The Inconsequential Blogger

Here are some Halloween sights, taken yesterday on the search for jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Click on any image to view it larger: One of ...

Last Sunday I hauled all of my wares to an arts and crafts fair which featured northeastern Ohio Etsy shop owners. Here I am setting up my ...

I belonged to a religion for eighteen years, almost everyday of which I felt caged or different because I didn't quite fit that religion...

I usually don't make caramel until December so that I can send it off to friends and family far away. Today as the warm, sweet caramel ...

These are some texting mittens that I knitted out of some of my handspun yarn. They're for my daughter: The gray inner glove is yarn ...

An article in the November/December 2008 issue of Archaeology Magazine talks about witchcraft in Great Britain. Recently, an archaeologist...

I live right next to a park which used to be a farm. The farmhouse and barn are still there and are not a part of the park. They're owne...

I'll be demonstrating spinning this Sunday in the farmhouse at Case-Barlow Farm's Fall Harvest Fest . If you're in Hudson, Ohio ...

Garden production is winding down. I still have a few tomatoes ripening, and there are still a few greenbeans to be had, but the peppers wi...

We've been enjoying Bison chili a lot over the past several weeks. One thing I like to make with the peppers and tomatoes from the garde...

Yesterday was dyeing day. It was a lot of trouble for just over 3 ounces of wool, but it was good to learn the process for these particular...

I've been up to more dyeing. The other day, I gathered more marigolds from the garden along with some wild goldenrod, and threw the flo...

I have a multitude of marigolds blooming in my faraway garden. I planted them in hopes of using them as dyestuff. So today I walked out to...

My Goodreads givaway for My Twelfth Christmas starts Sept. 1st and ends Sept. 30. Enter for a chance to win one of three copies being given...

I just bought this through an auction on eBay: It's my birthday present! I can't wait 'till it gets here. I have a lot of fib...

Read about The Fibershed Project , textile artisan Rebecca Burgess's one year commitment to wearing clothes made from fibers found withi...

Here's what my far away garden (which is what I call my community garden plot) looked like about a month ago in mid-July: And here it ...

Yesterday, I dyed just about 4 1/2 ounces of wool with elderberries. I had about 1 pound of berries with which to make the dye bath. I mord...

Over the weekend my daughter and I sold our wares at The Crooked River Fiber Fling in Peninsula, Ohio. It was a hot and muggy weekend, but i...