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
Author: Beth
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
Remember me saying that I have too many pillows and am in danger of being swallowed up by them? Well, I made another one. I made 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… Continue reading A Burlap Coffee Sack Pillow Cover
This Month’s Books – May 2018
Though I read 5 or 6 books in May, two of them ended up being two of the best books I've read in years. Let's focus on those, shall we? (Either that or you'll have to hear me rant about how The Night Circus started out wonderfully and then filled me with disappointment.) First… Continue reading This Month’s Books – May 2018
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