Category: Stories from the Matrix
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Life With Lemons
In the wee hours of this morning, my editor discovered she was working with an editing program that was corrupted and which meant that the entire manuscript was not going to work ‘properly’ using that corrupted program. After hours of trying to find a work around, she phoned to extend her apologies and let me…
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Glimpses
After several months of working on the manuscript, it is beginning to pull together and I am finally beginning to see glimpses of what it will look like – soon. Last night my editor sent the edited version of one of the essays I was having trouble polishing myself (that’s what editors are for,…
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In the Fullness of Time
Got the notice this morning that the Lace Weaves class with School of Sweet Georgia will launch July 6. Looks like July 2023 is going to be…eventful? It’s been just about 9 months since we drove down to Vancouver to tape the class (and the one on Sectional Beaming, due to be released in…
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Onwards
The smoke is back. It was worse this morning than it is now but it is coming in from the north and managing to catch us in it’s ‘skirts’. It could be worse further east and definitely worse further north which is where the current smoke plume is coming. So far we’ve been lucky,…
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Holding Opinions
If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years is that if someone holds an opinion, it’s a good idea to be able to ‘defend’ your position. Over the years I’ve had to ‘defend’ (explain) the reasons why I hold my opinions about a variety of things. The first was in teaching. When…
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Ego
12 more towels pressed, ready for hemming This morning I spent about an hour pressing 12 more towels. They came off the loom last Friday, got run through the washing machine on Thursday after burling (inspection) and mending, then finally got pressed today. As I pressed the thought squirrels rampaged through my brain. Not…
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Watershed
Was it only a few short weeks ago that the essays were like this? Um, yeah. It seems like ages ago, but really this project has come together quickly. Almost like it was meant to happen. Right now we are at version who-the-hell-knows-how-many-edits. I wrote the essays. My alpha reader went through them with…
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Milestone
Late last night my blog views rolled over 2.4 million. I knew it was coming – I do monitor the numbers. But still it happened and it feels…all sorts of things. First of all, thank you to those who were early readers. You helped me through a trying time. Thank you to those who…
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Milestone
Late last night my blog views rolled over 2.4 million. I knew it was coming – I do monitor the numbers. But still it happened and it feels…all sorts of things. First of all, thank you to those who were early readers. You helped me through a trying time. Thank you to those who…
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Milestone
Late last night my blog views rolled over 2.4 million. I knew it was coming – I do monitor the numbers. But still it happened and it feels…all sorts of things. First of all, thank you to those who were early readers. You helped me through a trying time. Thank you to those who…