Notices by Janice in GA (archergal@wandering.shop)

Books read April 2026:
The Bone Key - Sarah Monette
Somewhere Beneath the Waves - Sarah Monette
Heartwood - Amity Gaige
Lord Valentine's Castle - Robert Silverberg - SFF book club pick
The Talisker Dead - J.M. Dalgliesh
The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman
The Faith of Beasts - James S.A. Corey
King the Wonder Dog - Eleanor Lerman
Midnight Somewhere - Johnny Crompton
Bitter Wash Road - Garry Disher -May Mystery Club

Books read, March 2026:
The Prestige - Christopher Priest
Dead Men Dancing - Jogvan Isaksen. Mystery Club pick
The Patient - Jasper DeWitt
The Steel Remains - Richard K. Morgan
A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller. SFF club
Small Gods of Calamity - Sam Kyung Yoo
Archangel - Sharon Shinn
Golden State - Ben H. Winter
The Bone Mother - David Demchuk
Brigands and Breadknives - Travis Baldree
The Pomegranate Gate - Ariel Kaplan
Wolf Worm - T. Kingfisher
Hide and Seek - Wilkie Collins/ClassClub

who may not be with us a lot longer either. Making play extra poignant.

Then I stopped on the way home to pick up a bbq sandwich and a coke, and managed to set the coke on top of my car and forget about it till it fell off as I drove away.

#sigh

Went to a play with a friend, local play called "Dog Mom" abt a woman starting over after divorce, getting "chosen" by a stray dog in spite of not being "a dog person." Comes to love dog and to be friends w/her neighbor & neighbor's dog. Sweet and warmhearted.
Then the first dog dies.
I was totally wrecked.
Also, there was some b/s about how can you consider yourself a woman if you've had a hysterectomy?
But those were the only bad parts.
I came home and hugged my dogs, including 15 yo Willow-

@ai6yr TIL about tule fog, and that it's pronounced TOO-lee
😃

Heads up, a decent Humble Bundle of interesting knitting publications.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/knit-happens-knitting-for-creative-knitter-critters-abrams-books-books

@josh @bmacDonald94 And don’t get me started about tape and adhesives!
Ugh…

@josh @bmacDonald94 For some of us, drawing straight lines, even with rulers, is harder than some others people think! #LineDrawingSolidarity LOL

@josh @bmacDonald94 Sibling!!! 😁

@josh @bmacDonald94 Maybe you just haven't found your niche yet. There are MANY things that others do that I'd have NO idea even where to start. But I can usually knit what I want to knit. :)

Oops, didn’t quite finish clue 4 before clue 5 dropped tonight (it’s already tomorrow in NZ). Might can finish it later, though efficiency tends to drop the longer I go on this lace.

Fixed (fudged) my error, finished Clue 4, made a good start on Clue 5.
Clue 5 is like twice as long as the rest of the clues (by # of rows). But it's a little easier, maybe.

And now I've made an error that I can't fix right now. Went just a little too long... #TiredEyes

And now I've finished 168 out of 180 rows on clue 5. Another long session tomorrow should finish it up! last clue is 10/18.

Clue 5 complete. Maybe I should do more MKALs. This whole business of trying to get clues done before the next one comes out has really kept me on task here.
Unblocked lace absolutely looks like boiled ass. but here's an unblocked section, looking like a huge mess. But it's going to block out really nicely with a lot of good drape, I think.

4 more rows in clue 5, and I have to stop and rest my elbow.

Last clue has dropped! nnn rows to go (number depends on amount of yarn and what ending options I take, but probably at least 40.)

605 sts/row. Yikes.

Joining my last skein of yarn. Let's see how far I get w/50g left