The Girdle of Melian

rafts! But first, it's Insecure Writer's Support Group Day! The awesome co-hosts for the October 2 posting of the IWSG are are  Diedre Knight,   Lisa Buie Collard,   Kim Lajevardi,  and  JQ Rose ! Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say. Remember, the question is optional October 2 question - - What creative activity do you engage in when you're not writing? I knit! And now and then I bake... On the other hand, I didn't carve these pumpkins... ...but I made the stuffed peppers! And the grape cake in the background! I didn't make these either! Earrings by a friend's daughter, art I clipped on by smolbus This looks like nothing -- it's one square! To be added to squares knit by others, t

ooks! My Books Read list is still out of control ! I've recently updated the Books Read page , and since then have read at least five more stories! I'm now at nearly 3,000 stories read on Archive of Our Own, along with other novels, poems, etc. By necessity, the lists for myself and the kids now cover both 2023 and 2024. I will need a new plan for 2025! This post is part of the official record, because here is the second batch of all the photos of library books and other books read (mostly by the kids) that I just don't have time to type up the titles and authors of! Including The Collected Poems of JRR Tolkien , a brand new collection! Torso of Air by Ocean Vuong After by Richie Hoffman I blogged about these children's classics a couple of weeks ago The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, such a good book! Do you keep track of your reading? How do you organise your lists?

itanic! In 2019, we held a writers' houseparty set on the Titanic . Here's the scene when my characters boarded Collapsible Boat B: There's also a playlist for the houseparty! After that, I wrote a This Week in History: Titanic post. I've seen random items off the Titanic before: A lifebelt ! Posters at McKibbin's Pub! Titanic exhibit at Scarborough and knitted items from the Titanic ! Our latest visit was to the newly opened Titanic exhibit in Lausanne : I hadn't seen a map of the iceberg's journey before! A romantic postcard On entry to the exhibition, you receive a boarding pass with a passenger's name on it -- I got Ida Straus A first class cabin A third class cabin, complete with the sound of the boilers nearby Coal I forgot to take a photo of the replica iceberg! Officer Lightoller, the only one that went back for more survivors. He also kept alive the survivors on Collapsible Boat B, which