Book completed

Shards of Honor, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Vorkosigan Saga #1. Re-read. I've only read the Vorkosigan books once before, so it's a pleasure to begin them again. Cordelia Naismith is the captain of a small survey ship from Beta Colony, a socially permissive, high-tech society on a harsh world. She finds herself marooned on a beautiful wild planet with Aral Vorkosigan, an honorable aristocrat from Barrayar, a planet that was cut off from humanity for a few centuries that regressed - imagine Tolstoy's Russia with some futuristic technology. They discover they make a good team, but there are all sorts of military and political complications that must be overcome before they can get together (not to mention that eventually Cordelia has to escape from Beta to avoid all the psychiatric treatment they intend to subject her to, as part of her need to recover from non-existent trauma). On to the next one!

New Year's Eve

Today was quite foggy - fine for driving at neighborhood speeds, but still very interesting to look at, especially when we went to DG and AA's more wooded neighborhood. We finally took a large bookcase over there for AA's storage use, then we visited a while and looked at their latest decorations and art. Later in the day, D went off to a party with friends, and J and I made fondue. I ate mine with granny smith apple slices and sourdough bread, and he had that plus some summer sausage. After that he napped for hours and I snuggled up on the couch with a book and sometimes Azalyn.