bloganuary2025
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Naked Wrist
I left the house without my watch on and it’s been ruining my day since I noticed, about 2 minutes into my morning bus ride. It’s not something that has ever happened to me since I started wearing a smartwatch! I need it to track my steps and count calories,…