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Momming Monday: OCCUPY! The Children

School is winding down for us and the countdown is in the single digits. Some people send their kids to camp, others have their kids in spring and fall sports. I figure if I’m going to have them home all [...]

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Momming Monday: Moving The Furniture

Even the perfect room layout gets stale after so many months. Since most of us don’t go running out to order whole new decorating schemes when our rooms start to look a little lived-in, the best alternative we have is [...]

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What Not To Wear, Medieval Style

http://madartlab.com/2011/12/14/fantasy-armor-and-lady-bits/
 
Pretty much sums it up, from an armorer’s perspective. So much word.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday: Unspoken Heraldry

Continuing to talk about color (because I’m still not done painting the downstairs), today’s post is going to cover the colors of characters. I’m not talking skin colors (that would be a whole post series blog academic area of study [...]

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Momming Mondays: The Colorful World Of Sticky Notes

Maybe it’s because our big to-do list item right now is painting the rest of the downstairs (including the kitchen, which has cabinets with crown molding around which I must tape, and as we all know, crown molding geometry descends [...]

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Momming Mondays: Making Sense Of Scents

Every parent I know, sooner or later, ends up with a hyper-developed olfactory system of some sort. Whether it comes from being pregnant, living with a pregnant woman, or just being that aware of all the ways your kids can [...]

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Feast Your Senses

I’m a writer, so I work in words. Long words, short words, words designed to shock and pop, and other words designed to fade into the background of what’s actually being said. I work so much in words that pictures [...]

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Momming Mondays: Writing On The Wall

I walk on my desk, yes. But did you know, I also write on my walls? Oh, not all of them (that was my daughter’s job from 18 months to about two and a half–I could have gotten rich if [...]

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I Type 800 Words A Mile

Well, I’ve done it. Version 0.1 of the Treadmill Desk is in Beta release. In software terms that means there’s still a lot of bugs and it’s probably not fit for casual public consumption, but it is usable and with [...]

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I Make Stuff…And I Make Stuff Up

I’m a big maker. I’ve always had some craft project or another going on. I made my wedding dress (with a lot of help from my Mother-in-Law and her kickass Pfaff sewing machine that was 20 years old at the [...]

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About the Author
I write stories about people who are a little left of center, finding their own way to Happily Ever After. My favorite hobbies are imagination-driven, and center around crafting or making things, whether it be sweaters, accessories, stories shared with good friends, or making my kids think.
My Books
“The Spelling Error”
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“Forever Material”
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