Arts & Crafts III: Back to the Bowls
I haven’t talked about the pottery since last year.
Arts and Crafts
Arts & Crafts II
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 …
State of the Farm, November 2022
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
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 …
The LABYRINTH Is Halfway There!
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 …
The Rambling Writer Visits the NW Washington Fair
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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Arts & Crafts I
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. …
Lace For Your Life
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 …
