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A collection of 128 issues

Published

My first article in Spero News is online! I wrote about the knit group I go to once a month: There is always at least one person who can teach a newcomer, and spare supplies to experiment with. The atmosphere is non-threatening. If the baby sock you're making

Sunscreen

Wear Sunscreen by Mary Schmich. Heard this set to music on the radio tonight, a spoken voice recording with background music called "Everybody's free to wear sunscreen." It was recorded in 1998 and hit the American charts in 1999. This is a few snippets: If I

Post Thanksgiving

Yesterday was the first day I didn't touch my novel since the start of November. Felt weird not to go to the laptop, open the file, check for spelling errors, load the wordcount into the spreadsheet, the whole routine. Not that I didn't go to the

Rememberance

My maternal grandfather served in the Home Guard in WWII. His son, my uncle, ended up in Africa on the front lines with a wrench in his hands instead of a rifle, fixing trucks. My paternal grandfather was accidentally killed in a training exercise by a live bullet that should

More Guy Fawkes

Another Guy Fawkes link, this one from the BBC. I love reading about the Gunpowder Plot. The Houses of Parliament website also has a page, and the Gunpowder Plot Society is a great reference. Remember, remember, The fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot! We see no reason, Why gunpowder

Snippets

(End of month is horribly busy at work.) Go read this if you write: Ten mistakes writers don't see, link via Jordon Cooper. I'm wondering what my crutch words are. I think wonder might be one of them. Library book '100 years overdue' It

Minus and plus

Some stupid smoker set fire to my best friend's house Saturday night! WHEN will people figure out that tossing a smouldering thing onto dry stuff is likely to start a fire? That cigarette butts are not only litter, they are smouldering, stinking litter? That it's dangerous

Haiku V

All good things must end Haiku week is finished now Thank you for playing! This is the last haiku round up, thanks to everyone who posted them, it's been a blast! I'm leaving town mid-afternoon, so I'll post what I have so far. If

Haiku IV

The Mystery Yarn Parcel I won in Jillz August contest arrived last night! Good old Royal Mail! Mystery parcel, Rowan Cotton Chenille yarn, Galaxy chocolate! There was a bar of Galaxy chocolate in the box that did not last the night, also a lovely note, and four balls of yarn

Haiku III

Working on the socks promised for Sehlat's birthday, knitting down the bones. (*) (* Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg is one of the first books on writing I picked up five years ago, and I still go back to it. I think I'd prefer my novels

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