I just don’t even know what to say about this. It’s January. It’s 80 degrees. Our azaleas are blooming. I saw a ripe loquat this morning. If this is winter, I shudder to think what summer is going to be like.
Especially when it’s a busy friend I don’t get to see often, and it’s at one of my favorite places to eat, and it’s nice enough to sit outdoors, and the drinks are fabulous. So, yeah; that was a good time! Speaking of good times, er, wait… I had a …
Guess what is off the needles (although I will still have a neckline to knit after everything is seamed together)? The big part is finished. Now I just need to seam it, knit the neckline, and block the shit out of it. Started in October of 2010… finished… SOON!
Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was so disappointed in the cover of Book Two (which looked like a cheesy romance) that when I saw a dragon on the cover of this one – it’s set in a mythical Tolkein-esque world but no …
Mostly this post is for my friend Stephanie (if she even catches it) and anyone who used to read my blog a really, really long time ago (when Stephanie and I used to work together and would sometimes chat at work or here at Snarkland about dream interpretation). I have …
Kings of the North by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 4 of 5 stars A good middle book for the series (although other reviews seem to be mixed). The cover of the book is a bit unfortunate, leading an unaware reader to think it’s some sort of cheesy romance novel. It’s …
I got nuthin’ — here’s one for the yarn lovers!
I spent most of the weekend doing this. Moving to skipping one week and bisque firing instead of glazing gives me an extra week to paint (when you paint in addition to glazing, the time you spend working on the piece can easily double or even triple, which is why …
While I did pour some greenware in the morning, we took the afternoon off and went to Sweet Dreams, and finally got around to seeing the Hobbit. I’d cast on a simple pair of gloves back before Christmas in hopes that we’d get to go opening weekend, hahahahahaha, joke’s on …
Look at this beautiful road we drove on. Just look at it. This? Just one of the many things I love about Florida. Yesterday I kidnapped — er, picked up Marie in the morning and we drove out to Sharon’s house. Sharon drove us, with Chris following on his motorcycle, …
It’s the time of year when most of the handmade business blogs I read are all talking about making your plan for the year. Personally I am somewhat of a long thinker so I started planning what I wanted for 2013 in late November/early December of last year, but whatever. …
Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had listened to this on audio when it first came out, and didn’t really like it as much as I liked the original three Paks books; turned out I just didn’t really like the person reading the …
Clearly I am not yet awake enough to come up with a title. Or really something to write, heh. It’s not that I don’t have stuff on my mind, BELIEVE ME. But some of the stuff that’s on my mind, that I want to write about, is that kind of …
I’ve spent entirely too much time answering email and social-media-ing this morning, and really need to shower and get working — so no in-depth blog post today but here are some pretty flowers! This crazy weather means that everything in my front yard is still blooming… or blooming again. I …
Ever since we went to Barberville Roadside I’ve been chewing on some ideas in the back of my head — go ahead and laugh but that place was really inspiring to me. I’ve always loved Spanish and Mexican tiles and colorwork, and for some reason being around all that Talavera …
… although I thought I was going to have to call my friend Caitlin to get a reminder on how to do it. I haven’t had time to do anything on it since October or so! But while on vacation I went through my yarn stash and paired up 24 …
Foggy brain in morning, coffee pot take warning.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson My rating: 3 of 5 stars The book started off fun, derailed into snooze-fest explanatory land every time the Librarian made an appearance, but got itself together and ended with a good blend of action and thought. However, I did keep getting confused as to …
It didn’t occur to me until about an hour after I cleaned off this window ledge and put some tiles down, and then houseplants on top of it, that the whole thing would be mighty tempting to the cats. And that since the weight of the plant was the only …
… can we consider the lesson learned, please, Universe, and move on to something else? Maybe something with less spewed sewage and more kittens? Yesterday was winding some yarn, having a couple friends stop by at different times, and taking a boatload of new things down to Ingenue Avenue. While …
Who’s got two thumbs and got hot water all over her because her dye bar still wasn’t fixed yesterday, only she didn’t know it until three hours into the dyeing cycle when she went to dump the hot water in the sink, exactly the same thing that’s happened for the …
I will spare you the other photo of the day, which I emailed to Tim after — wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Suffice to say that by the end of this day, I really wanted this beer, and I really wish I liked it more than I did. I …
This is how I spent most of my day yesterday. And the day before, actually. It’s “yarn week” at HaldeCraft World Headquarters and I’m rewinding the new January colorway (hint: I was THIS.CLOSE to naming the colorway “Special Snowflake”). I was going to release that today, but the light looks like …
Redshirts by John Scalzi My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the sort of thing you think must have been really, really fun to write, sort of a nerdy love-letter to the genre. I was expecting silly (check); expecting magic science (check); expecting over-the-top characters (check). And as a …
