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LHC #270: "The Ruin of all Witches" by Malcolm Gaskill.  eBook. It's a history of a witch hunt in 1646 in Springfield, MA. There are a lot of characters and sometimes I had a hard time keeping track of who was who. And is the case with trials, the same ground was sometimes covered over and over, hard to keep track of. Still, it was a good read and reminded me of something important I forgot in WWS.  LHC #271: "Blood and guts in High School" by Kathy Acker. eBook with poorly reproduced graphics. Very strange and short. I wonder if this is what Gemma Files' notebooks are like? It was nice to get to practice my Farsi.  LHC #272: "The Next Supper" by Corey Mintz. Hard copy because that's what was available. Published in 2021, it's very much a still in the pandemic book. 3+ years later, that sometimes felt a bit weird, but there was a lot of interesting information in here, and food has always been a volatile industry so I suppose whenever he w...

Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 39-51:   While reading about puritans, I discovered a scene that I'd missed that might be a wedge into finishing this.  Persephone  (probably not its real name): I think I figured out the ending.  Short Stories:   Last month I was writing one from scratch. It's pretty close to done now.  Critted  5  Got back  2 Submissions  0  Out there   0   Rejects   0 Knitting Blushing Cloud  (Knitty S/S24). Started the month with 7.5 inches of back done. Did 3".  Elbrus socks II . Last month I had finished the first and run out of yarn, which was a whole mess of coming up with an elegant solution. They're finished now. Hamilton  (Self). Started the month with 2" of bottom edge, finished that and started main colorway.   Seamless seam socks (Knitpicks Pop Socks). Love this pattern. Finished one sock, nearing the toe on the second.  Sashiko project:  Nothing....