This week’s Positivity in Pedantry Award goes to Andrew Roberts for his correct use of the verb “eke,” observing in a book review that the author “is particularly good at eking out (her subjects’) back stories.” Our heartiest thanks and congratulations!
Summer keeps its hold with such cupidity—
It’s not the heat, you know, but the humidity.
Stopped in the pet store this afternoon for dog food, and after I paid and was leaving the clerk said, “Enjoy!” 🤷♂️
A touch of fall by Falls Lake.
Idly flipping through Emily Dickinson today: I want to do a carving titled “Even for Death, a fairy medicine.” No idea what it would look like, though.
Just a friendly reminder that it’s a good time to start researching your municipal elections.
As I can’t get basswood wider than 8 inches this carving, at 8x10, is likely the largest one I’ll do, excepting some sort of multi-panel thing.
I have to keep using Instagram for business purposes, not to mention it’s where all the woodworkers and artists are — but having to chose not to make an “AI character” every time I post something is making it even more painful than it already was.
This is why I will never be able to make a living from crime. I once got distracted for nearly half an hour reading months-old obituaries when I was supposed to be laying the newspapers down for sheet composting.