Of ferrets & fairy tales

Just a quick note to let everyone know that yes, I'm still here, and yes, we're still alive and working. One of the ferrets (I have pet ferrets and a budgie, or parakeet for my American friends) has been ill, so most of my time has been devoted to vet appointments an anxiously hanging over the cage to check that she's still breathing. Whatever she has--possibly an allergic reaction, swollen salivary glands, or even swollen lymph nodes--appears to be getting better, though she also has a heart murmur, and I feel the need to lift her up and put my ear to her chest several times a day...

More on The Dead Wife coming soon (today, with a little luck), and a bit about my latest endeavour, Les Bonnes Fees, a fairy tale magazine. Finally--I'm in the middle of picking fairy tales to cover for the next month (I'm slowly getting into the habit of being ahead of schedule), so if there's anything you want to see, now's the time to drop me a line. Fairy Tale Fridays have been a bit irregular lately, I know, but they are going to continue--perhaps not every week, but certainly as close to every week as I can manage!

Now, I have a ferret's heartbeat to go listen to...