Wag the Dog, anyone? There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom been practised, because the…
TotD: Written On the Body
I’d never heard of Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (or of the author, at all) until I was browsing through some of the quotations at Gaia a while back. This bit is too long for my quotations file,…
SBQ: Family Heirlooms
And another Stitching Blogger Question of the week, which should leave me all caught up: Do you have any pieces that you would liked passed on to future generations as family heirlooms? At one time, I thought so. My mother…
SBQ: Blended Threads
And another Stitching Blogger Question: How do you handle blended threads? Do you kit the blends up before you start a piece, or do you grab what colors you need and blend when the need arises? If you kit up…
SBQ: Most Complicated Piece?
I’m behind on the Stitching Bloqqer Questions, so I’ll do them for the next few days. What is the most complicated piece you’ve ever completed? I’m trying to figure out how to judge how complicated someone else would judge a…
Graphics. Gah!
There are times when being graphic-impaired really does annoy me. I’m finally moving forward with porting the Heartsong Handicrafts site to WordPress. It shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve done the same many times before with other sites. Unfortunately, I…
Sam and Saturday
Yes, it was another date night. Yay! (They are the highlights of my week, with good reason.) The girl went out on a date, so we had the house to ourselves. It still feels odd, at times, not to have…
Torchwood!
We watched more Torchwood tonight. I love it! But I must find a way to get season 2, episode 2. It’s driving me crazy. There is, however, hope! I just read that the BBC (the real one, not BBC America)…
Liaden Reading: Great Migration Duology
I finally got a chance to read both volumes of the Great Migration Duology by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon. I read Crystal Soldier a few years ago, right after it came out. I’d forgotten…
Birthday Boy and Girl!
Happy Birthday to the inimicable d2leddy and the luscious hopeevey!