Mmmmmm. Marmalade! Now is the Season for Making Marmalade — Canning Across America. Not only is this a great idea, but it’s also got a link to a truly useful article on how things like weather and elevation affect food prep. I’ve found myself frustrated by the difference in baking between New York and Arizona, so this was something of a culinary life-saver. (The articles are also written by an old friend of mine.) Enjoy this...

Welcome to part one of A Christmas Carol. One of the many hats I wear in life is as host to the podcast CraftLit: A Podcast for Crafters Who Love Books. The idea behind the podcast is that folks who are busy with their hands—knitting, quilting, gardening, taking care of small children, vacuuming—aren’t able to hold a book and read while they’re doing all the other things they like (or have) to do. The podcast expands their literary...

What kind of cool thing is this! USB Typewriter. The latent steampunky side of me would SO love to have one of these, but the practical wussy side of me notes that my fingers would get tired and I’d have to return the carriage over and over and over… I’ve become weak. I also don’t have an iPad, so… In other news, I leave for the first ever Annual CraftLit Tour Extravaganza–this year to London, Bath, and...

Evidently I need to practice with the new template… cute pic of Thing 2 and robot magnets for yer enjoyment.

…and then there are good days that are made good by bloggers like this. LOVE the art. (Heck, love the template,...

I read books illustrated by Gorey when I was a kid, but never knew there was a name for the little buggers. Well, now some genius came along and took the alphabet book idea one step further. So, for all you Lost-slash-Gorey fans, here’s some extra cool...