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In progress -- September 2023

Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 39-51:   Still n eed to take up comments and revise.  Persephone  (probably not its real name): Made a playlist, not exactly writing.  Short Stories:   Started a different one.  Critted  4  Got back  2      Submissions  0  Out there   0   Rejects   1 Knitting Cathar  (self). Started the month with the edging in two pieces but complete. Put the edging together and started the fair isle portion.  Sock yarn hoodie  (self). Started the month with the zipper half sewn in. Finished.  Pinner socks  (Knitpicks). Started the month with one sock on the cuff and the other on the leg (they're toe up). Finished.  Braids (self). Started with this picture . I'm working sideways, and I've divided for the neck and done 3/4 of the back I'd guess.  Owlie athletic socks. Revised the pattern so it fits men. Finished the first, started the second.  Beaded-eye owlie socks. Started the first one.  Sashiko project:  Nothing. Ruffle skirt:  Nothing. 

What I read: September 2023

 LHC #222: "Elder Race" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Audio book because I needed something to listen to while I finished some projects. This was a really nice story, I loved the archaeologist and his self-doubt, and the ending.  LHC #223: "The Unspoken Name" by AK Larkwood. eBook. I didn't really connect with it. It was fine I guess, it had some amusing turns of phrase. The character of Sethennai Bethandros didn't quite work for me.  LHC #224: "A Master of Djinn" by P. Djeli Clark. Audio book because I needed something to listen to while doing 225 screengrabs for a French translation. The reader's voice was wonderful. Excellent story. Though sometimes I thought Fatma was wilfully not recognizing what was going on vis-a-vis the effect of Solomon's Seal early on.  LHC #225: "The Will to Battle" by Ada Palmer. eBook. I found this one easier to follow than the last; when I finished book 2 I remember wondering why I was putting this one on m