I mentioned a three bean/baked bean recipe last Friday**, and can now report that I tried a version of it, using canned butter beans and navy beans as the second and third beans. I like the spices that I actually used, to wit, bacon, dry mustard, BBQ sauce (the recipe uses ketchup), brown sugar, cider [...]
Category: book sample
My first book tour…
Tomorrow, I'm traveling to Berryville, VA, to share my books at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, even though Hurricane Helene is supposedly going to cause a lot of rain, even up there in western/ northern Virginia. It’s raining today, and rain is forecast for Sunday but Saturday, tomorrow, is supposed to be scattered showers and [...]
Books and a Shenandoah Festival
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fiction! Fairytale fragment …
I went to the market and bought a chocolate tree. The day was bright but slightly overcast, with streaky clouds blowing along, high in the sky. I like the market best in bright sunshine but this was a pretty good second choice, and a lovely way to get my cloudy mind into fresh air. People [...]
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