The Lists

We all have our lists of things to do.  These are a few of mine...


Books


1.  The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2.  Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
3.  Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
4.  Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
5.  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski  
6.  The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt
7.  The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr


Music


1.  Hyms to the Darkness by Jeff Zentner
2.  Chasing Locusts by Strawfoot
3.  Furr by Blitzen Trapper
4.  Ghost Dance by The Pine Hill Haints
5.  Regard the End by Willard Grant Conspiracy
6.  Miss Halfway by Anya Marina
7.  Elysium for the Brave by Azam Ali


Vegetables


1.  Beans:  Mayflower, Good Mother Stallard, Lazy Housewife
2.  Carrots:  Dragon, St. Valery
3.  Lettuce:  Cracoviensis, Amish Deer Tongue, Tango
4.  Hot Peppers:  Black Hungarian, Rooster Spur
5.  Sweet Pepper:  Chervena Chushka, Napoleon Sweet
6.  Peas:  Amish Snap
7.  Tomatoes:  Crnkovic Yugoslavian, Black Krim


I'm still debating whether I want to tangle with squash vines and cucumbers.  Not that I don't love both, but they take up soooooooo much space.


Heirloom Seed Banks:  Seed Saver's Exchange, Baker Creek Seeds, Heirloom Seeds


Moon Report:  100% of full.  Full Moon.  
Outside the Window:  Wet snow.  Coldish.  Overcast.

It's that time of year again, folks

New Year.

What the hell?  Where did the old one go?

What did I do this year?  Taught school.  Subbed for schools.  Wrote the majority of my novel...still not finished.  So there really hasn't been much to report.

What do I hope to accomplish this year?  A finished novel.  A literary agent.  A book contract with a major publisher.  Oh, yeah, and a garden with more than tomatoes and peppers...

Yes, that will happen.

Moon Report:  98% of full.  Waxing gibbous.
Outside the window:  Snow.  Coldish.