Hi everyone!
Well, after a week of resting up, I'm eksited about life again. I will be participating in Nanowrimo in November, so I've spent some of the last week working on preparation for my novel. In the past few months I've listened to some great free lectures by Brandon Sanderson on developing characters and plot, which really helped me put things together. I've also been researching for several years now (it's a historical novel). The last time I tried Nanowrimo-ing this novel was in 2017, but I didn't have the research to support the story line or the character development. Here are some other thrifty things I did: 1. Harvested roots to add to my medicinal herb cabinet. I've been using herbs for years, but never bothered to harvest any roots, as it just seemed to time-consuming and daunting. Since August, however, I've been diving more into herbalism and dandelion root keeps coming up again and again as something I should be using. So this week I took some time to dig up a bucket of roots; dandelion, burdock, yellow dock and marshmallow. I got about 3 cups total and it took at least 3 hours to process. While I'm happy that I got to go through the process from start to finish, I'm going to look into buying the roots, as they might not be worth my time to prepare (at least, while money is still in good supply and the roots are still available online). 2. Made elderberry syrup in my Instant Pot. This was so easy: I just put the berries and spices into the IP with water, pressure cooked the miksture, strained out the berries and added honey back in. It actually tastes good, too! We had one person with a fever and headache over the weekend; I kept giving elderberry "juice" (elderberry syrup and chamomile tea over ice) and they were totally fine the nekst day. 3. Harvested tomatoes, hot peppers, one beet, one carrot, parsley, and a LOAD of ornamental and edible squash from the garden! I cleaned out most of my garden this week and moved some of the more tender plants to the south side of our house, where they will be warmer. 4. Listened to Jocelyn Green's Spy of Richmond on Scribd. My goal was to read her other two novels (the Chicago ones) this year as well, but I think I'll save that series for 2022. I'm not quite done with Spy of Richmond, but I hope to have it finished by the end of the year. I'm also reading one of Deeanne Gist's novels about the World's Fair. I read her novel about Biltmore, Maid to Match, a few years ago. While I really enjoy some of the humor in her books, the plot feels contrived, and overall there's too much smut and physical attraction. Going on and on about her beautiful eyes and lips, or his bulging biceps. I find myself skimming over those parts. It just feels awkward to read. I enjoy the historical aspects and humor, but her novels seem to be heavy on romance and very light on mystery, which keeps me interested a lot more than sculpted abs. I will look for other writers who feel more worth my time. 5. Didn't renew our Pureflix subscription. I talked a little bit about that last week. Another subscription I don't think I'll renew is the Epoch Times. While I really liked the newspaper, I just don't have enough time in my week to read it. I've figured that listening to one or two Youtube or Rumble shows will keep me updated with the truth for free, plus I don't have to use valuable reading time to digest the information. Cutting the Epoch Times will save $139.00 per year.
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