With time to spare today, I attempted to figure out where I left off with The First Sock. I chose incorrectly. At some point in the next week when I don’t want to instead take a running leap onto my needles (read: when I haven’t been Doing Stuff ALL DAY) I will rip out to [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Sock update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged domestic arts, fiber, knitting, socks, spinning, yarn on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
At Home: Cleaning
Posted in At Home, tagged books, domestic arts, from scratch, green cleaning, homestead, reading on February 27, 2012 | 4 Comments »
My day job schedule has been changed so that I’m now working a weekend day and getting a weekday off instead. This isn’t all that surprising; what’s surprising is how long I managed to hang on to my weekend while working retail. The promised Saturday and Sunday off was the dangling carrot that sweetened my [...]
Winter Moon: a book review
Posted in books, writing on February 26, 2012 | 3 Comments »
(We are writing last week off entirely, due to migraines. Last week does not count. I want a do-over) I have this thing wherein I prefer to read books in order. Now, it’s not that big of a deal with, say, Faye Kellerman’s Decker series or your typical romance series where the books are loosely [...]
Do you give bad reviews?
Posted in books, writing, tagged book review, books, Guy Gavriel Kay, midlist, reading, writing on February 19, 2012 | 10 Comments »
This is not primarily a book review blog. I do write up book reviews, because I think it’s important, and I think any press is good press, and I like to read, and I like to share. How do we find out about books we might like if other folks don’t talk about them? This [...]
Love or obsession?
Posted in writing, tagged my books, reading, reviews, WiP, writing on February 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Managed over 1k words for the past two days, despite raging migraines. Very exciting. I watched my writing process for a novel in miniature yesterday: opened the chapter, reread what I’d written the previous day, and watched half of it crumble away into “not how it’s supposed to go” land. There is no wasted writing. [...]
Book reviews, writing, and life.
Posted in books, writing, tagged Brenda Strange, migraines, reading, writing on February 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’m sitting on a number of book reviews I need to get posting, but it’s not going to happen today. Possibly tomorrow. I opted instead to have a migraine yesterday. Migraines, for those not in the know, are *boring*. They hurt, but if you have them enough, you develop a tolerance for the mild-to-moderate ones. [...]
At Home
Posted in At Home, tagged at home, domestic arts, homemaking, part time homemaker on February 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the first post in my new blog series: At Home. At first glance this might seem rather out of place on a blog about writing. Kindly note, however, that this blog is clearly about life. Soggy life, yes, true, but life. And part of life, for me, is making my living space a [...]
Stalled on Sock One
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged knitting, socks, yarn on February 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
So, for Yule, my longest and beyond-dear friend . . . we’ll call her FiberandSheepNut-S (as opposed to FiberandSheepNut-B) sent along some sock yarn, a pattern, and teeny needles, to support my Year of Socks. See, I’ve been knitting rectangles and squares for some time, happily happy in my “intermediate beginner” phase for too long. [...]
Onward!
Posted in books, writing, tagged books, corbie, mental health, my books, photos, writing goals on February 11, 2012 | 10 Comments »
This week has been a great reminder of why I need to go slowly and gently at times. As of yet (possibly as of never) I do not support myself with my writing; therefore, I need to take care of myself so that I may continue to support myself and be able to also have [...]
Why is 5:30am acceptable . . .
Posted in books, writing, tagged books, C.E Murphy, homemaking, radical homemakers, reviews, susan krinard on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
and 5am doesn’t seem to be, to my body? I’ve been up since then, have showered, and still the body is all, “mmmrppmphh?” Haven’t posted in a few days. Have been writing. Still crazy excited tickled over the new book. I’m also starting a new editing project (we’ll call it Jbook#2) and am enjoying that [...]
