Ars Gratia Artis

Behold my mighty prize! vv007!1!eleventy!
In the archery championship, I placed second overall. I feel pretty good about that, and Simon very kindly complemented me on my improvement in form. I attributted this to practice, but as I sit here and think about it, it’s more likely due to 1) a random tip I received from [...]

The Most Bitchin’ Middle-Aged Chick in Brew City at last year’s archery champion’s shoot
And I’m not quite ready. But my arrows are! Anything else get done from my list?
Not a sausage.
Frak.
Guess I’d better at least go cook something, eh?

What a weekend. Week. Month. Year. Just outrageously busy. I thought I was going to have a quiet weekend puttering around the house. Clean a little. Cook a lot. Bake a little. Fix my arrows in preparation for Michaelmas. Work in my garden. Get projects together for future completion. That kind of thing.

But [...]

At Pennsic this year, I went for a walk, wending my way up Runestone Hill with the intention of gathering information about a print class I intended to take. As I always do, I paused in my journey to visit the actual runestone. The morning was still cool, but there was a hint of rain [...]

I did not watch her speech at the RNC; there seems little point. I am already aware that her viewpoint is so offensive to me that, even though McCain seemed like a republican I could live with, the fairly terrifying thought that she might replace him ensures that I won’t vote for that ticket. No, [...]

Still thinking about politics, ghod help us.
This OpEd piece says most of what I think about Palin’s daughter, so I won’t repeat it all here; while, on the whole, I’d say private behavior should stay private, once you’re pregnant, your behavior isn’t private. I can’t believe they are going to shotgun those kids into [...]