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…
The Cubes
A couple months ago I asked around on various social media, looking for solutions to my yarn storage problem. Things had gotten so bad, every time I waded into my mighty stash, it triggered an avalanche. People offered a lot of good ideas (thank you!)…
Knits and Stuffs
Bee-hold the knit bumble bee I will be giving away in my newsletter on March 29-ish. If you want to be in the drawing for this little bumble buddy, just sign up for my monthly newsletter and I’ll use a random number generator to pick…
But First, the Octopus
I want to write a post about the terrific time I had at the Rainforest Writer’s Retreat last week–and I will. I promise! But first, the Octopus. So, when Patrick Swenson invited me to the Rainforest Writer’s Retreat, my email was added to the group’s…
Random updates x 3
Writing: If you’ve been following along, you know that copy edits for HOUSE IMMORTAL were due last Wednesday. I tore through the entire book in Word, marking and changing as I went, and then I printed the book out and read through it a second…
