I got a taker on the blanket! Two of my three hopes have been realized (plaid and pleasing colors; no yarn that puts on airs). Here’s an approximation of the plan: I grabbed the colors from the swatches online. I would have been happy with that blue-leaning teal, but remember when I said greens don’t […]
If you traveled through the new home page to read this post, you’ve already experienced the site makeover in progress. I got so tired of trying to force WordPress themes to do what I want, learning a page-building program and starting from an empty screen seemed easier! *eye twitch* My feed reader continues to pick
The millstone sweater is coming along so rapidly, I may be able to wear it the first day it becomes cold enough for a sweater. (Colors bear minimal resemblance to real life. Ends are in need of weaving, not a bold choice of fringe.)
I still imagine that when I get to 75% of this revision pass, I’ll feel like the end is in sight. *plugs latest numbers into progress bar* I’m never going to see 75%, am I?
Guess where the white stitch marker I place on my black laptop keyboard so it “won’t get lost” ends up 9 times out of 10.
I’m not officially on social media, but I do peek at non-civilization-destroying venues from time to time. I see a lot of writer games, of which WordWeavers seems the most fun. Per the official Google Doc: WordWeavers is a writing game on Mastodon created by Branwen OShea and Alina Leonova. The hosts post daily questions
I left this review sitting in drafts for months because it inadequately expressed my like for the book, but since the book is currently on sale for $1.99 in preparation for the sequel’s release, perhaps the price can do much of the persuasion with minimal help from me. Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans The Burnished
On September 20, Romance Bookworms is hosting another Stuff Your Ereader Day, this time with over 1,000 free romance and romance-adjacent ebooks never before featured in the event. That means if you loaded up last time, you can load up again without worrying about duplicates! As always, you can sort by store and banish all
I have little interest in the footbridges of Minnesota, but I was riveted by this man’s investigation of one. All journalism should have that degree of rigor!
In this round of revision, I unraveled the mystery of my repeated notes to “mention a train.” Trains are technologically appropriate for the worldbuilding, but no one rides one in this story, and Past Me harped on it an awful lot for it to be only a handy size comparison for one creature.