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Victor Frankenstein is such a “boy mom”

Reading this by the light of a cheap craft-store candelabra, like Mary Shelly intended.

@alixeharrow.bsky.social has achieved what I thought impossible: a poignant, relevant, AND satisfying fantasy/romance/adventure novel, that is ALSO a believable and enjoyable time loop. This is a groundbreaking masterpiece. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

#crafts #art #sewing #joannsclosing

When they close I will make do with the alternatives: the online options and the pricy local fabric boutiques. But, god will I miss meandering those aisles, molesting bolts of polyester blends to find something that will sort of work for the project I sort of know how to do.

When we lose Joann Fabrics what we are losing is the privilege to create bad art, to fumble through learning a new craft with cheap materials, to keep going back for more because we fucked up the first few tries.

Chappell Roan said parents are in hell and she’s right. But you are lying to yourself if you think you are not in hell just because you don’t have kids. The same broken systems making parents miserable are causing everyone to suffer. We need to stop talking like parents DESERVE to be in hell.

Desert field ecology techs and bank robbers share one thing and that is fleek anonymous fashion. You can’t identify me and neither can the sun.

The crowd of people in the REI parking lot waiting for it to open on a random Thursday are an interesting sampling of humanity. We are are adventurous! We are bold! We forgot something important!

Fun little v0 at groom creek. Please don’t say anything about the top out😅
#climbing #bouldering #outdoors #adventure

Wait but yes!! James Bond is surely a time lord.

Feeling inadequate because I forgot a very important decimal point at work, so I’m gonna treat myself to an afternoon espresso on an empty stomach. That always helps.

Slot canyons are magic. #adventure #nature #outdoors

It’s in Moe’s valley Utah! I really like it, less crowded than Kraft. 😊

This here is a nice rock. “Steampunk” v2 in Moe’s #bouldering #climbing

Dang ok. My local bakery is charging $12 for loaves like that. 🥲

Can I ask how much it cost? It occurred to me recently that the local bakeries in my area charge an exorbitant amount for there loaves and I am curious what it’s like elsewhere.

Damn that’s a good looking loaf. Is that sourdough?!

Tips for editing? I am picking my way through my first novel-length manuscript, what is the beta? Is it better to do it all at once? Should I do a read through first and then go back and make changes?

Yes, of course, the noble quest of using the hardest method to scale small stones. 😂

Get swooped!
By a rare endangered California condor. They were really showing off that 9.5 ft wingspan for us. When I was a kid there were only 20 of these guys left in the wild, it is such an honor to see them soaring. #birds #birdwatching #nature

The most recent road trip lap library. Because with camping and climbing gear crammed into every cranny of this vehicle there is nowhere besides my lap to put anything.

(Not pictured here are the “I Spy” books for the youngest passenger.)

#books #booksky

#bouldering isn’t even my most pointless hobby, it gets worse. 😅

May I present my sourdough cinnamon rolls. I thought I was craving a little treat, but actually I am craving external validation.

Landscape framing of a bluebird going in for a landing at a wooden birdhouse on a wooden post. Post is in right of frame, birdhouse at its center, bluebird just left of center. Its wings are down at a sharp angle and his head is forward, as the bird is in mid-air and is coming in for a landing. The blue on the bird is a paint color called ELECTRIC COBALT, which is a color I just made up. I like to imagine this bird's wings are somehow sharp, like razors, and that if summoned with the correct ritual, it could fly into and slice apart our foes. And these days, we seem to have many foes, don't we? Anyway. Bluebirds are cool. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

Let's just assume the day is going to be the kind of day where we all need one (1) bird, so here is your bird; feel free to stop here throughout your day and regard this bird

okay good

photo by me

They say that once vodka has sprouted in your area you can start seeding some of your more frost tolerant vegetables like brassicas.

6 years ago I started writing a novel about an evil tech billionaire who crowns himself king of America and I Really wish I’d finished it like, three months ago.

But it makes me feel like a hobbit.

I stand by the statement that he looks like a medieval shoe but also is for some reason exactly my type. 🤷‍♀️

Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking