Sunny Days

There is just something about being able to sit out on the patio on a sunny day in peace and quiet. Emphasis on 'peace and quiet'. For the last couple of days, I've hung out outdoors to read. It's been lovely. For the most part. Most of the neighbors are nice and quiet and leave …

We do the Weird Stuff

Hello again!  Karin was kind enough to ask me to guest on her blog again. My name is Susi but I answer to Rowan, a musical character name with a long story or ‘Your Majesty” which is another long story but suffice it to say that I have acted at, costumed for, played music at, …

Spoons? What Spoons?

This week has not been kind and it looks to continue on into the next. Fun times, man, fun times. I've done a little bit of writing for Rough Trade. I'm happy with how the story is going, though I would have liked to have been further along in it. Braining just hasn't happened thanks …

Power Up!

So the last few days I've been without my computer because my power chord decided it didn't want to work anymore (of course, this happens just as my coverage ends). At least, I hoped it was the power chord, so I ordered a new one that arrived a little bit ago and lo and behold! …

Well Shucks

Otherwise known as: how my sweater blanket ended up becoming an actual blanket. I done screwed the pooch and messed up the size of this thing so rather than frogging it and trying again, I'm just winging it and turning it into a blanket. It wasn't what the yarn was intended for (okay, it was, …

Meet Maia Carlson

Hello!  I'm a writer/artist/plant enthusiast who sometimes finds time to be a graduate student teaching unenthusiastic students about writing.  Sometimes I find a bit of time to read in there, too, if only because not reading will surely result in insanity - I recently finished off Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series, as well as Douglas …

Mayday?

So basically this past week has consisted of three things: Reading Rough Trade stories as they are published (which I'm loving, by the way. There's some awesome stuff coming out of RT this round). Binging Supernatural and knitting. I'm liking it so far, Supernatural. Okay, a little more than like, but not quite at 'love' …

The “Joy” of Starting Over

Hello, my name is starr_falling, or just Starr. I love reading, writing and cooking—especially baking. There are many other crafts I’ve dabbled in but haven’t really stuck with, and many more I’d like to try. I’d especially like to try knitting, both because it would produce useful items and it was on of the many …

Turning Back Time

So have you remembered to turn the clock back an hour? For once, I did. Before I went to bed. Yep, might be a record 😉 So I didn't cast on for my sweater yet. Haven't really been up for it. I did however cast on something else. Either a blanket or a blanket sweater, depending …

Trash Crafting & being a Picture-Taker-Outer

I am sitting here, watching Lego Batman, wondering how to do this whole 'guest blogger' thing. When Karin asked me to contribute I was equally excited and nervous so I figured I'd give it a go. A little about myself first… here on the internets I am known as zielahime, [zeela-heemay] which is a play …