My day job has this very odd work schedule with rotating days off. Once per month, I have a stretch where I work seven days straight. Given I have a fairly physical, outdoor job, I can be exhausted by the end of that seven-day stretch. Yesterday was day… more »

Today's post is a further digression on the garden. Even though there has been fiber progress, the garden and outdoors continues to be my focus.The main crop of figs has been harvested. There are a lot of small figs on the tree and they may or may not ri… more »

A few weeks ago, Wayward Winds Lavender (blog, website) posted a better way to remove lavender florets (buds) from the stems in response to one of my lavender posts. I've been meaning to try that technique for a while and yesterday I finally got the oppo… more »

Since digressions regarding gardening and cooking are allowed in fiber blogs, today's blog is a digression regarding a gardening success. I grew up with a rather large garden. Today's feature on that garden's website is eggplant. If you go back tomorrow,… more »

Fall cria watch officially begins today. I'm not going to hype it like I did Chloe's delivery of Cailin.I'm not going to drag it out for two months – although nature might choose to do so. I'm going to try not to make impending cria my primary blog… more »