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Quirky (True) Stories Volume 3: A backyard wilderness

Quirky (True) Stories Volume 3: A backyard wilderness

Hello.  Hello.  It looks like it is time for another round of Quirky (True) Stories, where I regale you with a small selection of random (but true!) stories, apropos of basically nothing. Like the last round of stories, this round has a theme, which is: Random, wild-animal stuff that has happened in my back yard.  That sounds vaguely exciting, but you will have to decide for yourself whether these stories live up to the hype.  I will warn you ahead…

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fly-by-posting: 2025/10/19 (w/pic)

fly-by-posting: 2025/10/19 (w/pic)

Last weekend I spent 5 hours patching a bedsheet.  Yes, I know, my intense party lifestyle astounds. To be fair, I hadn’t intended to spend 5 hours at it, but I’d already patched this sheet a lot over the years, and it needed something of an overhaul to hope I could get it to limp along longer than just one or two more cycles. Here’s a picture of one section of it, on my side of the bed.  Have I…

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a long-ish table stained red maple
I Have Made a Table-ish Thing!

I Have Made a Table-ish Thing!

I have made a table-ish thing!  Actually, I did most of the making last year, but I wasn’t able to finish it or use it until this month, for reasons that will become clear. First, though, I should say that I kind of only have two build-project speeds (for really any definition of ‘build’ that you like).  The most usual project speed begins with “I want this to be nice”.  And so, as a result, it takes me weeks and…

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pile of sewing
Silk Window-Pane Pillow Covers

Silk Window-Pane Pillow Covers

Yay, I’ve made something pretty for my house, or rather two somethings.  Two pretty pillow covers for the pillows on my couch. (Actually, from the picture below you can see that I had the bases for three, but I’ve only got two of them complete right now and also only two couch pillows, so that third one might languish, unfinished for…a bit.  Not forever, though.  It was too very satisfying sewing with such yummy colors; I know I’ll want to…

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book and flowers on a bookshelf
A Brief History of Woodworking

A Brief History of Woodworking

So, I’ve mentioned that woodworking is one of the things on my long list of hobbies, and I thought I might show a little bit of what I’ve done.  I’m in the middle of another little woodworking project right now, which as usual I’ve made more complicated than it needs to be, so I can’t tell if it’ll be done soon (what I’d really like), or many months from now (the more usual turn of events).  But in the meantime,…

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