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New Blog Post – So You Want to Get Paid in Books: About Professional Reading
If you’re here on my website, you probably know already that I review books. It’s something I’ve been doing for a long time now and have enjoyed a lot. I think my favorite part is getting books for free. I wrote up a blog post about my experience as a professional reader, including how I…
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New Blog Post – The End of the Road: Saying Goodbye to Vessel
Those who know me in person have probably heard me talk lovingly about my car, Vessel. Over many years and many, many miles, she was always dependable. However, nothing lasts forever. Eventually Vessel began to wear down and it was time to move on to a new vehicle. I wrote a post about the process…
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New Blog Post – How to Defeat a Reading Slump
A reading slump is never a fun experience. I’ve dealt with them myself, and I’ve found some really helpful tricks to get past them. I’ve shared these with a number of friends, and they’ve benefitted from these tricks as well. I decided it was time to write them all down in order to share them…
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New Blog Post – Getting Loud to Defend Libraries
For this month, I had planned to post an article I’d written a while about about the psychology of spring cleaning. I’ve been holding onto it for a while and April seemed like a great month. However, with the current state of the world, I decided it could wait another year if it needed to.…
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New Blog Post – Telling My Story
Words and writing have always fascinated me. I read voraciously, as I’m sure you know already. However, it’s not only about escapism and entertainment. My relationship with language goes much deeper than that. I had been ignoring it for a long time. This month’s blog post is about finding my calling and following through.
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Fiber Arts Post – An End in Sight for the Hopsmere Sweater Pattern
There’s finally an end in sight for the Hopsmere Cardigan! I ordered the last of the yarn that I’ll need and finished the panel for the neck. After this, I’ll need to pick up buttons, buckles, and leather before knitting the button panel. Then I’ll put on the final finishing touches! Or… I might need…
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New Blog Post – The Little Things: Finding the Ways to Keep Fighting
It took me a long time to decide what the topic of this month’s blog post was going to be. I have several different draft posts sitting on the back burner, along with a few other ideas that I haven’t written out yet. When it came time to start writing for this month, I considered…
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New Blog Post – Getting Back in the Books
Those of you who have followed me for a while likely noticed a shift in the sort of content I put out over the past year. For my January blog post, I figured it’s time to address it directly. Back in the fall, my routine endured some major changes. It meant that my habits had…
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New Blog Post – Deep Winter Reset
This year is coming to an end. Once the chaos of the winter holidays passes, I like to retreat for a while. It’s a tradition of mine that I’m calling my Deep Winter Reset. It feels good for me to take this time to assess where I am, and how that relates to where I…
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Fiber Arts Post – Frogging Again: The Never-Ending Sleeve
Yup, I’m still on the sleeve of the Hopsmere Cardigan. Yeah, I mean the first sleeve. Even more frustrating, I’m going to have to rip back a good ten inches of work. If you’re unfamiliar with fiber arts, this is a process called “frogging.” It’s my least favorite part of pattern design. You can read…
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New Blog Post – Feeling SAD: Dealing With Seasonal Affective Disorder
I’ve just published a new post on the blog. It’s titled Feeling SAD: Dealing With Seasonal Affective Disorder. It discusses exactly what you would imagine with a straightforward title like that. It’s about how my SAD tends to flare up this time of year and what alterations I make in order to cope with it.…
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Fiber Arts Post – On His Sleeve: The Hopsmere Sweater Sleeve
I’ve officially made it to the Hopsmere Sweater sleeve! You can read it now on the Fiber Arts site. This project is based on a wearable garment in Red Dead Online. I’m recording my process as I go to later turn the steps into a pattern that I will be making available once it’s ready.…