I'm lousy at round-up posts. But I am good at planning posts. Planning posts actually help me organize my thoughts and map out a course of action, whereas round-up posts are a list of short-comings - it's always less than I wanted in quantity and quality - and serve no practical purpose.  That sounded pretty cynical! Maybe I overstated the case a ( Read more... )

When I first saw Kendra's Brunswick three years ago, I was fascinated and puzzled. I'd never heard of such a thing before, but it sounded really neat and unusual. One of those "I wish I could have one" thoughts that stays with you although you don't make real plans for it. Then Katherine made hers, and there was a minor convocation of them at ( Read more... )