In Progress: Feb 2024

Not my car! But left at a place I frequent for several days. Very dirty.

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Still need to take up comments and revise.

Persephone (probably not its real name): Thought thoughts mostly.

Short Stories: Finished that third draft. My goal was to finish this in Feb and get it on the 'shop. I'm so close.

Critted 6 Got back 1

Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0

Knitting

Cathar (self). Started the month halfway to the armholes. Wanted to get there by the end of the month, but I have 25 rows to go.
Morning Brew (Coffeehouse Knits). Started the month with 7" of body. God, stocking stitch in the round is dull. I need milestones! I also wanted to get to the armholes on this by the end of the month, I think I have 4 more inches.
Tiny Twists Socks. Started the month with a half inch done. Finished the first sock, halfway down the leg of the second.

Sashiko project: Nothing.
Ruffle skirt: Nothing.

Best TW feedback ever

Over at the dayjob, SMEs are feverishly trying to get documents back to me all marked up, in preparation for the release that's supposed to happen the week I'm back from VP. Today's best comment: Unfortunately not true. SMEs, they're so cute.

What I read: August 2023

"The Absolute Book" by Elizabeth Knox. I got it for Christmas. It was delightful, even if maybe some stuff wasn't explained completely. Or maybe that's part of why it was delightful. "Crucial conversations" By Joseph Grenny and three other old white men. Another office book club selection. The word "candor" comes up a lot. I really resented this book. LHC #220: "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt. There was a girl at my previous company who wanted to have an office book club, and she had this book on her desk for months and months. I can totally understand this. I found portions crazy stressful to read. Like, I would be skipping ahead to see how much more in the section, could I get through it, pacing around, etc. I wanted to know how it ended, sure, but I was having weird stress dreams and stuff. If it wasn't a library book I might not have finished it at all. It was such a relief when Boris showed up again and something happened. I di

In Progress -- July 2023

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Still n eed to take up comments and revise. Persephone (probably not its real name): Nothing but thoughts. Short Stories: As I mentioned last month I had a dish-washing epiphany on a story that wasn't going well. I'd already changed the POV character, but I knew that wasn't enough because I had no ending. It has an ending now. Critted 4 Got back 0 I really need to post something new. Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 1 Knitting Tay Tartan cardigan (Martin Storey). Finally finished the danglers and minor seaming and chose buttons, then had to wait to block because the space I normally block in needed to be cleared, and this would be very disruptive to my work, so I waited to block it for the night before I went on vacation. It would appear that the finishing of this sweater took 4 months, which may be a new record. It fits for the most part. Yay! Cathar (self). Started the month just about done with the body edging.

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