Kit Dunsmore
LightNews LightNews
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
Kit Dunsmore
@kitdunsmore.bsky.social
22 followers 15 following 38 posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
Important reminder.
#magicAllAroundUs
If you are wondering why other worlds seem so brimful of magic compared to your own dreary Earth, consider how magical this world seems from another perspective. To a world of sea people, your ability to breathe air is stunning; to a world of spear throwers, your machines are demons harnessed to work tirelessly in your service; to a world of glaciers and clouds, summer itself is a miracle. — Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
I recently re-read material J.R.R. Tolkien wrote for the end of The Lord of The Rings and was reminded how much I love hobbits and the way they view the world.
#JRRTolkien #LordOfTheRings #anotherEnding #hobbits #beauty
kitdunsmore.com/2025/11/21/m...
LOTR Needs More Hobbits, Please
My local smail (aka, my Tolkien buddies) read the last four chapters of The Lord of the Rings this month. It’s a tough section to read, because it’s sad, and because after the destruction of Sauron…
kitdunsmore.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/11/06/n...
#NaNoWriMo #writingProcess #discoveryWriting
How NaNoWriMo Led Me To My Writing Process
This is the first November in twenty years that I haven’t taken on the National Novel Writing Month challenge (aka, write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.) The organization that promoted this event,…
kitdunsmore.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
Sometimes the plan has got to change.
kitdunsmore.com/2025/10/24/r...
#miniatures #finishLines #realisticGoals
Redefining My Project So I Can Meet My Goal
I spent an afternoon cutting out cardboard for a tower for my Princess and Pea miniature and got a shock. I already knew that the tower was going to be big. Like three-and-a-half feet tall big. But…
kitdunsmore.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/10/16/m...
#miniatures #miniatureBasket #handmade #messes
Making Messes Leads to Success
Last week, I actually got back to work on “The Gift of Sensitivity,” my Princess and the Pea diorama. It was yet another reminder that before I make an acceptable miniature,  I’m going to make mess…
kitdunsmore.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
Today's blog post lays out my thinking (complete with footnotes) on my why Tolkien felt that of all his characters, he was most like Faramir.
#JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #Faramir
kitdunsmore.com/2025/10/09/w...
Why Tolkien Said He Was Most Like Faramir
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in a letter that “I am not Gandalf, … As far as any character is ‘like me’ it is Faramir — except that I lack what all my characters possess (let the psychoanalysts note!) Cour…
kitdunsmore.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/10/02/e...
#persistence #uncertainty #LeonardCohenQuote
Embracing Uncertainty on my 2025 Creative Project
Back in February, I decided to make the Princess and the Pea diorama my big project for 2025. However, since finishing the nightgown in April, I have done absolutely nothing on this project. While …
kitdunsmore.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
This is my experience:
#ShowUp #creativity #persistence
September 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#jimiHendrixQuote #powerOfLove #peace #whatTheWorldNeedsNow
September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Kit Dunsmore
pfiore8.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
The trick is figuring out how to really do nothing...
#virginiaWoolfQuote #idleness #creativity #writing
August 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#joyceCarolOatesQuote #writingIsExciting #writing
August 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#EBWhiteQuote #idealConditionsDontExist #dontWait #writing
August 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#learnFromYourMistakes #dannyGregoryQuote #mistakesAreImportant
August 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/07/31/b...
#quilting #quiltAsYouGo #disappearingNinePatch #horseQuilt
My First Bed-Sized QAYG Project Revealed
This week, I finished Horsing Around, a quilt I started in 2011 to use the my collection of horse-themed fabrics. After my colossal struggle quilting the king-sized Forest Floor, I decided to “quil…
kitdunsmore.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#JuliaCameron #quote #artIsInOurControl #smallAndDoable #FindingWaterBook
July 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#eecummingsQuote #beingYourselfIsHard #keepFighting
July 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#refuseToChoose #wantingToDoEverything #BarbaraSherQuote #passions
June 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/06/19/s...
#scheduling #scannerIssues #wantingToDoEverything #BarbaraSher #RefuseToChoose #generalist
Struggling To Make All The Things
I find many things interesting, which can be challenging. An example of the range of my interests is my recent deep dive into three of them: I attended a writer’s conference, a Tolkien conference, …
kitdunsmore.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/06/12/m...
Vintage Sewing Machine or Modern? Choosing the Pfaff 130
When my friend Sarah asked if I’d be interested in her family’s 1954 sewing machine, I got excited. I was thinking it might be time for a replacement and loved the idea of getting a vintage machine…
kitdunsmore.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#hardWorkNotTalent #proficiency #ChuckYeager #quote
May 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
#makingDecisions #creating #theStruggleIsReal
April 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/04/17/m...
#miniatureNightgown #sewingMiniatures #makingMockUps #handMadeMiniatures #WhyMiniaturesTakeSoLongToMake
Miniature Nightgown: Final (Almost) Reveal
The nightgown for my Princess and the Pea diorama is done! But what a journey it has been. For the first time, I truly understand just how much work handmade miniatures take, which is why I’m shari…
kitdunsmore.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
kitdunsmore.bsky.social
kitdunsmore.com/2025/04/03/m...
Miniature Nightgown: Takes 3 Through 5
Mock-ups are supposed to help you refine your pattern, whether you are modifying an existing one or designing something from scratch. I thought I knew how to improve my miniature nightgown pattern …
kitdunsmore.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM