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July 20, 2022
Chloe Snippet: House of the Bulls
Since I didn’t write for the prompt last week, here’s a snip of the WIP. Feedback is welcome. I’m still figuring out what I’m doing with this story. *** The bus stop wasn’t at the cemetery entrance, of course. Who would need to come and go to the city of the dead inside the greater …
July 19, 2022
Odd Prompts: The Gavotte
Sadly, I’ve never learned to dance, much less the intricate dances nearly lost to history now. But the springs and prances that occasionally enliven a gavotte seem to suit this peculiar pair as they court. My prompt this week was “The red dragon danced with the white unicorn.” from AC Young. I simply had to …
July 18, 2022
Summer in North Texas: Arrowhead Lake
You know it’s a good nature walk when you get to use the line ‘it’s like the Pit of Sarlacc…’ We take a lot of inspiration from the peculiar creatures around us, and that gets used in fiction, like the abovementioned monster. But there are other things that we see, and resonate with us. Like …
July 17, 2022
Eat This While You Read That: CV Walter
This one was a first, in that I got to hand some of the food I’d prepared for the blog post to the author! And get squee‘s in response. Also, this is a delicious treat. Both the food, and the book! When I am making baklava I don’t make the filo dough. There are some …
July 15, 2022
Custard Sauce
A shocking amount of my meal planning pivots on ‘what needs to be used up before it goes off?’ and I know I’m not alone in that. This recipe evolved out of having five small Granny Smith Apples that had been in the fruit bowl for some time. The nice thing about baking apples is …
July 12, 2022
Odd prompts: Chloe Snippet
This is a snip of the ongoing Chloe story. You can find earlier snips here, or the first book here. *** The bus was not a fast way to get home, but Chloe had refused to get a car, despite her mother’s silent disapproval. She’d only reluctantly gotten her driver’s license, and hated driving, and …
July 10, 2022
Being at Rest
Since I have been attempting to keep Sunday as my rest day, and given that yesterday was a lovely but strenuous day, I have done remarkably little today. Perhaps next week I shall do even less. Even (gasp!) schedule ahead a blog post. This week, I shall give you my daily art. Which is, I …
July 9, 2022
Inimitable Spider
Phiddipus audax, the Bold Jumping Spider, on a Prickly Pear pad. He was doing a threat display for me as I leaned in to take his portrait. The audacity of the wee beast! To take on a human thousands of times his size! You have to respect the unflagging courage of it. It’s no wonder …
July 8, 2022
Cheese Souffle
This is part of the Egg series, where I’m cooking my way through the list of 99 Ways to Cook an Egg. With inflation driving costs up, even eggs aren’t as cheap as they once were, but they are still an inexpensive protein option, and as you will see, an elegant dinner is quite manageable! …
July 5, 2022
Odd Prompts: Toss a Coin
The first time, he was waiting for her. She’d promised to meet him on the beach for the sunrise, and with his heart doing doubletime, he’d woken early and paced along the shore. The gleam of silver had caught his eye, and he’d bent to pick it up out of sheer curiosity. The coin had …
