Life as I know it in Rural America.
Welcome to Friday Favorites, a place where I talk about some of my favorite things right now. The Hogwarts Collection from BlackMilk Clothing I just discovered that BlackMilk Clothing has a line of Harry Potter themed clothing items, and they are fabulous. A lot of the pieces are sold out already, but if you’re interested, Read More …
Mildred Jane is 4 months old! She has had a big growth spurt in the last month and now weighs in at a whopping 12 lbs, and is 23 inches long. In the last month she has also learned the new skill of rolling over, which she only likes to do when she doesn’t think Read More …
It’s a nice hot summer here in southern Indiana. And that means that they have turned the air conditioning on at the office. For some reason, the temperature in my building always seems to be about right for a man in a 3-piece suit as opposed to someone who has dressed appropriately for the weather. Read More …
The county fair starts this Sunday, which means that I’m working on gathering things up to exhibit in Open Class again. Between the pregnancy and Mildred showing up. I’ve hardly had time to do much in the way of crafty projects in the last year. I do have a couple of quilts that I haven’t Read More …
If you could only have a physical copy of one book, what book would that be? As we’ve discussed previously, I have a love for physical copies of books, even having multiple copies of them. That means that choosing only one book to have a physical copy of would be very hard for me. But Read More …
Though it’s something I haven’t had much time for with the new baby, I love making quilts. I think it’s the concept of taking a stack of fabrics that anyone could have and making something completely my own. My design process usually starts with a specific fabric or concept. I often find myself attracted to Read More …
I’m back at work now, so even my available time for listening to audiobooks has dropped. But, I am still trying to make time to do a little bit of reading. I was able to finish 2 audiobooks this month, and made some progress on a couple of real books. Speakers of the Dead Speakers Read More …
I am a messy person by nature, tossing all of my stuff into what I like to consider “organized piles.” Unfortunately, those piles tend to get so large that they stop being organized, or worse yet, they are in places like my purse, which become a giant black hole. That’s why I’m a huge fan Read More …
Paperback or Hardback? As I mentioned in my last Bookish Questions post about Special Editions, I love hardback books. Especially hardback books that are pretty. If I plan to keep a book to read multiple times, I would much rather have a hardback edition of the novel, but if it’s something I’m not likely to Read More …