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Ponderings from author Rene Astle (or her urban fantasy pen name C. Rene Astle)
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- Sep 15, 2026
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Beans, journeys, and a bundle of books (opens the original)
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I continue to draft the next novel in between harvesting all the beans things from the garden allotment. I do grow more than beans, and I might have less beans that usual this year — they had a slow start. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="388.
Speaking of bees... (opens the original)
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I keep meaning take a photo of the garden allotment but I also keep forgetting. Despite the work involved, I love the allotment — hanging out with the plants and chatting with the bees. Well, okay, telling them how cute they are. Since I keep forgetting, here’s a hydrangea from the local botanical garden. Unfortunately, my camera didn’t pick up how blue it actually was. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FqEz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progress
Midsummer musings (opens the original)
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I was supposed to send this out yesterday. I blame the fact that I’m on vacation from the Day Job. Next time, I’ll blame the Day Job. When this goes out I should be exploring an island national park near where I live.Writing updateThe last week has been a bit busy for some reason, so progress has slowed a bit on the next book, but progress is still being made. There’s a murder involved, so I need to do a bit of research on what that looks like. It’s still sci-fi so I don’t have to be exact but I
A mini migraine update (opens the original)
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This is going to be a mini update because I’m fighting a mini migraine. I can function, depending on your definition of function, but it feels like I have one of those Egyptian tools to pull the mummy’s brains out up the one side of my head. Does anyone else get that or something similar? I have the fancy meds but they’re not always enough. I had the ice on the head earlier. I have a migraine toque, which is a toque I tried make for myself but it’s too small so it applies pressure … now that I t
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