Metaphor Mouse goes on Skabbatical!

Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s an amazing tool for destuckifying. It’s also how I discovered that I work on a pirate ship and defeated the hackers. And cured my fear of...

The Pirate Queen’s Vacationing Notebook

So I’m on Official Non-Emergency Pirate Queen Holiday this week. As you might imagine, there has been much journaling. Thought you might like a peek at some of the bits and pieces in the Pirate Queen Vacation Spiral Notebook. I hope it mostly makes sense. The...

Item! Who doesn’t want a Tweedle Bug?

A somewhat goofy mini-collection of stuff I’ve been reading, stuff I’ve been thinking about and oh, some completely random crap. Basically the stuff that never gets mentioned here because I’m not the kind of person who can just make some teeny little...
The Fluent Self