I've been re-reading (actually, it's more like re-re-re-re-re-... well, you get the idea) the Harry Potter series this week, occasionally swapping volumes with one of my kids when our progression through the books overlapped... This is the first time through the books for Elena Grace, who (at age eight) is well acquainted with the film … Continue reading Marginalia & Time-Travel
Summer, Synchronicity, Sewage, Stones, & Super-Powers
My "Radio Silence" over the last week is (I'm happy to say) the result of having been quite thoroughly engrossed in the activities of a first-week-of-summer-holidays with the kids... I started to write a few times, but never got as far as hitting "Publish," so here it is, all at once...Sat, June 2: Summer Holidays, … Continue reading Summer, Synchronicity, Sewage, Stones, & Super-Powers
Kitchen Chemistry #2: DIY Household Cleaners
Here we are---the second installment of do-it-yourself products on my money-saving mission for the household... We got off to a small-scale but sparkly start the other day with DIY jewelry cleaner, which did an amazing job without the gagging sulfur-smells of commercial cleaners. And that actually raises a point I hadn't addressed before. I've been … Continue reading Kitchen Chemistry #2: DIY Household Cleaners
A Sermon, A Spell
"She's not really mine to give away anymore," the bride's father said to me this afternoon, as we waited in the back yard for her to complete her transformation from jeans-and-flannel to white lace. "But I'd like to." Adding the note to my scribbled-in Baker's Wedding Handbook, I assured him with a grin that he … Continue reading A Sermon, A Spell
Food-Stamp Kitchen Chemistry #1: Jewelry Cleaner
I don't know the original source of this newspaper clipping, which I found (wouldn't you know) on Pinterest, but it speaks to some of my own feelings about tattoos. I consider my own tattoos as my permanent "accessories," or "jewelry" with stories... Though (despite my love of sailing) I hope they won't be put to … Continue reading Food-Stamp Kitchen Chemistry #1: Jewelry Cleaner
Fifty Shades of Greybeard
This morning the sound of my hubby's electric beard-trimmer was interrupted by a yelp, followed by an exclamation of disgust. "Stupid razor!" Envisioning the guard coming loose and a notch of bare chin in the middle of his goatee, I ventured a question into the ensuing silence with some trepidation. "Honey? What happened?" Another moment … Continue reading Fifty Shades of Greybeard
Practicing Craft
I admit it. I have joined the ranks of Pinterest addicts. I'm not considering that a bad thing, however, given the folders full of great ideas I'm accumulating--combined with the fact that (ohmygosh) I'm actually following up on those ideas! Most of the Pinterest jokes (which you can find as pinnable items on Pinterest itself) … Continue reading Practicing Craft
Kana's Chronicles 