Breaking news! At the end of September I am going to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival in Berryville, Virginia. https://www.shenandoahvalleyfiberfestival.com/home2024/ I’ve been invited to bring copies of my book, Jessamyn’s Yarn, and do a book signing. I’ll be there Saturday, September 28. This is not quite as random as it sounds. My cover artist is [...]
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Old time illustrations
A week or two ago I mentioned reading Pride and Prejudice on Project Gutenberg. The particular edition that was up on that site had adorable illustrations and illuminated capitals done by an artist named Hugh Thomson. I went looking and discovered that Thomson had illustrated several other books, including one called Highways and Byways in [...]
Catholic scientists, a list of women
I started working on lists of Catholic scientists twenty-five years ago. My father, a Catholic scientist himself, had commented for years on people who shared that faith. The worldly belief that you can't be both was strong, even sixty years ago. In 2016 a Society of Catholic Scientists was founded. I had heard of it [...]
Links to share – August 16
My brain is still processing my current novel. At a crucial moment I have a whole set of incidents that are not in the proper order, so that’s where my analytic energies are concentrated. So a few links today to articles I enjoyed reading... First up, an article from Suburban Banshee. https://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/2024/08/11/our-lady-makes-a-joke/ This post contains [...]
August accomplishments
Cooking … The red Bing cherries I remember from my childhood don’t seem to be around anymore. The yellow and red Rainier cherries taste much better than most red cherries I’ve had recently, but I keep being suckered, thinking that I’m just buying cherries at the wrong moment, too early or too late. Well… I [...]
