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  • Sheep to Shawl

    I’m mainly writing this post to retrace my own steps in recently creating a shawl. I usually just say, “I enjoy knitting” or spinning without explaining much about my process. Honestly, I sometimes find it frustrating to describe, because I could be using my creativity towards knitting instead (it’s more enjoyable and much easier). But…

  • Rough Week

    Rough Week

    It’s been longer since my last update than I’m comfortable with. I admire those who manage to blog consistently, no matter their mood or the demands of life. It’s inspiring—but honestly, I just can’t. Nothing catastrophic happened to me this week, but it’s been challenging. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve had a long struggle with…

  • Burberry Her

    Burberry Her

    Burberry Her is one of my daughter’s favorite perfumes, though I like to wear it too. The internet says it was released to the world in 2018 but I only discovered it around 2022. A comment on the reddit for fragrances suggested it smells like “plastic Strawberry Shortcake dolls” and I knew immediately I had…

  • Vape Girls

    Vape Girls

    I was taking a bus in the afternoon and three teen girls sat near me. I didn’t understand what I was seeing when one of them passed some shiny neon yellow item to her friend, but it turned out to be a vape. I have seen people with many different styles of vape, so I…

  • A Funeral for the Old Year

    A Funeral for the Old Year

    A Funeral for the Old Year is the magical rite suggested this month. My daughter picked out a woodblock art calendar about witchcraft for “her room” (she doesn’t really live here anymore, and it’s been hard for me to accept) so I will be living with it myself for the most part and trying out…