Robynettely

Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 39-51:   Nothing.  Persephone  (probably not its real name): Nothing.  Short Stories:  Kept working on that thing from the backlog.  Critted  5  Got back  2 Submissions  0  Out there   0   Rejects   0 Knitting Hamilton  (Self). Started the month with maybe 20 more rows to be done with that first sleeve. Finished that sleeve, started the next. I've just barely started the colorwork.  Sulaire  (Alice Starmore). Started the month on the first sleeve. Finished that sleeve, started the next. I've just barely started the cap.  Willow  (Joan Ho). Started the month on the first sleeve. Finished that, started the next. I have maybe 9 inches, eight to go?  Ruffled sock  (self). Did the ruffle. I needed something portable for travelling.  The stars continue lining up: I'm on the second sleeve of every project.  Sashiko project:  Nothing.  Ruffl...

 LHC #271: "Chlorine" by Jade Song.  Hard copy. This was fun. Certainly there were off-putting parts but I quite enjoyed it. It was a little stressful at times. I was describing it to Ed, who was a competitive swimmer, and he googled the author and scoffed because she was a college athlete. I mocked him for that.  LHC #272: "An Act of Oblivion" by Robert Harris. Audio book because I needed something to listen to while I worked on some tedious knitting tasks. Historical fiction, which is not my normal genre. This was recommended to me by someone who's read large portions of Wind/Water/Salt, and I would say my puritans are not nearly insufferable enough.  "One Message Remains" by Premee Mohamed. Hard copy. After reading an excerpt on the Chuck Wendig website, I wanted to read the rest (normally I don't read excerpts because then if I read the story later I'm confused, but something sucked me in), so when I saw she was going to talk at the Merril...