I had some henna art done Friday at a fundraiser, and got several compliments in the office yesterday even though the design is starting to fade a bit.

This morning I started following author Catherynne M. Valente on Twitter.
I reviewed her wonderfully bizarre YA fantasy novel The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making in the Magazine last year, then ran out and read her grown-up book Palimpsest, so I’m really looking forward to her tweets. After seeing her profile picture, though, I have profound henna envy.



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