I’m sure you’ve all realized that yesterday’s post is a little late. There’s a very good reason for this. You see, after much thought and deliberation, I have decided to turn over control of this blog to the Alpaca and
It’s Oddly Comfortable to Have a Turtle on Your Head
Just to be absolutely clear, we are not talking about ceiling turtles. Ceiling turtles are vicious and will eat your ears. We’re talking your average, run-of-the-mill, preferably stuffed turtle. Stuffed as in plush. Not in a turtle-that-was-once-alive-but-now-is-not sort of way.
Take Charge of Your Writing
You know why most of us write, right? (ahahaha) Because we have a story we want to tell. We may or may not care if anyone else reads it, but we want to see what happens, how the characters change,
National Park Annual Pass: Kind of a Scam
You wouldn’t know it, because I am sneaky and know how to schedule blog posts, but my husband and I have been on the move for the last week or so. Specifically, we’ve been exploring Eastern Wyoming and Western South
Don’t Encourage the Ceiling Turtles
I had several friends over yesterday. There’s a room upstairs where I’ve painted sharks and squid and fish and seagulls, and one friend said I should have painted turtles on the ceiling. Two problems: One, I have popcorn ceilings. It
The Lure of Alpaca Poetry
One of the nicest things about having a wordpress blog is that it tells you what search terms people are using to end up at your site. I get a lot of people looking for information on specific subgenres, quite
How to Lure In the Elusive Ceiling Turtle
To continue our extremely amusing (to me, at least, and probably Ian) on-going series on ceiling turtles, there may be a point in your life when you actually want, no, need, ceiling turtles in your life. But Kit, you say, I thought ceiling turtles were
Pomp and Circumstance
Rounding out our Kit is Extremely Random Week, let’s talk about Pomp and Circumstance. Also known as the graduation march. You know the one, where they play the same four measures over and over and over while hundreds of people
Reliquaries and Ramblings
Sometimes it’s interesting what hoops you have to go through in order to get internet. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m losing, and it may be very late when this finally gets posted. (Yep, losing. Apparently this particular university requires
What’s Up, Grocery Stores?
Have you ever noticed how grocery stores tend to have one entrance that sits wide open all the time? This may be a Colorado thing. I don’t remember it being as wide-spread in California. Picture this, if you are unfamiliar



