fly-by-posting 2023/12/09
Just finished re-inhaling The Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy by Martha Wells. I think I loved it even better this third time around.
2023 Writing Progress
Okay. We’re closing in on the end of the year. Which is the first year I’ve had this blog. Which I started in large part because I wanted a place to be able to talk about my writing (and my garden). You’ve seen my garden, so now, the least I can do is tell you how my writing’s gone this year. The short answer is: Not as great as I was hoping. But, I didn’t do nothing. So, I’ll give…
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 48
See Previous | See Next Well, there’s still snow on the ground, though things are getting soggy and drippy. Catching my garden just when the sun is coming through the scraggle can be pretty, but mostly we’re at the stage of ‘Ah, why didn’t I properly tidy this mess (back garden) before it got snow all over it?!’ Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years gives a strong reminder of how quickly things can dry back up into a brown…
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 47
See Previous | See Next Well, here’s that snow everything was hinting at. We got a good six inches this week! The next question is always, of course, how long will it last? Colorado winters are very dry and, lately at least, only intermittent about staying below freezing. Never-the-less, my front garden is so shady I’d say there’s even odds I won’t be seeing the ground there again until the spring. (But yay! I just managed to get it trimmed…
The Fall of Ile-Rien, and Love-you-as-you-are Romance
I just started re-reading a book I really like. Though some people re-read a lot, for me it’s really rare, even with favorite books. Though…perhaps lately it’s been getting less rare? I think this’ll be my third time through this one. The book is called The Wizard Hunters and is the first in a trilogy called The Fall of Ile-Rien by Martha Wells. Like many, I quite like a lot of Martha Wells’ work (Murderbot, anyone?), but I really think…
fly-by-posting 2023/11/23 (w/ pic)
Did I say my garden had all turned brown? But you see, daisies don’t believe in turning all the way brown. Daisies dream of becoming the green plague that will one day cover the Earth. (Maybe in partnership with vinca – it depends whether they’re forced into a stalemate or not.)
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 46
See Previous | See Next It’s so dark out so early! No longer being on Daylight Savings Time means I don’t get to see my garden as much when I come home from work. Never-the-less, it’s still there, and a few plants are even managing to add a little bit more fall color as the weather thinks about turning properly cold. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is kind of a mish-mash, with general agreement that brown-ness trends will…
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 45
See Previous | See Next Well, we have definitely now entered the brown phase of Colorado Front-range fall/winter. I almost said ‘the everlasting brown phase’, but of course this whole post-series puts the lie to that. We have come to the time of year, though, when a long look at the landscape reminds you that this is the next thing to a desert, and the bits of beauty hiding out in the garden require, usually, a rather close eye. Looking…
Quick-Chores
Okay, friends. I think it is time to tell you about something I call Quick-Chores, which is a house-keeping tactic I’ve been playing with this year, to varying degrees of success. First, I should say that on the spectrum of people, I am the sort of people who neither enjoys housework, nor feels strongly compelled to do very much of it. I think I’m in a lot of pretty good company. Never-the-less, I do prefer a clean house to a…
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 44
See Previous | See Next This week warmed up again a little bit and the snow of last week all melted. We had a brief window of that muddy, warm, melty time when the breeze can almost fool you that it’s actually spring, but it’s past now and everything is less green than before, rather than more. The foliage that hadn’t turned its fall colors yet seems to now be going straight from green to brown. Looking back 1-2 weeks…