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  • Snowed-In Sunday

    My original plans for this weekend were simple but joyful: I would go on Saturday to a yarn/fiber-dyeing studio up in Vermont, to spend a possibly obscene amount of money (under the banner of The Twelve Days of Birthday, which… Continue reading

  • March 2025 Wrap-Up

    I’m a little more on top of things than last month — I’m only three days late! What a resounding blogging success I am. Books Read: 1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka: This had been on… Continue reading

  • February 2025 Wrap-Up

    Only a few days (uh, almost two weeks) late! Not too shabby. And! This is officially my third blog post of the year, so truly I am a roaring success. So let’s get into it! “It” being “how well did… Continue reading

  • January 2025 Wrap-Up

    Look at me, updating twice in the same year! Maybe 2025 is the year that blogging sticks. One can hope! In any case, January 2025 was something of a lackluster month, in terms of both reading and writing. Back in… Continue reading

  • The Great and Terrible Maws (of Consumerism)

    Yesterday, as I was wasting a few quiet moments at work, I was going through Twitter — rarely a good idea, despite all the lovely friends and fanworks I have there — and came across this article by Jess Bacon,… Continue reading

  • Admissions and Frustrations

    I think it’s time to admit I am just…bad at blogging. Even back in the Heyday of Blogs (and the days of the dearly departed Google Reader; no, I have not recovered from that particular loss), when a solid third… Continue reading

  • 2022: A Year in Books

    After a few years of not reading as much as I used to — combined with some not-so-great record-keeping for the books I DID read — I think it’s safe to say that I’m back, baby. Growing up, I was… Continue reading

  • Books and Thoughts and Thoughts and Books

    After a few years of not hitting my reading goals (due to reading a ton of fanfic, too much choice, and forgetting to update Goodreads), I delighted myself by hitting my goal of 60 books read in 2022 back in… Continue reading