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Date Posted: Sun, October 23 2022, 20:10:49
Author: Betsy BFS
Subject: QOTD 10/24/22

Hallooooo to Lallylanders!

It's Monday. If we all wake up and our feet hit the ground, we're ahead of the game.

It's been a very long day, so I'll explain the swearing thing tomorrow. The child is still alive and I won. That's the very abreaviated version.

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The following quote is from 'The Fiery Cross,' by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter two, "Loaves and Fishes." Copyright © 2001, by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


Just beyond was a small open space, not really big enough to be called a clearing, tufted with dead grass and studded with pine saplings. As Fergus and I ducked under the creeper after Jamie, a large woman in homespun whirled toward us, shoulders hunching as she raised as she raised the broken tree limb she clutched in one hand. She saw McGillivray, though, and relaxed fractionally.

"Wer ist das?" she asked suspiciously, eyeing us. Then John Quincy appeared from under the creeper, and she lowered the club, her solidly handsome features relaxing further.

"Ha. Myers! You brung me den Jamie, oder?" She cast me a curious look, but was too busy glancing between Fergus and Jamie to inspect me closely.

"Aye, love, this is Jamie Roy-- Sheumais Mac Dubh." McGillivray hastened to take credit for Jamie's appearance, putting a respectful hand on his sleeve. "My wife, Uta, Mac Dhub. And Mac Dubh's son," he added, waving vaguely at Fergus.

Ute McGillivray looked like a Valkyrie on a starchy diet; tall, very blond, and broadly powerful.

"Your servant, ma'am," Jamie said, bowing.

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[> "Looked like a Valkyrie on a starchy diet." Who but DG would come up with that description??? LOL -- DianaH, Tue, October 25 2022, 11:21:44


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[> [> This could describe my best friend from college. She was 6' tall, strong, bright blue eyes, brilliant (honestly brilliant) and a determined, non- stop physical therapist. Also, very very Scandinavian. She did look like a Valkyrie. She wasn't too bloodthirsty, though. Heartbreakingly, she died in her sleep of a blood clot to her lungs. I am still mourning her, and will forever. -- Betsy BFS, Wed, October 26 2022, 9:23:37


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