I have a tree I thought for years was a hawthorn. It turned out to be a Bradford pear of all things. But it's lovely all the same, and it's blooming. I'm fortunate that mine doesn't seem to be of the stinky variety.

He really seems to be. I've never had the privilege of meeting him, but he seems lovely in every interview or talk I've ever heard him give.

Will do!

I started reading that a couple weeks ago and realized I wanted something more foundational first, as my practice is shifting toward being more specifically druidic. It's next on my list!

Pagan book by excellent Welsh author. If a bit of alternative spirituality is your thing, you could do worse than Kristoffer Hughes.

I love the bees!

Just getting into visible mending myself; I love the tatting!

I don't think I've watched the news in over four years, and the last time I voluntarily turned it on instead of just watching because I was at someone else's house must be well over a decade ago. I stay informed, but msm has been out of touch for a long time.

Um. Okay, not what I was talking about. Annoying, surely, but not what I was talking about.

You sure that D was undeserved?

Scam. Block.

Did you ever have someone in one of those classes that used the opportunity to discuss to purely argue? Like they weren't actually interested in a discussion or learning; they were just loud and thought they knew more than the professor, and they took joy in being annoying?

That's a troll.

I do not have the pattern, but someone on Ravelry helpfully posted photos of what it looks like before it's all sewn together, and I think I can reverse engineer them.

Thank you and you're welcome! I wish I could tell you the colorway; the brand is Laines du Nord but I lost the ball band ages ago lol.

It's not hard! YouTube is a great resource for beginners, as is the website Ravelry.

I recommend getting yourself some yarn and either needles or a crochet hook and diving in. Neither is particularly difficult; it's really down to whatever appeals to you more.

It's mostly a nonresponse tbh.

Someone never hung out with their friends in the ladies room and it shows.

This is like... pretty normal behavior.