I live! Things are getting busier for me between work, a new craft ambition, baking, and the usually scheduled crafts, but I’m hoping things will settle out in the next week. With schools having started up again for the year I decided to pull out a school-adjacent short story. I hope you enjoy! What’s the […]
Author: Meg
Rustling up some Cowboy Cookies
I saw a recipe for cowboy cookies on a test kitchen episode and I couldn’t help but think they looked really nice. Not quite a kitchen sink cookie recipe they mixed a traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe with sweetened shredded coconut, oats, and toasted pecans. When it came time to actually make the recipe I […]
Mid-month Middle Earth 11
We are officially “into the weeds” when it comes to the colors on the portion of the map I am working on, no more nice, large blocks of colors are awaiting me. It’s a balancing act of how much thread to carry while putting in stitches. Carry the thread too long, and it makes a […]
I Don’t Often Axolotl Questions
But aren’t these guys just the cutest? I have spent the last week doing a lot of pattern repetitions, and I am still on the long slog of making my second sock with no real progress (other than the sock is a little longer). The one new thing I have to show is that I […]
First Friday Fiction: A Curated Image
This is not the short story I intended to post for August. I had another one written up and was mid-edit when this story popped into my head two days ago and refused to let go. I’ve been rushing to finish writing the short story and edit it, so I apologize if it is a […]
We’re going to need a bigger bag (It’s Shark Week!)
As we are in shark week month (coming up on the tail end of shark week itself) I decided to make some crochet sharks. At first I went looking for some free shark patterns, and I even found some really cute ones (links at the end of the post) but none of them were what […]
Put it in a pudding: a loving look at custard-soaked bread
I like bread pudding. A Lot. There is nothing so wonderful as taking old, dry, stale bread and turning it into a decadent, custardy dessert. This is one of the reasons why french toast is such a wonderful breakfast food, especially when it’s done right with dry bread so that the egg soak can be […]
Mid-month Middle Earth 10
I live! We have family coming in to stay for a month so we have been cleaning and organizing the house for the last two weeks. Now that things are as clean as they are going to get, I have some more free time. Most of the free time not spent cleaning was spent working […]
First Friday Fiction: A Basking Day
I hope you all had a wonderful fourth of July for those Americans who celebrate. With the weather we’ve been having (hot and humid, a killer combination) I’ve been longing to spend time in the water. Since I haven’t had the chance to, at least more than the usual shower, I’ve decided to write about […]
When you wish upon a star bread
There comes a time when you look into your fridge and go “I got to get rid of some of this stuff.” While I was going through the fridge I stumbled upon a chunk of parmesan cheese bought weeks before for something – pizza or a pasta bake of some kind- and which was now […]