Ursula Vernon

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ithilienne:

If you’ve never driven across Montana, it does this thing where – the sky in Montana is gigantic, they call it ‘Big Sky Country’ and that’s not just advertising – and there’s mountains in the distance and you think that you’re going to get to them but then you don’t, and you realize you are going to spend the night in Montana and then you drive and drive and the mountains never get any closer and never get any closer and then, holy shit i’m in the mountains! And it’s kind of like turning 30 in that regard.

ursulavernon, as quoted in Kevin and Ursula Eat Cheap, Episode 89 “I Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Ramen” (the story then devolves into what happens when you’re traveling to college and find yourself at the small town’s singular restaurant on a Sunday morning after church)

 

tkingfisher:

Yes. I do a weekly podcast where my husband and I eat prepackaged food and get inebriated. For some reason, otherwise sensible people listen. (Also a very short one called the Hidden Almanac, but that’s weird alternate history and only five minutes long.)

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fuckyeahursulavernon:

The guinea pig is not known as a smart or reliable steed, nor even a terribly fast one, although they can put on a good scrambling turn of speed when panicked (often into walls, while uttering a frantic “WHEEP! WHEEP!” as they go.) But they’re cute and good-natured and exceedingly docile, and they utter a charming purr when happy, so people insist on thinking they’re a good mount for the elderly and infirm. This has led to the regrettably common sight in many cities—first the distant piercing “WHEEP! WHEEP!” and the thin screams of the invalid tied to it, then the scrabbling gallop of the frightened saddle guinea, then at last, it comes into view, a panicky cavy charging through the streets, bowling over the populace, flailing senior in the saddle hauling uselessly on the ears (they’re steered by the ears, but not well) causing havoc, knocking over melon carts and market stalls, before at last the whoops of terror fade into the distance, another guinea hit-and-run come and gone. – Ursula Vernon

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Toad Words

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{{Title link: technically https://carawj.tumblr.com/post/90052367351/toad-words, but an (as of 2019-07-16) more functional version is http://www.redwombatstudio.com/2014/06/26/toad-words/ }}

bakafox:

ursulavernon:

Frogs fall out of my mouth when I talk. Toads, too.

It used to be a problem.

There was an incident when I was young and cross and fed up parental expectations. My sister, who is the Good One, has gold fall from her lips, and since I could not be her, I had…

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Jackalope Wives

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mls-classics:

1crowlaughing:

It was uncanny, sure, but they never did anybody any harm. Grandma Harken, who lived down past the well, said that the jackalopes were the daughters of the rain and driving them off would bring on the drought. People said they didn’t believe a word of it, but when you live in a desert, you don’t take chances.

Oh, I love this.  Hey everybody: go read this.

Hello, yes, good.

A tad body-horror-ish, but yes.

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#this fic #it is an awesome fic #go #bask in the wonders of Ursula Vernon #(I really should read Digger sometime) #(first people told me Digger was awesome) #(and I said ‘okay good to know’) #(and put it into the Infinite Pile of To-Be-Read) #(*then* I met Ursula Vernon) #(and found that she was awesome) #(*then* I learned she wrote Digger)