Heh. Yeah, I noticed the brain-like terminology used for lichens (though trust me, medulla and cortex are about it - other than that, you have apothecia and soredia and isidia to worry about).

I wonder if there are Zombie Reindeer somewhere staggering around going "Lichens! Lichens!"

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Trying to get prepared for traveling. As far as I can determine, the "bus bridge" I suffered through back in March is gone and the trains are actually running. So I'm going to operate under that assumption.

I need to wind off the rest of the Second Time Cotton - I've decided to take the SitCom Chic and work on it - I just need to find the short circular I use for the sleeves. I'm also taking the socks-in-various-stages-of-completion as well as some yarn for yet-unstarted socks (a very pretty pink and white blend - "Sonatina" - of the handpainted-style Wildfoote. I'm going to use a slipped-stitch pattern with this).

Also thinking about books. I hit the local paperback exchange (this is not the wonderful used-book shop in Denison) to see if they had any good mysteries. NO M.C. Beaton. NO Ngaio Marsh. NO Marjory Allingham. NO P.D. James. NO Rex Stout, though I think I own just about every mystery he wrote already. LOTS of John Grisham. (I'm not a fan). So I'm going to dig through what I have and figure out what to take from what I already possess and haven't read yet.