It's wild to me that I am, in my adulthood, in a way, coming to chemical science and formulation.
A Minor Thought: Chymistry
A Minor Thought: Challenging the Metal Detectors
I'll be going to the UK for a week in October, due to serendipity and an opportunity for odd research into immersive game design-- which I'll no doubt speak more on shortly, but! I have JUST DISCOVERED that the Royal College of Physicians has a collection of apothecary jars, *guided medicinal garden tours*, AND a brand-new exhibition on HOUSEHOLD RECEIPT BOOKS, how can I POSSIBLY pass that up.
Issue 37, containing: Home Improvement Through Hacksaws, Soap, Regarding Medlars, The Reading Society, &c.
What is a week? A lie and a fallacy. But sometimes weeks are real (SOMETIMES), and herein are some stories about them.
A Minor Thought: this is fine
Welp...
A Minor Thought: OH NO
THE GLUE...
A Minor Thought: Live from the Studio
The building my studio is in is holding open hours from 12-4 PM, so naturally it is monstrously hot and I am testing Babylonian-demon-bowl magnets.
Issue 36, containing: Soap (At Considerable Length and Tragedy), Commonplaces, &c.
As suggested prior, the Sunday Edition was in fact released-- though how it may progress, only time will tell.
THE SUNDAY EDITION: July 21, 2024
All the funnier for not releasing on the actual Sunday, but WHO CARES NOT ME WOO.
Issue 35, containing: Lavender Oyl, Soap, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
I was wondering aloud today whether there might be value in a Sunday Edition of these pages, with puzzles (and perhaps cartoons?) to wile away the hours-- particularly as we are entering a period of time where perhaps a distraction such as that might be a welcome one at present.
A Minor Thought: Experimental Archaeology
This weekend I'm attending Readercon, a genre conference devoted to the written word and permutations thereof, under my normal guise of writer. Most of my panels are the usual sort, but my first panel this morning is "Archeology in Reality and Speculative Fiction"-- which I'm on because of my dive into the historical recipes you have lately seen grace my pages.
Katherine Crighton 