We all know knitters have their own language. People talk about how confounded they are by knitting and crocheting patterns all the time, and while yarn crafters are like, “Pfft, it’s just an abbreviation–it comes with a legend, it’s no big deal.” Still, it just lends another layer of mystery to taking a single strand… Read More

This is a terribly short post! I’m in the editing cave, and while I”m enjoying what I’m doing, the story has been in the archives for a while and doing something like that is frustrating and challenging. But we still made time for our walk this afternoon, and the kids even came with us. There’s… Read More

So first of all, thank you EVERYBODY for their good wishes. I mentioned on my Patreon that my son had been hurt on his way home from work last night–I was waiting for Mate to bring him home from the hospital and I wrote something to help me channel… well, everything, because yes. I was… Read More

Do you like the stuffed animals? Chicken made them, and while the Baby Yoda is from a pattern (which was discontinued about a second and a half after I purchased it) the Trixie Matel Rainbow Cat was entirely her own design. We were super excited to see her finished product, and, well, crocheting has been… Read More

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay–I know it’s been a rough slog–COVID-19, quarantine fatigue, and murder wasps have added up to an “Somebody please finish their game of Jumanji so we can start this time frame over!” kind of year! But writers really do keep on writing–and sometimes the best retreat we can make is into a good book…. Read More

Mate is working so hard–but laminate floors! Oh my God! I couldn’t figure out what was wrong–he’d done the living room and hallway a dog’s age ago, and I remember him talking about how quick and painless it was. “Just snaps together! So easy! I should do the whole house!” Of course that was fifteen… Read More

Work on the room continues apace–it’s all Mate now, as he attempts to assemble the laminate floor. The kids have helped by painting and assisting when he needs it, and I’m in charge of provisions and doing other household chores while he works. Not bad–but I know he was disappointed when he didn’t quite finish… Read More

Okay– so have been blogging less. Sorry about that! But I spend part of each night doing a non-writing/editing thing. Blogging, Patreon, reading snippets out loud on FB live–and yes, the last two are new. I’m afraid they take a little from the blog–I hope you all can forgive me. (btw– there’s a Patreon link… Read More

Mate and I suck at it. So. Bad. But Squish is long overdue for a room of her own, and we’ve been promising–and this weekend we made some surprising strides. We’ve also had a few setbacks and just generally, we can’t seem to do anything without meeting up with the absurdity of the world. Examples?… Read More

So, again, not much to report. Dog’s gonna live– but we’ve cut way back on the treats for both of them. Poor little goobers are very puzzled–but we’re feeding them bland wet food as a substitute and they seem to like that very much. Tomorrow we’re painting Squish’s room–it’s gonna be a big day of… Read More