Froggy's Fiber Followings

Just a place to post projects, inspirations, updates, and occasional Froggy Fibers news. (Or whatever I want to post really.) For more Froggy Fibers updates join the mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/cjJd I also started froggygardens.tumblr.com to track my planting progress over the next year. Yes, I am lazy like that.

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The truth about “All Lives Matter” is that not all lives have mattered — which is why we need to keep saying Black Lives Matter. | follow @the-movemnt

[froggyfibers]

^^^ Everyone needs to actively listen to this with an open mind.

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To read list:

WicDiv Squirrel Girl Rat Queens Lumberjanes

I don’t read often but I’m open to suggestions to lengthen the list.

[impractical-thaumaturgy]

Lazarus features one of the best thought out dystopian worlds in existing fiction. The main character is Forever, the young lady featured in the above cover, and she is a lazarus, a genetically engineered soldier who is created for the sole purpose of protecting one of the families which have divided the land and resources on the planet.  I won’t go into the story itself 

but it has enough meat on it to keep you busy for a while.

Another worthwhile piece is  

The only thing the cover gives away is the grit but that’s far from the high point of this series. This book is about the dead and the town where they live and the people that they know. The cover art is from Jenny Frison and the art in the book is by Make Norton.   

“Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds live in and defend Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. When a dazed, gun-toting girl appears on the outskirts with a deadly grudge against the self-proclaimed Freakangels, the kids realize that an old enemy is still alive beyond the safety of their borders… “

That’s one of the cases where the the blurb says everything you need to know and I’m just going to leave it at that. 

Mood-wise Giant Days is the opposite of all of the above. Three quirky girls try to make it through college and all the challenges associated with being in your early twenties and on your own for the first time. Good thing they have each other.  

[froggyfibers]

So happy for the suggestions. I have tried to read Lazarus on my husbands recommendation but something about it was too much for me. If the other two are in the same vein I don’t know that I would be able to handle reading it,. Giant Days sounds cute though. I will have to look into it. 

Thanks!

[froggyfibers]

To read list:

WicDiv Squirrel Girl Rat Queens Lumberjanes I don't read often but I'm open to suggestions to lengthen the list.

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Problem 178: Birthdays III.

[froggyfibers]

I feel this way every birthday. I Think this will be my answer next time I am asked. 

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Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it’s incredible and surprising.

Nia Vardalos (via adoptionbuzz)

I once had someone tell me it must have been particularly difficult in my circumstance because my son is white.. It doesn’t matter if that child happens to have a different skin tone. You still love them.

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High-functioning anxiety sounds like…

You’re not good enough. You’re a bad friend. You’re not good at your job. You’re wasting time. You’re a waste of time. Your boyfriend doesn’t love you. You’re so needy. What are you doing with yourself? Why would you say that? What if they hate it? Why can’t you have your shit together? You’re going to get anxious and because you’re going to get anxious, you’re going to mess everything up. You’re a fraud. Just good at faking it. You’re letting everybody down. No one here likes you.

All the while, it appears perfectly calm.

It’s always looking for the next outlet, something to channel the never-ending energy. Writing. Running. List-making. Mindless tasks (whatever keeps you busy). Doing jumping jacks in the kitchen. Dancing in the living room, pretending it’s for fun, when really it’s a choreographed routine of desperation, trying to tire out the thoughts stuck in your head.

[froggyfibers]

^^^This. This just made me cry. I’ve read a lot of descriptions of anxiety that feel very spot on for me recently, Especially this one.   But I’ve always told my doctor that I have very low anxiety from day to day. I also have depression so a lot of times I am incapable of making myself do anything. It’s like a horrible catch-22

[awkwardstandinglewiskennedy]

John Oliver, Richard Ayoade, and David Mitchell at Uni.

[froggyfibers]

It’s a little blurry but I received this mug from my mom last week for my birthday yesterday.. There are several other photos on there but this in the one of my whole family when I was young.  I’m the cutie with the bright red puff ball on my head.

[froggyfibers]

Finally got my yarn to start my sweater about a week ago. Sadly, life has gotten in the way and I haven’t had a chance to start. =(

(totally just edited this several days later because I meant week and not year. In my life spending that much on yarn and not at least starting a project is a crime. Don’t have to finish, just have to start.)

[froggyfibers]

So, I totally bugged out on tumblr and never updated my gardening blog last year and barely posted anything here for months. I mean, I visited everyday... more than once. Anyway, I think I’m coming out of my self created hermit like behavior. So hopefully with the help of my husband I will start adding things like knitting and spinning and crocheting and sewing projects and of course... comic related materials. Long live randomness!!!

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The last couple of months worth of used bookstore, thrift store and library book sell finds. Garden edition,

[geekgirlfibers]

Oooh! I would love to hear your thoughts on the Backyard Homestead.

[froggyfibers]

Funny enough. I got this at the local Friends of the Library bookstore this year thinking it was real familiar. Turns out I already had a near pristine copy at home. This one is a little water damaged but its just barely noticeable. Truth be told, I bought the original book and have yet to read it. I like a lot of reference material just in case I need it. I plan to give this to a local friend if she wants it but if she doesn’t I will gladly send it your way.  

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The last couple of months worth of used bookstore, thrift store and library book sell finds. Garden edition,

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The last couple of months worth of used bookstore, thrift store and library book sell finds. Fiber arts and sewing edition.

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The last couple of months worth of used bookstore, thrift store and library book sell finds. Comic Book Edition.

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I don’t do this often or really at all. I saw this on my Facebook page and can’t really help due to my financial situation. I also have purposely attempted to avoid Facebook other than reading what’s going on in other peoples lives. I’m a true lurker when it comes to forums and such. 

So, here is the deal though. A very sweet, nice and kind woman that I used to work with is having a family emergency. Her mom is in desperate need of surgery and as is true with many people in these situations, money is scarce. I read the whole update about the issue and it is very unfortunate. The lady I worked with and her siblings are working hard to come up with the funds. They have a little over two weeks to come up with the money 

I know that I don’t have a lot of followers and haven’t posted in some time. (Though my husband was just about to post two days ago and got distracted.) But I would like to spread the word about this and try to help in anyway that I can. Which is this way. Most of the people on my Facebook also worked with this lady so they would be aware of the situation. Basically, I don’t feel like it would be productive to repost there. Instead, I am relying on the kindness of strangers to do what I can’t. If you can’t either that’s fine but please spread the word. We have until Mid March. 

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[froggyfibers]

Working on my hat to go with my cowl. The bottom is the leftover handspun and the rest is acrylic yarn. The white seems to be a glaring difference from the handspun but you can’t see it in this picture. I’m using this pattern.