and I am oh so excited about it! Look at all those happy, bright colors! I got this big idea to make myself a little tote to carry around all my other embroidery supplies in while I’m out (mid)west. This allows me to practice my embroidery by making something cute and useful for me and [...]

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I didn’t find a time machine, but I think I did find a thesis topic at the 145th Gettysburg Reenactment. I’m tired and haven’t quite had enough time to process all the information and thoughts from my trip just yet. However, I did take a lot of photos, here are just a few [...]

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“GAR Parade, Rochester” from the Library of Congress’ Flickr Stream.

Hunting Civil War Relics at Nimblewill Creek
James Dickey
As he moves the mine detector
A few inches over the ground,
Making it vitally float
Among the ferns and weeds,
I come into this war
Slowly, with my one brother,
Watching his face grow deep
Between the earphones,
For I can tell
If we enter the [...]

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Making my own yogurt isn’t as hard as I thought. I should say, we don’t actually eat breakfasts like this every day… or even usually. The kiwi were on a ridiculous sale and the croissants are the Trader Joe’s frozen ones, which are actually really good for frozen baked goods. The yogurt [...]

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