Pottery: It’s time to be ambitious. (Ball Boy is an author photograph a piece of meso-American pottery from the Harvard Peabody Museum. Chocolate Man is from here.) I’ve been interested in meso-American pottery for the entire last year. I’ve tried various things (see here.) with some success. I decided to actually attempt to replicate some …
Originally published May 2009 What do you do when laid up for six weeks with a broken leg? I made dolls. The 3 dolls I feature in this blog represent my first ever pay check for my writing. I wrote an article for Dollworld Omnibook on salvaging bits of old lace and preserving it on …
Progress on the new house for Thor and me continues in what our builder calls the “impatient final pregnancy trimester” with interior detail work. NOTE: People have been asking to follow our progress as Thor and I pursue our quest for our dream home with sunsets over the Salish Sea. So starting with my post of …
The Rambling Writer’s Quest for Home, part 15: Cabinets, Doors, and More Read More »
Thor and I continue our journey toward our dream home as our builder and his crews start on more interior projects. NOTE: People have been asking to follow our progress as Thor and I pursue our quest for our dream home with sunsets over the Salish Sea. So starting with my post of 5/21/22, we set …
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I haven’t talked about the pottery since last year.
I made a knife from scratch. Well, to be absolutely honest, I made about 70% of a knife. I took an intro class from Elijah Kelly, a knife maker here in town. He is very accomplished and has an intro class where we start with a billet (the raw steel) and over four weeks create …
John Gardner, in his novel, October Light, referred to this period as “locking time.” One of these days I will go over some John Gardner books here but that is not this entry. “Locking time” is the time after the flush of autumn when the light condenses and one is finally convinced of the …
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Brenda Clough Writer Brenda W. Clough has stitched together an exotic quilt of a career and a life. She’s written classic fantasy, fantasy humor, fantasy for children, science fiction, steampunk, and even contemporary mystery. Her most recent novels are eleven volumes of historical fiction set in Victorian England featuring Miss …
Kickstarter campaign for LABYRINTH, newest album of original music from Bookview Café author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff and her husband, Chef Jeff Vader, All-Powerful God of Biscuits, will wrap up on October 15 and is roughly 72 percent funded! They have 14 days to make that last push and achieve their goal. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff is the …
Join Thor and me as we enjoy the annual fair that celebrates early harvest and farming traditions in our “far corner” of the country. I hadn’t been to what we always called “the Lynden Fair” in a few years, so when it rolled around again, I told Thor we needed to go see the baby …
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It should come as no surprise to my two readers that I’m interested in doing things with my hands. I’ve had to work most of my life just to keep myself in food and shelter. The proportion of time spent on working versus time spent on my own projects—including writing—has been severely tilted towards work. …
Originally published 1/17/2009 by Phyllis Irene Radford Ribbons and lace adorn little girl clothing and big girl finery. For centuries, lace has defined elegance. When I was in grade school, I watched a film strip about Spain for social studies. The only thing I remember about that film strip – indeed for much of that entire …
