In process, January 2019

Morning

This month my writing was somewhat infused by the things I was reading.
Persephone: Cat burglar and heist stuff, and pandemic stuff. Migratory patterns of Canada geese? Farsi for Beginners?
WWS Chapter 13: reading some poetry made me at least think about how I use language a little more. Also worked quite a lot on chapter 14. It would be cool if I could get to maybe a chapter per month this year… Or even more! If I could finish the wretched thing!

Night
“Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted Chapter 13.

Connecting
Critted 6
Got back 2

On Submission: 1

Knitting
Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). At the start of the month I had the right shoulder, the collar, and a lot of finishing to do. The finishing is making a huge difference in some of the pieces. This actually was a good portable project, the first time it’s been portable! I carried a sleeve and a crochet needle to band practice! This will be done soon, and I can't wait.
FI Corset belt. Still 1.5 inches done. Ignored.
Drachen (knitty Fall 2018). Worked on this while being a passenger, and while reading the internet. I had 8 inches of the body before, now I have 11.

Made bias tape (why do I love this?) to make a tank out of a turtleneck since I hate turtlenecks.

What I read: September 2025

LHC #295: "The Last to Leave the Room" by Caitlin Starling. Audiobook. Workplace horror? Loved it. "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Hard copy, for office Data Ethics book club. The stories about Sheryl Sandberg really made me like my boss better. LHC #296: "The Fated Sky" by Mary Robinette Kowal. Hard copy. This got moved up the list because Ed had read book 1 in the series and got the rest out of the library. Loved it. He's got the next one in the series upstairs, I suppose I'll read it when he's done. LHC #297: "Bluegrass: A History" by Neil V. Rosenberg. Hard copy. No idea why it was on my list, I don't care that much about bluegrass. Nevertheless, the second half was interesting. I guess the first half was necessary, as it described in great length the way people came and went in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys band, and also how technology and social pressures affect how music is made and performed. LHC #298: ...

What I read -- October 2025

"The Moomins and the Great Flood" by Tove Jansson. eBook. I read this because Marissa Lingen loves them. It was fine? This was the first one in the series and the only one available online; maybe the later ones are better. Maybe they're better if you read them as a child. "The Relentless Moon" by Mary Robinette Kowal. Hard copy. Read it because Ed had the whole series out of the library. It took a long time to get going, and sometimes I find MRK exhausting. Her white main characters all seem oddly aware of the Black experience. "The Martian Contingency" by Mary Robinette Kowal. Hard copy. Read it because Ed had the whole series out of the library. I don't often read subsequent books in a series in quick succession, and my reaction to this one is a lot of why: I found Alma's voice too similar to Nicole's -- sure, Nicole obsessed about food much more, but they both went on and on about "must support black guy in management" an...

In progress - January 2026

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Nothing Persephone (probably not its real name): NOthing Vinterlys: Worked on Chapter 2 some more. Critted 4 Got back 1 Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0 Knitting Georgia (Norah Gaughan). Started the month with one sleeve and half a front to go. Finished. Love this sweater. Aberlady (AS Celtic Collection). Did a few rows while listening to podcasts. Summer in Tokyo (Isager): Started. I was looking at the pictures and the charts, and the pattern as written is not what is in the pictures! So odd. I am going to finish up two cones of yarn with this project! Pretty exciting. I hope I don't run out of light blue. I was working along on it, and if you go and look at the sweater, it's knit bottom-up, and I was at the part where I only had two colors, about 5" maybe. And I was thinking, "wow, this is pretty ugly! Maybe I should stop...

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