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
Falling Free – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
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
Cherries in Winter – Suzan Colon Read More »
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
Spirit White wakes up out a coma after a car accident, to find her parents and sister are dead, and that her parents had made arrangements to send her to Oakhurst Academy in the event that they both died before she turns twenty one. Turns out, Oakhurst is a school for magicians, and that one
Legacies – Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill Read More »
This is the second of Barron’s Jane Austen mysteries, and we find Jane, her parents, and sister Cassandra off to take the sea air for the month of September in Lyme, which is where her novel Persuasion is partially set. On the way, a storm overturns their carriage, injuring Cassandra, and forcing them to take
Jane and the Man of the Cloth – Stephanie Barron Read More »
Well, that’s eight bags down. Did this this morning, before it started raining again. (And the bottom layer was definitely still wet.) But, at least I have the driveway and stairs temporarily cleared. This is what I have left. Note the amount still on the tree above…
