First, I would like to publicly declare that Miriam is a veritable Goddess among knitters, and that she is now the proud (?) owner of a slightly-used, somewhat-tarnished soul…namely, mine. For lo, she has the needed yarn to finish my Pomatomus socks. Praise Mim, for my life (and socks) would be incomplete without [...]
If I seem incoherent today, it’s because I’m (barely) functioning on three hours of sleep. Whee!
(My fault. Totally my fault. And maybe Bradon’s fault a little, too, though at least he’s suffering along with me. Damn you, World of Warcraft!)
At least yesterday was a happy mail day. We all love [...]
This weekend was BloodShadows, with all the fun and trauma that entails. As a storyteller, this was a pretty easy game – the bulk of this month’s plot revolved around player-induced political intrigue and backstabbing. We love it when the players entertain themselves. Instead of having to introduce antagonists, the players take [...]
(Complete with the windchime on the other corner of our porch.)
Apologies for my brief flake-out – I’m just barely recovered from a two-day migraine (which I can still feel lurking around the edges of my pain-consciousness.) Any blog entry I might have written would have gone something like THE PAIN BURNING ELECTRIC STARFIRE THROBBING LIKE A MALIGNANT HEART IN MY HEAD and I decided [...]
This arrived in the mail yesterday.
My first thought was, “My God…the colors. Have you ever seen such beautiful colors?”
My second thought was, “What in the nine hells was I thinking?”
A bajillion pretty colors in a mind-bogglingly small gauge! A whole freaking sweater worth of Fair Isle! Steeks! My God, the steeks! [...]
Bradon’s home sick from work today, and though I felt fine when I woke up, I’m beginning to think that maybe he had the right idea. I don’t feel exactly sick – not yet – but I’m definitely feeling funky. My body feels kind of hollow, my brain is fuzzy, my joints hurt, [...]
(As an aside: If you’re considering going to see Snakes on a Plane, think long and hard about how much gore and how many gratuitously shocking and disgusting scenes you can tolerate before purchasing your tickets. I’m just sayin’.)
There was a light breeze when we went out to take pictures, which made it very difficult to to get a good photograph. As you can see, the shawl is so light that even the slightest draft will set it aflutter.
It is, if I do say so myself, lovely beyond compare. I know [...]
I would like to say, for the record, that I do not enjoy blocking lace.
I do not think it is easy or fun. I don’t know why I thought it might be. I think the results of blocking lace are clever, beautiful, and magical, but I find the process of blocking lace tedious, [...]
