Bathing With Dragons—repurposing a flannel sheet
Making a bathrobe from an old flannel sheet using the Arbutus pattern from Helen’s Closet.
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Why I Like the November Postcard Swap
It’s November! Every November for the last… hmm…more than fifteen years, I’ve taken part in National Novel Writing Month. I’ve started November with an idea, and attempted to write a 50,000 word rough draft of a story before December 1st. Sometimes I’ve even succeeded. The NaNoWriMo website is no more, sadly. I signed up for the Novel November website…
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“Fresh Fruit Cream Cake”–even the name sounds delightful
The Cook’s Illustrated recipe for Fresh Fruit Cream Cake is interestingly different from other cakes I have made. I expect it to make a good strawberry cream cake when strawberry season rolls around again.
Keep readingIn Celebration of our Flag on Flag Day
To celebrate the flag of our great nation, I thought I’d say something about why, exactly, I love this country. First, though, I need to list some of the goals that I think most of us have in common–the way we want this country to be. We want to live in a country where everyone prospers. We want a…
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More Light Effects
More examples of interesting reflections and shadows in the world around me
Keep readingNaNoWriMo 2024–YA fantasy without assassins or deadly competition??
Can I write a YA fantasy where the heroine tries to join an order dedicated to nonviolence? Can I make it interesting?
Keep readingSorting Through Old Photos–what is the purpose of photos?
What a photos for, and can that help me decide what to keep?
Keep readingMurder (in) Mysteries–revisited
Long ago (or so it feels) I discussed writing a mystery without a murder in it (Writing a Mystery Without Murder In My Heart). I said, at that time, that while I loved reading murder mysteries and watching them on television, somehow writing a murder felt different. Later on, however, I made further attempts at writing a murder mystery, and…
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She Spies Shells By the Seashore–identifying shells on a North Carolina beach
It’s the last full day of beach week. Before I return my interesting assortment of shells and shell fragments to the shore (I really don’t need to bring them home, where they will sit ignored on a shelf), I try to identify them using two guides I have brought along. The guides aren’t the only nature-related books I’ve brought–I…
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“I’m a little teapot, here’s my spout”–a close-up of a family teapot
The family teapot has an unusual, pierced spout. Presumably it is meant to stop drips.
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