It’s safe to say this is the final harvest of the season. After doing nothing all summer (probably due to the lack of rain), I finally have some shiitake mushrooms from the mushroom log. I also cleaned out the kale and Swiss chard so I could bring in those pots. And after looking terrible all […]
When Mercy tries to return a book she was lent by a Fae, she finds his bookstore locked up. Not much later, several people try to approach her about the book. Something’s clearly happened to the real owner, and Mercy’s on the case. At the same time, some members of the local pack are not
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Since I really only do two challenges a year anymore, I think it’s safe to record my finished challenges for 2016: Once Upon a Time X 3/21/16 – 6/21/16 – finished 6/14/16 RIP XI Reading Challenge 9/1/16 – 10/31/16 -finished 10/26/16
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It’s impossible to buy gift bags that aren’t either rigid, or the size of a car seat box. I’m shipping the things I bought for BF’s cousin’s baby, and I would very much prefer a bag I can mush into a shipping box. So, I had to sew to my own.
This story takes place in the Vorkosigan universe, but takes place about two hundred years before Miles is born. It’s the story of the development of the Quaddies – genetically engineered humans with a second set of hands instead of feet, bred to live and thrive in zero gravity. It’s very much a cautionary tale
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So we were supposed to go to VT this weekend, but one very sick BF kept us home instead. (Fortunately, if you can call it that, we had a fair inkling of where things were headed on Wednesday night, so I was able to run to the store to stock up on food for the
Pattern: Traveling Stitch Legwarmers by Lisa R. MyersYarn: Knitpicks Stroll Tweed in the Down Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 3 DPNs After taking a summer long break between legs, the Traveling Stitch Legwarmers are done. I liked this pattern – it’s got some relatively complicated cables, but with enough repetition that you can get used to the
After a rather impressive rain storm on Tuesday (probably mostly impressive because we’ve been in a drought), the last of the leaves are finally off the trees. Which translated to this. That stacked into this. And along with two bags with from the driveway, translated to another thirteen bags, bringing the total for the season
This is the story of how the author’s family used food to get through hard times, framed with her experiences being laid off from her magazine job during the Great Recession in 2008/2009. It’s a really nice story of family, and sticking together through hard times. I really just picked it up because it was
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Pattern: Beyond Puerperium by Kelly van NiekerkYarn: Malabrigo Sock in the Stonechat colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 and 4 circs and DPNs Here’s the cardigan for BF’s cousin’s impending little boy. We might be seeing them over Thanksgiving weekend, or if not, this is being shipped to her mother for her shower on 12/3. It’s a nice little
