The Girdle of Melian

early travel roundup! One of my first posts lasts year was a repost of My Favourite Thing About Turkey . If anyone is looking for a way to help, this charity is a good one . The rest of the year in travel went like this: January : visit to a snowy mountaintop February : annual roundup of travel in Switzerland the perfect Swiss day ! March : travel questionnaire ("What's the best thing you've ever eaten overseas?") springtime in our village ! April : Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! It counts as travel, no? Since my theme was all about visiting and celebrating fellow bloggers! And I also shared photos of a concert in Lausanne and a weekend trip to Schwyz! May : Poems for the Ride Paris ! June : strawberry picking photos of various travels part I: Turkey, 2008 photos of various travels part II: Three Pines in Switzerland, 2022 photos of various travels part III: Flowers and trees, 2022 July : Stockholm ! Geneva observatory Holmfirth ...

oday's blog post is so jam-packed, we need an agenda! Items to cover: 1. My contest! 2. Insecure Writer's Support Group Day 3. A Kickstarter for a new series! 4. Update for A Round of Words in 80 Days 5. A new story by me (and some new art)! Here we go... My book review contest is ongoing ! Submit a review for Summer Fire and win! Let me know in the comments. Summer Fire by Deniz Bevan The Dirty Bits from Carina Press "give you what you want, when you want it. Designed to be read in an hour or two," these "microromances are guaranteed to pack a punch and deliver a happily-ever-after." 'You know how it is with Canadians. We come alive in the summer.' Ayse had resigned herself to an interesting—but in the end unromantic—trip visiting family in Istanbul. Great-aunts, touristy sites and endless meals…until she meets fellow doctor Hakan. All tanned skin and defined muscle under his polo shirt, his kisses cut off her breath, making he...

aking and baking and knitting and crafts, oh my! Here's the 2021 roundup , with a few goals that I actually met. And I don't necessarily need the playing cards for the Dark Matter: Artificial anthology  (mentioned in the post), because I have cards for Druid's Moon ! Druid's Moon is out now ! I wrote eight crafting posts in 2022 : January: Crafting in 2021 roundup and some new knitting February: Knitting a Gryffindor scarf during the Olympics (and Tom Daley!) April: Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! June: All the crafts : Baking, knitting, painting, sewing, picking strawberries and making bookmarks! August: Knitting on vacation : Scarborough and Barcelona (and some Easter eggs for Druid's Moon !) November: All the crafts, part 2 : candle making, paper airplane folding, board game crafting, baking, and Lego building (featuring settings from my novels!). Plus a really good drawing tip from Nathan Pyle! I also did some of the formatting for...