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New Cross-stitch Completed: The Stargazer

New Cross-stitch Completed: The Stargazer

This summer I finished another cross-stitch. Like the last one I posted about, this is also a Mirabilia Designs cross-stitch (from a pattern released in 2006), and is called The Stargazer. As you will see, it’s not a particularly colorful design (so many different blues!). But, I’m a sucker for star-themed images to start with, and I feel like this design has such an elegant balance, I just couldn’t resist it. One thing I love about cross-stitches is how the…

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fly-by-posting: 2025/02/03 (w/pic)

fly-by-posting: 2025/02/03 (w/pic)

Sometimes ice canyons on the side of the street are kinda cool looking. But, I have to say, they’re super extra cool looking when you’ve had a healthy dose of geology and/or planetary-science classes, and so are imagining you’re staring down at something like a diorama of another planet. (Go planetary science!)

20 Questions as of January 15th 2025

20 Questions as of January 15th 2025

Although I’d like to and intend to post something new and regular-blog-post-like to this blog on a semi-regular basis, sometimes I go for stretches where I seem to have lost access to any extra brain cells, especially the ones needed for coming up with anything even vaguely resembling ‘new.’  In fact, lately, I’ve been hovering near the borders of just such a state.  And so, I’ve come up with an idea!  What sort of prompt might require not very many…

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Some Favorite Things

Some Favorite Things

Today I need to write something positive, just cuz.  So, here’s a blog post about some random ‘favorites’ of mine…with certain follow-ups. First up: Favorite Colors Yes, kindergarten is over thirty years behind me, and yet I am still going to tell you about my favorite colors.  I really, really like colors, okay?  …Which means I can’t possibly have a favorite.  But some colors I adore are: So, what’s more wonderful than gorgeous colors?  Gorgeous color-combinations.  A single, flat color…

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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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Light at the End of the Burnout

Light at the End of the Burnout

So, here’s a crazy thing.  I’m writing this on a Wednesday, and as I left work today I was actually feeling a little excited about my job. This shouldn’t be a crazy thing.  I work in Astronomy, as a Scientific Programmer, which is a combination of two things I really, really like and am good at.  However, for a variety of reasons, not all of them to do directly with my job (you can probably guess one or two), the…

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Annular Eclipse vs Pinhole Camera vs Astronomy is Awesome

Annular Eclipse vs Pinhole Camera vs Astronomy is Awesome

Okay, so ordinarily outreach astronomy isn’t my jam.  I just really don’t have a bent toward teaching, though I am ever grateful for all those out there who do.  But this recent Annular Eclipse had an interesting confluence of events for me that made me realize again that, of all of the sciences, I’m grateful my path took me to Astronomy. I do think that Astronomy is super great.  It’s also a lot more accessible than you might expect, both…

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