Squirrel Wizard
I have knitted a squirrel wizard! This adventerous little guy will be given to a randomly chosen newsletter subscriber Monday, August 30th. If you aren’t subscribed to my newsletter, you can do so here. If you are, well, fair warning, you’re in the drawing for…
The Company of Fluffs
At current count, we have three cats more or less occupying our yard. (Do we have a dog? Yes. Does our dog chase cats, or follow cats, or pay any attention at all to cats? No, because our dog thinks she’s a cat, and therefore…
The Whims of Flowers
Behold, the sunflowers I did not plant! Note they are accompanied by other wild flowers I also did not plant. See them all thriving alongside the onions I did plant. Our yard has gone through some big changes this year. We put in new garden…
Summering Along
Summer came on hot–like 117° (47° C) here, which is staggeringly unheard of in my cloudy corner of Oregon. Of course as soon as it finally dropped into the high 90° I took a wonderful (but also hot: 111°) weekend camping trip to the desert.…
I Did a Crochet!
I am a knitter. I love knitting toys and silly hats, and many, many other things. That said, I am not much of a crocheter. When I was younger I crocheted “elf” hats–the kind that maybe Santa’s elves would wear. At that time I was…
New Book and a Super Penguin
Hurray! NOBODY’S GHOUL, book #8 of the Ordinary Magic series is out now! One of the fun things about writing a series with this many books is I get a chance to catch up loose threads from earlier volumes and weave them into the story.…