Jennifer St. Clair's Blog, page 40

While attempting not to get pelted by the snow falling fr...

While attempting not to get pelted by the snow falling from the tree branches, I went out this morning and took a few pictures:

Standing on the side porch, looking out.
Mal, a bit grumpy because of the snow.
Looking up at the big maple tree.
The cedar tree looks like a pine tree with all of that snow!
My shed, looking picturesque all covered in snow.

So Christmas was very nice; we got done unwrapping presen...

So Christmas was very nice; we got done unwrapping presents in record time, so although I didn't get home until after 9:30pm, we were not at Mom and Dad's house until 10pm as I predicted. :) We had a lot of great food to eat (too much food, really, but hey, not complaining!) and I think Elsa, Chase, and Ethan had a good time along with everyone else.

My standard caveat here: Every year I make a list of presents I received so that in later years, I can remember when I received them. Thus the on...

Merry Christmas from me and the kittens (and cats!)

Merry Christmas from me and the kittens (and cats!)

So my first dip into the Unfinished Story Files for the Y...

So my first dip into the Unfinished Story Files for the Year of Completion was to reread Whippoorwill--both versions. One is finished, and quite complete. The other... isn't. It's 142 pages long and still speaking to me quite loudly.

My dilemma is that the second version--which is pretty much completely different than the first, except for a few, key plot points--is also speaking to me quite loudly. Which leaves me with a dilemma, and a dilemma that has not changed since I started the first ve...

A Blank Page

A Blank Page

So I've been seeing a photo passed around of a blank piece of paper, with the words, "This is the new Mayan Calendar, hahaha" or something to that effect. And the first time I saw it, I thought to myself, "hang on, a blank page? Just begging to be filled with lists or notes or musings or poems, or even a story? What kind of potential does a blank piece of paper contain?"

And I realized--it's not the "new Mayan Calendar"; it's the fact that deep down inside, we all probably wondered...

Happy Solstice!

Happy Solstice!

Talia's new warp. Ignore the mistakes; they are design fe...

Talia's new warp. Ignore the mistakes; they are design features, you know. :)

So yesterday I wove a bit of the warp that I'd put on Tal...

So yesterday I wove a bit of the warp that I'd put on Talia nearly a year ago--yes, she sat there that long, unused--and I realized that the yarn was snapping and falling apart (probably kitten-related), so I decided to cut off what I had woven, cut off the warp, and warp her with something else.

That something else became some red cotton, although I haven't quite decided what I'm going to make yet and I'm not finished warping her yet (I'll go finish that in a moment.) I warped her using a met...

Dinner.

Dinner.

I saw the Hobbit (with Ethan, Mom, and Dad) Friday night....

I saw the Hobbit (with Ethan, Mom, and Dad) Friday night. It was cookie baking day yesterday, so I haven't been online much these past two days.

The Hobbit was, of course, fabulous. I don't really care what the reviews say or the critics think. I grew up on the Hobbit; had the Rankin/Bass production record of the soundtrack/dialogue from the movie and knew it by heart. So it would take a lot for Peter Jackson, et. al. to screw this one up... and they did not. (Of course.) Martin Freeman is a g...