The Inconsequential Blogger

I recently was asked by someone who left a comment on one of my Trufocals/Superfocus posts (yes, even though the posts are over a year old, ...

I'm doing a book giveaway through Goodreads ! I'll be giving away five copies of my book,  Rose of Par Kluhnd: A Fairy Tale , which ...

I made a trip to Maryland over the weekend to attend my 31 year high school reunion (my class couldn't get it together in time for the ...

During the summer I'm busy with trying to tame parts of my yard into vegetable and herb gardens. They are always usually partly wild and...

I spent yesterday morning leaning over my tub and pounding wool fiber into felt. When you comb wool fiber with wool combs, there is some t...

I went to my library when local cookbook author, Bev Shaffer , came to talk about her book, Brownies to Die For!. She talked about chocolat...

In the Harry Potter movie, Chamber of Secrets, when Harry accuses Malfoy's father of slipping Riddle's diary into Ginny's posses...

This is what I made with the first batch of yarn I made from my Christmas Fleece : It's a scarf for my mom: I used a pattern I fou...

I've been dyeing some more. This time I dyed around three ounces of wool roving. I've pictured it here as it's drying on a scree...

I've circled so many things I want from my seed catalogues that I may go bankrupt if I order them all : ) I have to prune my choices. ...

  Logo design from the Imagination and Graphic Artistry of K.A. M'Lady & P.M. Dittman   I've just s...

I got a Nook Color ereader for Christmas. Actually, I should clarify that. My husband gave me a Kindle for Christmas which I was thrilled a...

This is the cover for Rose of Par Kluhnd: A Fairy Tale ! It's out now and available through Amazon.com , Amazon.co.uk , and Smashwords...

My daughter and my dog and I like to go on adventures . There is a parcel of land just a hop, skip, and a jump away which we use for just th...

It's so gratifying to be able to turn this: Into this: I've spun the first yarn from my Christmas fleece . 150 yards of luscious, so...

Several months ago (April, 2010) I began an experiment . I self-published two ebooks through Amazon.com to see what would happen. At the ti...

This is my first foray into dyeing with weak acid dyes. I had three skeins of sock yarn that I spun for my sister to experiment with. The ya...

Happy New Year!

I got a HUGE bag of raw sheep's fleece for Christmas!: I'm so excited! I've already begun washing it a little at a time. Can...

May you find joy today and everyday throughout the coming new year.