I’d collected a number of Jane Austen knocks off a few years back, when they were especially popular, and I’m still working my way through that back log. While most were of Pride and Prejudice, this one is a take off of my second favorite Austen book – Persuasion. Set in the modern day, Annie […]
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Due to an ill timed tornado watch on Thursday evening, despite it being a holiday, I got up at my regular work time on the 4th so I could be at Maxwell’s Farm when they open at 8:00. The above was the fruits (pun intended, hardy har) of my labors. 13 pounds later. I was
So, what do you follow a deep, dark dystopian treatise on the human condition with? Soft core fantasy porn. I’ve decided that’s really the best way to characterize the Black Jewels books. They’re completely written from a women’s point of view, and are totally a guilty pleasure. It does help that they have a unique
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In this book, Britain has been divided into four separate countries, based on the old theory of body humors and the personalities associated with them – sanguine, melancholic, choleric and phlegmatic. There is no interaction between the new countries – you’re considered contaminated if you do. When the country is divided, every single person is
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So I knew I needed to make a gift bag for Mary’s shawl, and I also had the baby quilt that I finished a while ago kicking around without a gift bag. It being the last day of a random four day weekend, I decided to tackle that today. (I had the shawl up on
Pattern: Evenstar Shawl by Susan PandorfYarn: Knitpicks Gloss in the Sterling colorwayNeedles: Size 4 circs and DPNs Here’s Mary’s Evenstar shawl, which is blocking in my bedroom as we speak. I still adore the pattern, and the Gloss yarn is a heavenly to work with. I really wish I had more excuses to made
So something dug up my Sedona coleus. The one I buy every year because it’s such a cool orange color. So I ended up repotting the red one in a slightly smaller pot. I suppose if I had to lose one, the Sedona was the better one to lose – I do have
If you were only reading my blog, it would seem that I haven’t been knitting for a while. I actually have been – the Evenstar shawl has been taking up all my time. But I’ve made one before, so regular updates just didn’t seem necessary. I actually finished it last week, knowing I’d need to
This book is from the 60s (genuinely – my mother snagged a copy for me at Goodwill). My mother had enjoyed it (probably for nostalgia’s sake). I will confess, I enjoyed it too, but more as a microcosm of a world most definitely gone by. This is both socially (the implication that you’re cooking because
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A little harvest from the garden. A little disappointing, since I overplanted an entire window box. I guess I need to give up on that seed packet…
