the next table over who introduced me to a delicious dairy-free cheese. Zero risk of personal tummy upset after tasty pizza? Yes, please!
    My sister in Calgary and I arranged a last-minute trip to meet half-way on Tuesday. I packed up the kids and we all had a great time checking out some small town attractions. So thankful for being fully vaccinated and masked. Now for the under-12 vaccine to be released so that knot of worry can untie from my stomach...
    We have a table at a big community garage sale this weekend, so zero writing time this week. Got my fingers crossed for a few hours next week, but will have to see how the days work out. I hope you get to have a great weekend!

6-4

        Relief flowed through the control room. Leo glanced over his shoulder when relieved comments came from what should have been the empty space and hall behind him. He hadn’t realized there were people gathering outside the control room in the hall now that Shiner’s arrival time was approaching. A grin pulled at his lips as he turned back after noting a few heads bowed low over smarts. People were looking up the records to make their own comparisons between Shiner and Dockland. The relief ran thicker as those doing the immediate comparisons shared the quick results of their searches with anyone close to them.
        Mollin stood and walked over to pick up the old handheld, then leaned over NavCom as if sharing looking up something to show Leo. “Why did you say you were still scared if you know Shiner isn’t a threat? Or are you just pretending so all of us who didn’t know would feel better?” Mollin asked in a whisper only Leo could hear.

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Daion Echoes through Transglass: 6-3

8/13/2021

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    The 2-day Trade Market starts tonight for our freeze dried foods business! I'm really nervous and really excited. Mostly I'm just hoping it goes well and we sell a bunch of treats which make people smile. It's been a grind the past few weeks, getting enough stock made up to fill a table and display, but we did it.
    Now to get the last minute stuff sorted out  to be moderately ready with our set-up: spare masks, table sanitizers and covers, shelving and displays, etc., etc., etc.... 
    On the writing side of life, I got keyboard time! My husband and I both hit our respective limits on Tuesday, so he watched a movie and went to bed early and I hoarded all the hours between supper and bedtime for getting stories out of my head. This short story series is full of surprises and I'm loving it! 
    Off and running to get the last things done and packed up. I hope you get to have a great weekend!

Daion Echoes through Transglass by Amanda Flieder
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6-3

        Leo picked up his fork and started eating because – face it squarely – Lissa was right. The group Trevor had volunteered onto was under orders to focus on sealing hulls and ensuring operation of the over distance engines. Component transporters were pressuring completed sections of fleet ships with safe atmosphere from their own systems, and Dockland’s remaining seven lifeboats had all undergone tethering connections being added to their life supports. ​

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Daion Echoes Through Transglass: 6-2

8/6/2021

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    I got my second COVID shot on Wednesday! Yay! Only two weeks to maximum inoculation! I also got the reassurance that my immune system, although having had a bit of a break the past year and a half, is still reared up and ready for action. Thursday's immuno-response was impressive in how dedicated my body was to the cause. I felt like I had mono again. Thankfully I could sleep through most of the day because my kids are old enough they don't need mom. A lot of extra cookies were eaten, but the oldest made sure the youngest also got some fruits and veggies and toast for lunch. Today I'm feeling a lot better, but the sleepy brain fog is lingering so... we'll see how it goes.
    This week has been a little on the "too busy" side, but my husband and I are in the final push to be ready to pedal our freeze dried wares at a trade market next weekend. "Too busy" is to be expected when preparing stock. Any time asked, in my opinion anyway, freeze dried foods prep will beat out fresh foods prep for markets; freeze dried can be prepped weeks in advance :)
    
Aside from food things, over in vinyl and heat transfer decal things (and on a really fun note), a local artist has been working with us to put his graphics onto shirts. It's been amazing to see the creativity, and absolutely awesome to watch our products turn into his first sales. He's been drawing for years, but hadn't ventured into selling his works until a few weeks ago. Now he's got us excited for him and what the coming years will bring. I feel like this will become a story of "oh yeah, he had us put some of his first graphics on shirts a few years ago..." as we look at his latest artwork adorning expensive walls or gracing high profile clothing. ​
Daion Echoes through Transglass by Amanda Flieder
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    (That could be my writer-brain creating fan-fic, and I'm so here for it. His art is really good. I want to see him go places with it.)
    As for my own creativity... it's still buried under 16-hour days alternating between being mom, a food person, and a shirt person. Ideas and plot-hole fixes abound, bouncing around in my brain, but I don't have time at the moment to do anything with them. It's frustrating, but reality dictates a focus on paying bills. Unfortunately that isn't something writing has gotten to a point of doing for me yet. It's still my favorite creative endeavor, however, so hopefully after the trade market I'll have a few hours a week to get back to my keyboard and let these stories out. I hope you get to have a great weekend!

6-2

        Teal moved seats to the empty one in front of P.O.R.A. Her motions on the controls were accompanied with the ticks, beeps and tones everyone working in the below decks control room had gotten used to hearing.
        Leo leaned his elbows onto the edge of the P.D.E.W. console and opened a news page. Head articles were all about Coalition Games now, and he had to scroll down to find anything about the full probe into Senior Coalition. ​

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    AManda FLIEDER

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