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In progress -- July 2025

Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 39-51 :    Nothing.   Persephone  (probably not its real name):    Nothing.  Vinterlys:  Combined chapters 2, 3, and 4, did not finish.   Critted  4  Got back  2 Submissions  0  Out there   0   Rejects   0 Knitting Hamilton  (Self). Started the month with one row of the main portion of the second sleeve done. I did about 60 rows, and have about 60 to go.  Color block sock . Started the month mostly done with the first (didn't tie in the danglers yet) and half the leg of the second.   Arundel sock  (Knitty). Foot and ankle done on the first one, just the heel and cuff to go.  Sashiko project: Nothing.  Ruffle skirt:     Nothing.  Purple Romper:     Nothing. 

What I read -- July 2025

  LHC #287: "Walking to Aldebaran" by Adrian Tchaikovsky.  Hard copy. As usual I had no idea why I'd chosen this for myself, and little idea what it was about, so the whole Grendel thing caught me by surprise.  LHC #288: "The Librarianist" by Patrick DeWitt. eBook. I found the writing style a little simple. Also my idea of librarians is maybe different than the author's--I feel like they get out and connect with people, and Bill doesn't do that. I had the sense that maybe it was all meant to be funny?  LHC #289: "Spear" by Nicola Griffith. Hard copy. Maybe if I knew the legend of Percival better I would have felt like it was going somewhere.  LHC #289: Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem. Audio book. Really glad I listened to this one, the reader was excellent.  LHC #290: "The Creative Lives of Animals" by Carol Gigliotti. Audio Book. I guess I have a sort of humanist idea of creativity, but this was a good read.  "Foul...