Reading Roundup

What’s on my nightstand? The Morgue and Me, by John C. Ford. Generally speaking, mystery’s not my thing. Mysteries tend to be suspenseful and scary, and I avoid suspenseful and scary like […]

Disaster or Design?

You say “disaster”; I say “design.” It’s a fine line between a royal screw-up and a fascinating development, between failure and discovery. I attempted to turn my six quarts of lowbush cranberries […]

Designing

I’ve staked out a table in the Darn Good Room, covered it with books, fabrics, fibers, needles, ribbon, and my clipboard with scrap paper for taking notes. I’m designing and testing different […]

Winter and Writing

As I prepare for and anticipate winter, I look forward to a return to novel writing and other long projects. In my mind, summer is for short writing and winter is for […]

September

Someone on Facebook asked recently if anyone was starting to see fall colors. Um…starting? We are at the peak of fall colors just now. In a week, or as soon as it […]