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I am Dani Smith, sometimes known as Eglentyne.  This blog is one of my hobbies.  I also knit, sew, run, parent, cook, eat, read, and write fiction.  I have too many hobbies and don't sleep enough.

The title up there makes it sound like this is a knitting blog.  And it is.  Sometimes.  Mostly I talk about whatever is on my mind, and since I'm a knitter, knitting is sometimes on my mind.  When I can find my mind, scattered among three children, a spouse, some tropical fish, and a creepy frog.   

Books are frequently on my mind.  Almost all of the books I mention on this site come from my local library because 1) I love my local library and its smart librarians, and 2) I don't have enough money to feed my reading habit (or the insatiable reading habit of the three Sonars) with purchased books.  If the books come from another source, I'll let you know.  

I put together the images and the words on these pages with thoughtfulness and love.  If you would like to quote small passages, please feel free to do so as long as you attribute them to me and link back to this site.  If you would like to repost large sections or whole posts, please contact me for permission and verification.  I can be reached via Twitter (@eglentyne) or by email (eglentyne at gmail dot com).  Thank you for respecting my intellectual property and for promoting the free-flow of information and ideas.  If you're not respecting intellectual property, then you're stealing.  Don't be a stealer.  Steelers are ok sometimes, but I really don't like thieves.  

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    Entries in Flux (1)

    Wednesday
    06May2009

    Twitter subtracts from the blog

    Shh.  I know.  I thought Twitter was stupid too.  But I don't so much anymore.  It's become an occasional diversion, and a useful tool for communication and information dissemination.  I like it.  I do.

    But when I Twitter, I don't blog.  

    I also don't blog when I'm doing a marathon writing event, which I was doing last month.  I'm happy to share that I finished my Script Frenzy script last month!  The Benevolent Society of Angry Misanthropes (working title), came in at a little over one-hundred pages, including the extensive dialogue that summarized the entire end in five pages.  

    In other news, there has been craft.  Much craft, mostly sewing, with some knitting.  So, if I can't manage to communicate in more than 140 characters, then perhaps I can at least share some photos.  You can have that to look forward to.  

    Oh, and in spite of the stuffy head and mild fever I've suffered the last week, we don't have flu.  Bovine, ovine, or porcine.  And we won't have to suffer through a flu-cation from school.  Or as the Corpus Christi newspaper called it, Swine Break '09.