I was a little nervous about trying cabling again, because it’s been long enough that I’d forgotten how to do it, but I put on the Fellowship of the Ring for company and inspiration (because this particular cable pattern looks very Tolkien-elvish to me), and dove in, and look, it’s starting to do the thing. …
Nice time at Foster Beach yesterday — the water was cold, but manageable for swimming, and the weather overall was perfect — 85F, not too windy, just lovely. I read about half of a novel (P. Djeli Clark’s _A Master of Djinn_, a fun romp), the kids read and swim and buried each other in …
Hey, local writer folks — we’re starting up the SLF’s Deep Dish speculative fiction reading series again, yay! More about the series here: https://speculativeliterature.org/…/deep-dish-reading…/ We’re looking for a few more rapid-fire readers to join us for the first one; beginners welcome. You’d be reading for 3 minutes max! We request that you read something with …
Hey, I was thinking about how difficult it can be to transition to eating more plant-based meals, and I was wondering would anyone be interested in a vegan cooking club? – every Saturday, I’d e-mail you three Sri Lankan vegan recipes, that you could put together into a nice meal – once a month, I’d …
Kitchen experiments for the Patreon boxes — homemade marshmallow fondant (tasty, easy to make, stretchy and therefore easy to work with, very sweet, the kids like it). Also used an embossing set for these fairy dust cookies (and then gilded the embossed portions). The result doesn’t look super-professional, but I figure fairies probably aren’t super-professional …
Slightly complicated day today — I have a slew of things I need to do, AND we have a plumber coming to deal with various broken things (one toilet out of commission, one kitchen faucet with a broken regulator that sprays wildly)… …but also, it’s the last relatively hot day before Kavi starts school next …
My gums are a disaster, so today I’m in for deep cleaning at the periodontist, which now includes bonus lasers (a relatively new alternative to oral surgery). They do half the mouth today, half later. Expect me to be sore and somewhat cranky for the rest of the day. I did think this x-ray was …
Here’s part two of the ADHD thing I promised yesterday — I want to talk about panic. To do that, though, I need to take a few steps back, I think. Keep in mind that I’m not a doctor, nor have I studied this extensively as a layperson; this is just based on what I’ve …
About a month ago, I joined a FB group for women with ADHD, and it’s been really fascinating. Part of it has been learning terms for things I’ve lived with all my life (like time-blindness), part of it has been seeing women struggling with much more severe ADHD than I have. There was a recent …
