Most people, attempting a 17th century recipe for the first time, might wait until they actually had all the ingredients on hand and, also, maybe... daylight.
A Minor Thought: Wafers (?)
Embracing the cozy (again); or, MFAs, Memoirscape, and the Persistence of Memory
(Part 2: What It Means to Leave, and to Be Left-- But Also to Come Home Again) Fig. 1. A seat. A room. And stones. (Room design and photography by Hannah Belan) 1. Interactive Media and Game Design It doesn't roll easily off the tongue-- not least because it's the name of the MFA degree... Continue Reading →
Embracing the cozy; or, MFAs and Me
(Part 1: A History of the Universe Until Now, With Some Significant Exceptions) Fig. 1. Foreshadowing, probably. (Photograph by Hannah Belan) 1. Several Jokes and No Laughs I have this joke I like to tell these days, which makes sense to only a very small group of people: I don't like games. In front of... Continue Reading →
A Minor Thought: “Hot Irons”??
I *will* fetch that rosewater from the studio today. But as I stare across my kitchen, planning my evening...
A Minor Thought: To Make Waſers
I'm largely staying out of the food-making historical game (with the exception of my BELOVED SYLLABUB) because there are quite a few people doing that already...
A Minor Thought: Jam Cake
I have no idea is this is something that will continue, but sometimes I'm in the middle of studying something that isn't quite ready for a full article, or when I'm in my kitchen or workshop in the middle of working on something that I wish to share-- well, why not do so? Behold her: A MINOR THOUGHT.
Issue 32, containing: Local Wanderings, Almanac for June-July, A Recipe for the Overheated, Soap, The Reading Society, Commonplaces, &c.
I have spent some small amount of time adding tags to the previous issues, corresponding to the most common article types. Is there an easy way to access these tags? Who knows. Is there a list or cloud somewhere? Only time will tell.
Issue 31, containing: Easy Ways to Explode One’s Kitchen, A Lip Pomatum (for the At-Home Apothecary), &c.
Another issue? So soon? YES I AM ALSO SURPRISED.
Reading, performance, and fixing links
https://youtu.be/mDxNxcu2j9k This is going to be very quick, because I can’t tell it slowly.Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right So this is an old reading (previously talked about here) of "Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right," originally done for Flash Fiction Online's 10-year anniversary, that I noticed was down for the... Continue Reading →
Issue 30, containing: Housekeeping Part 2 (Nondiagetic Boogaloo), The Adulteration of Septimus Roe, A Useful Table of Measure, The Green Knight, Another Useful Table of Measure, Letters, The Reading Society, Commonplaces, &c.
It has, once more, been Some Time. I wish I could say I write this sitting in the kitchen sink, but I must instead settle for saying I write this in a tiny text file and with a clicky keyboard, which is less narratively exciting.
