Hi. Hello. I deleted half my blog. (Okay, at this point it's more like 2/3 of my blog.) Why? Well, buckle up, boy-o. (Insert serious selfie here.) I started reading blogs in blogging's golden age of 2007-ish. Over the years I read dozens of blogs and watched as people landed book deal after book deal… Continue reading I Deleted Half My Blog
Two Pheasants Fighting
Every time I think the words two pheasants fighting, my brain immediately shouts FIVE GOLDEN RINGS. I don't know either. But here are pictures of...two pheasants fighting. Things are quiet around here lately. Writing about making jam and weeding the garden and trying to tame the weeds (OMG the weeds) and massive rhubarb plants… Continue reading Two Pheasants Fighting
A Burlap Coffee Sack Pillow Cover
I made another pillow cover. A burlap coffee sack pillow cover. Clearly I have a pillow problem. This is completely, totally, and utterly inspired by this post over at Funky Junk Interiors. I've wanted to turn an old crate into an ottoman for years because of that post, but a crate never really fit into… Continue reading A Burlap Coffee Sack Pillow Cover
In Yellowstone, With the Birthday Curse
Here's the thing. For the last, I dunno, 400 years, my birthday has never quite worked out the way I plan. I get sick. Plans go awry. The weather doesn't cooperate. At some point I angered the Birthday Gods and they have been riding my ass ever since. Anyway, in an attempt to prove the… Continue reading In Yellowstone, With the Birthday Curse
Turn a Regular Pillow into Two Throw Pillows
A few months ago I switched back to a feather pillow, as they are the only pillows I've ever used that don't go flat. Instead of throwing the old one away, I kept it. Why? Because you can turn a regular pillow into two throw pillows. (I did not come up with this idea, I… Continue reading Turn a Regular Pillow into Two Throw Pillows
Black Spruce Hound 