I love this view of the mountain obscured. Where is the top?! That's how I feel about my writing at this moment. I'm at 77, 991 words and I just blundered into the fog. I'm close but not at the top yet. Wherever the top is... I've got to keep going!
Category: book sample
The baked beans were great!
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 [...]
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 [...]