Embroidery Notes
Panel two of the William Morris design is done. I’m still going way faster than I initially thought I’d be doing, but it is something a little different, so I’ve been enjoying that.
Circe – Madeline Miller
I really enjoyed this book. Circe’s a fairly minor character in the Odyssey (I think – I’ve blocked out most of reading that in high school. I hated it – though it was probably as much the boring instruction as anything else). In this book, we get the story of how the demigod child of
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Canning Notes
My mother had a bumper crop of raspberries earlier this summer. She had so many I told her I’d take as many as she could freeze for me. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do anything with them then, but figured September would probably be better. And I managed jam. The smell was heavenly.
Garden Notes
The garden’s definitely on the wane. I pulled out the cucumbers yesterday – they were not looking good. I will say, they were fantastically prolific. One vine would have been plenty for us. I left the peppers and tomatoes. There are a few more fruits on there that still might ripen. We haven’t actually had
A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers
Loved this book – it’s the story of the crew of a ship that builds wormhole tunnels, who are suddenly forced to go the long way around for their next job. The crew are not all human, which is great, so you get treated to a whole variety of people with incredibly different backgrounds. And
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