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Introduce-the-Story Themes: SSCS02 – How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters

Introduce-the-Story Themes: SSCS02 – How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters

Last year, after I had finished posting all of the installments for my first SSCS (Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory),I put up a post talking about different aspects of the story and/or the writing process, in the same vein as the pieces authors sometimes do when, for example, they’re doing a blog tour to promote their new book. Now that all of the installments have been posted for my most recent SSCS, How to Catch…

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photo taken August 4th 2024 of yellow marigolds.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 31

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 31

See Previous | See Next It’s been really hot this week, but the light sure has been cooperating to bathe everything in late summery prettiness. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years for once doesn’t seem to have a lot of consensus about what the garden might be up to (except that my liatris are definitely late this year). Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows off the season of lilies, from tiger lilies last month, to plantain lilies…

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fly-by-posting: 2024/08/02

fly-by-posting: 2024/08/02

Guess what amazing and rare thing I did today? I properly indexed and labeled the lab book I finished with a few days ago. This is a task I haven’t managed in over 2 years (and I’ve finished with 8 lab books in that time period). Feeling hopeful there really is a Light at the end of the Burnout.

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SSCS 02: Installment 32 of 32

SSCS 02: Installment 32 of 32

How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 32 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… When she was finally able to make her body stop shaking and shuddering, Mina found that, in the meantime, gran-Tom had called up a quiet song to fill the emptiness.  It…

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photo taken July 27th 2024 of pink-blooming hens-and-chicks.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 30

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 30

See Previous | See Next Well, my hens-and-chicks are flowering in their crazy, alien-flower sort of way.  And also the rest of my garden seems like it’s coming back to its pretty, green self.  (There was a crazy deluge last week I might have to thank for that.) Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years emphasizes that this is summertime, and there are lots of different pretty flowers that might show up in the summertime. Looking back 2-4 weeks and…

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SSCS 02: Installment 31 of 32

SSCS 02: Installment 31 of 32

How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 31 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The First Hum stretched and stretched, and somehow the waves seemed to move slower, and slower, as though their song was asking the sea itself to pause.  Then gran-Tom nodded, and…

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photo taken July 21st 2024 of white echinacea.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 29

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2024 week 29

See Previous | See Next My garden is still feeling somewhat ragged from The Time of the Drought, but there are still a few pretty flowers here and there (especially in the pots on my deck). Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years recalls the time of pretty lilies, and suggests now should be when the liatris start blooming.  …The liatris are not ready for blooming at this time… Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years does agree now is…

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SSCS 02: Installment 30 of 32

SSCS 02: Installment 30 of 32

How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 30 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… And the jangling stopped.  “How much longer do you want me doing this, gran-Tom?”  That was Hedwin, who was slouched down on a crate placed across from the entrance into the…

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fly-by-posting: 2024/07/18 (w/pics)

fly-by-posting: 2024/07/18 (w/pics)

I got a treat this evening! I went on a walk and saw no less than 3 separate frogs (or toads – I’m not actually sure how to tell the difference; they were in the grass by the sidewalk(s)). The littlest one especially was so cute! hiding next to a fake rock by the play-ground set. In other news, this was our local squirrel today: I think this squirrel is actually part dog, the way it likes to plop down…

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purple irises
Irises Roundup 2024

Irises Roundup 2024

I may have lots and lots of roses (that bloom sometimes), but did you know I also have lots and lots of irises (that bloom sometimes)!  Like roses, irises are decadently beautiful, come in so many colors and varieties, and (traditionally) smell heavenly.  (Also like roses, many of the newer, frillier varieties don’t have very much scent, but so it goes.) The season for irises is shorter than for roses, and also earlier, which means that all of my irises…

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