I've barely touched my fountain pens since October.  For writing at work and at home, with few exceptions, it has been graphite all t...

Lazy photo post today, because I'm still in recovery.  We had a beautiful snow storm on Wednesday, and I was stuck at home, but it was k...

I could mention that I did *try* to do a typecast version of the index card note, since you're likely getting sick of trying to deci...

Reason #1 I haven't been blogging: I've been obsessively practicing mandolin and learning new tunes.  Tunes I've learned since t...

I wear a hat to bed in the winter, and use a sleeping bag as a comforter.  This lets me turn the heat down at night, thus saving money for m...

Halvah taking advantage of a momentary break... I am officially throwing in the towel for NaNoWriMo 2011, at least as far as hitting 5...

Musical things I did this week:  1. Went to two concerts: one jazz/swing, with Paul Anastasio, an excellent fiddler (he played with Aslee...

I'd like to say I've not posted much because I've been so busy mapping out my NaNoWriMo story, but the truth is I've been ob...

Some of us have no trouble coming up with titles, sometimes even before we know what we're going to put in the story to go with the ...

That was then: This is now: (Click the pics to view on Flickr if you'd like to see identifying notes). They're all a bit batt...