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Going Inactive Here
Hi folks! I am posting this to let anyone who follows me here know that I am no longer going to be updating this journal with public posts (I will still be reading posts by my friends, though, and posting friends-only stuff as the spirit moves me ( Read more... ) -
February Updates
I can tell that I am having a relatively good winter because I have not needed to go out and buy myself consolation tulips to remind myself that Spring is Coming. Though of course now that I've written that, I am consumed with the need to have tulips in the house. [Edit: And now I do. Lovely pink-and-white striped ones.]But even so, I am really ( Read more... ) -
January Updates
A miscellany of things that have gotten me through this often-cold, often-gray month:
Steampunk Fractals. Go look here!
Making patterns. I would love to see a live performance by this artist! Knitting! I finally managed to dig out the hat I am working on and figure out how to read a chart (or at least this not-especially-complex chart). I haven' ( Read more... ) -
2014 Goals
It's already January 10th, so I should probably post my goals for 2014, especially as I've been enjoying reading everyone else's.
Here's how I did on my goals from 2013:
Finish a new book draft two half draftsDidn't do this as originally stated. Instead I wrote first chunk of a draft, then rewrote it a different way. My overall wordcount was more ( Read more... ) -
Recent Reads
I kept trying to put together a "Favorite Books of 2013" post but I just couldn't do it. It was a really good reading year and I read so many wonderful books. So instead, here's a few books I read and loved in the past month or so!
Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieIf I had to pick one favorite book of 2013 this would be my choice. I'm not sure it ( Read more... ) -
2013 Reading Stats
This was the year I really fell in love with reading ebooks. I do still love paper books. (Reading in the bathtub is one of my favorite indulgences and I am not quite brave or foolish enough to read my tablet when submerged in gallons of slippery, soapy hot water). But it's just so convenient to be able to read my tablet in bed without a light, ( Read more... ) -
Revitalized
I love reading other folks' year-end reviews and plans for the new year ahead, so here's mine ( Read more... ) -
Science + Art
One of my not-so-pet peeves is when people present science and art as being somehow at war with one another, especially when the implication is that science does not involve creativity and imagination, or that art is not a useful way of making sense of our world ( Read more... ) -
Rose and Vincent
As Inigo says, there is too much, let me sum up ( Read more... )
