these are a few delightful sights I have been delighted by on this particular Thursday (in chronological order): nasturtium buds peeking fro...

I spent a little more than 48 hours in Flagstaff the other weekend. gorgeous weather. wonderful wool and fiber festival (even if my very  f...

I spent a week in California (mostly San Diego) earlier this month. we did lots of beautiful and silly and fun things. twenty years later, D...

at the end of last summer, the family gathered on the edge of Idaho and Utah to see my paternal grandmother off on her journey from this wor...

I missed the chance to commemorate the true birthday of this little blog, last Monday . but today, January 19, 2025, marks exactly 20 years...

at a certain time of day, the shadows that fall from the southeasterly sunrise across the somewhat-elevated sidewalk behind our house line u...

the many instantiations of various spinning and weaving arts and crafts consume me. there remains no time for blogging. these are little t...

thinking about my grandmother lately, off and on, I sometimes puzzle over how close and also how distant she seems. her birthday is coming u...

since the eve of 2024 one month ago, it feels like so much has happened. some of it too fast, too soon, too painfully.  the grief of losing...

the final round : Dungeons & Dragons (5e) vs The One Ring (2e)   in the beginning, along with a lot of scribbly scattered notes and spr...

the semifinals :  The One Ring vs Vampire: the Masquerade (5e) and Star Wars: Force and Destiny vs Dungeons & Dragons (5e) initially,...

quarterfinals match 4: The One Ring vs A Song of Ice and Fire as much as the authors behind these two worlds may match each other for ambit...

quarterfinals match 3: World of Darkness vs Vampire: the Masquerade 5e since opening match 1 , our zombie-plagued World of Darkness chro...

here we are, at a midpoint in this somewhat random tournament of roleplaying games. in this post, I'll summarize the opening round match...