My Estonian is a bit rusty…

So is my German, for that matter. (As an aside, I actually do read and speak some German, the former more than the latter. French, too, quite fluently, when in practice. I’ve studied varying amounts of Latin, Hebrew, Russian as well as a smidgen of Greek, so I can generally pick out most Romance languages…

Christmas break

I’m more or less signing off on work and work-related blogging for the next two weeks. I have a few Christmas gifts to finish up by Sunday night, one of the most elaborate of which is the quilt below. Katherine asked for a new quilt for her bed made with my own dyed fabrics and…

Great personality, but occasionally somewhat “slow”

In between smacking myself on the forehead, I’m finally studying the ever-so easy scripting of css. Why didn’t I do this two years ago? Why? I’m blaming pregnancy brain. If it takes four years for the brain to bounce back after chemotherapy, I’m guessing that motherhood is somewhere in the same range. At least, it’s…

It's all in the approach

I’ve been working more or less flat-out for the past several weeks and have discovered how intensely exhausting and gratifying that can be. I’ve also figured out that the key to overcoming the mental anguish involved in creating artwork for public consumption is indeed found in the following quote from Charles Kettering; “Believe and act…

I’ve been goosed.

Frankly, this meme is one of the harder ones I’ve seen. Thanks, SkylarkD. I needed three cups of coffee to deal with this one. Not all of the effects listed below are positive… 5 Things Feminism Has Done For Me It lets me have a direct role in determining the political structure of my country,…