I was going to geek out about this anyway, so I might as well bring all of you along with me.
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It’s been a while since I posted an update about progress on my Rebel Badges, mostly because I kind of took a break. But to finish off one of my badges (and patches!), I need to showcase my passion, for which I’ve chosen crafting. I love making things of all kinds. Knitting, crochet, cross stitch, painting, pottery, jewelry, scrapbooking (but only digital, I kind of hate paper scrapbooking)… you name it, I’ve probably got a…
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This past Friday, we got to witness an incredible light show outside. We’ve been seeing massive X-class solar flares from a massive sunspot complex the width of 17 Earths, and one even came with a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). All of this energy makes for amazing light shows, along with some high-frequency radio signal disruption. On Friday, I went outside into our back yard to look north, and I saw a hazy light. I was…
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From the first time I heard about the total solar eclipse coming to a large swath of North America in 2024, I knew I wanted to be in the path of totality. Not only did I want to experience it, but I wanted my kiddo to experience it too.
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Hobbits are not mentioned in Tolkien’s creation myth, the Ainulindalë published as part of The Silmarillion. So what are they and where did they come from?
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In August 2023, I got to cross off a big, big item on my bucket list: I went to Middle-earth. We traveled throughout Aotearoa (New Zealand) for 3 weeks. It was, in a word, unbelievable. Here is a summary of our trip, from the notes I wrote as we explored. And if you’re just here for the pretty pictures, no worries – I’ve got a slideshow for each day. You can’t miss them. 😉
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I unabashedly love Halloween. Always have. When I was in high school, we lived in an absolutely perfect trick-or-treating neighborhood – a bunch of quiet streets with tons of kids. We’d come back with pillowcases full of candy and spend November on a non-stop sugar high. Most years I put a lot of effort into putting a costume together, and I’ve come up with some really good ones. Almost every year since having my kid,…
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I’ve been working on a lot of badges since I last posted about this, and since then I’ve taken a pottery class (and signed up for another one), traveled to New Zealand and put together a 197-page scrapbook of our trip, wrote a bunch on this here blog, did a lot of crafting, and planted a garden this year.
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Behold my magnum opus: The Golden Sims I first created this in September of 2020 and don’t think I’ll ever create anything this good again. (click an image to embiggen)
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More later when I actually get the chance to write and post photos, but holy shit I loved New Zealand.
