Archive for August, 2008
Miss Potter and Peter
I just watched Miss Potter. As kids, my sister and I sometimes accompanied our mother to the college where she took classes for her master’s degree. My sister and I visited the library while Mom was in class. It was a strange but fun outing in my mind. Sometimes we were given change and permission [...]
About Turnips
As I mentioned a few days ago, most of the turnips are in the freezer, awaiting their turn to impress us in soups, mashed potatoes, and any other way we can think to use them. Did you know that turnips are in the Brassicaceae family (Brassica genus, to be precise)? I’m guessing not. The family [...]
Bracelet Basics Class
One of the stitchers registered for the upcoming online Bracelet Basics class (September 22-28) asked about altering the colors in the class kit, so today I sorted through my selection of kit materials. I’m not sure I have exactly what she wants on hand, but I’ll let her know what I do have. I’ve put [...]
Punished, by David Lubar
What’s on my nightstand? Punished, by David Lubar. You might recall, I’ve been wanting to read this book for some time, but it was always checked out of the library when I looked for it. That, of course, made me want to read it even more. Punished is a book of puns and word play. [...]
Weekend Site-Seeing: Readergirlz
I really, really, really wish I were more involved with the Readergirlz Web site. I love what the divas are doing; it’s something I dreamed of doing myself (and discussed with one of my critique partners). It’s an online book club (sound familiar?), more or less. More, really. Every month they read a YA book, [...]
Abundance
I just picked, washed, and ate 14 strawberries. The turnips are in the freezer, cubed-and-blanched and cooked-and-mashed. First round of collards are in the freezer (with the earlier chard, spinach, and kale). Second round of spinach coming on. A gallon-and-a-half of blueberries in the freezer. It was inevitable. A young moose broke in and tromped [...]
First Person Narratives
I’m reading a YA novel written in first person. Nothing outstanding about that; first person has been all the rage in YA for a while now. I’m not going to name the novel because I’m going to rag on it, even though it’s not the only novel committing the crime I want to address. In [...]
A Fish Story
Can you handle another Life in Alaska post while I get caught up after two recent work stints at the new Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge? Oh, who am I kidding? There are going to be a bunch of Life in Alaska posts: the garden, the tomatoes, the blueberries, oh my! But this is a Fish [...]
And the winners are…(drumroll)
I’ve just emailed the ten contest winners. I’ll post cities and states of winners when I know them. I wish I could give Everyone a prize. Your answers and comments were great. I’ll be posting more about some of the comments in a couple of days, when life gets a bit more normal. Until then, [...]
The New Puzzle Pattern–Fall, In Pieces
I am sorting the last entries and hitting up a random number generator to select winners. I’ll post details ASAP. In the meantime, after a very long incubation and development period, here is the newest Funk & Weber Designs puzzle pattern: It’s not even on the Funk & Weber Web site yet, but it will [...]
, by Ellen Ruppel Shell
, by Elizabeth Strout.
