A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean My rating: 3 of 5 stars I used to read romance novels in high school. Never the entire book, mind you. Just the dog-eared passages passed around under the cafeteria tables….
Brothers and very best friends
We’ve been having a lot of thunderstorms lately. During a particularly nasty one, the zoo was hunkered down on the sofa with me. And this happened. Yes, that’s Charlie and Ollie “holding paws” during the storm. If I could freeze…
Stupid beading tricks: Sprite bracelet
A few years ago at Bead Fest Philadelphia* I bought two bottle cap beads because I thought they were the most unique and happy beads ever. And they are! But I had no idea what to use them for. I…
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore review
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think I may have done this book a disservice by reading it after the Goldfinch, but you know what? It’s a darn charming little book. It’s…
There's a great future in plastics
Inspired by the Instagrammers who photoshop/picmonkey the life out of themselves, I downloaded an app called Perfect 365 to see how I could improve my online presence. Here is my before and after. On the left, I’m made up as…
Stupid beading tricks: Orange flower
I bought this enameled pendant from Jade Scott back in 2012, and of course all of the ideas I had for it disappeared as soon as I received it. So I saved it. And waited. And waited. One night, the…
