FIC: Torchwood (drabble) - "Heat"

Title: Heat
Characters: Jack/Ianto
Challenge: tw100 Heatwave
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Cross-posted to my LJ and tw100.

( Heat )

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Any Dream Will Do: Week 9...

I watched last week's Any Dream Will Do while exercising this morning. I'm only seven days behind, that isn't too bad. I enjoyed it more than ever, and not just the John Barrowman moments - though they are superb. I liked the Josh Groban moments, too!

( Commentary on the Josephs... )

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Carleton Place and the Book Gallery...

For the past few years, every year at about this time I go with a bunch of friends to visit The Book Gallery, a second-hand bookshop in Carleton Place - a little town not far from Ottawa.

The place is crowded with books of all types, and I often find books I can't find in Ottawa. I had a list - including Paul Cornell's Human Nature and P.C Hodgell's Seeker's Mask. Didn't find them, but I found a lot of what I was looking for. ( I got... )

It was fun book-browsing in this rambling old brick house while a thunderstorm raged outside. Afterwards, when it had cleared up a little, we went to Tim Horton's for coffee, and then to "The Mill at Ashton", a pub with delicious food. I had their special of the day: shepherd's pie with caesar salad and cream of celery soup. The soup was homemade and it was delicious.

We walked a little in the village of Ashton. Beautiful blue and purple irises. Many birds. Mist rising on the Jock River. A lovely evening... okay, there were also mosquitoes: so it goes.