Exciting word-smith related news! I found out last night that I made the 3rd and final round of the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge I posted about before - wahoo!! My assignment for the 2nd round was science fiction, with the Olympics and a personal trainer, and I...
Red Graphic Tee 4 Ways
As you might know by now, I run an Etsy shop that sells screen printed goods, primarily t-shirts. And I thought it'd be fun today to show a few different ways that a bold graphic tee from my shop could be worn. So, this is the shirt: A simple scoopneck tee, in bright...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Funny video of the week: Old Spock vs. New Spock. It may be a car commercial, but it's still dang funny. Awesome video of the week: When did you choose to be straight? Why Employees Shouldn’t Have Hours. "The traditional 9-to-5, 40-hour work week is just that:...
10 Words
I'm linking up with Jenni again for the May blogging challenge. I'm a day late, but yesterday's topic was 'sell yourself in 10 words or less.' Jenni herself did a list of 10 words, and I liked that better than trying to come up with a-10 word coherent sentence to do...
Book Review: The Bone Key
The Bone Key The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth by Sarah Monette I was a big fan of Monette's Doctrine of Labyrinths series, so when I saw she had a standalone book, I grabbed it from the library without really reading much about it. So I was a bit...
Right Now
Right now, I am... doing laundry. Glamourous life over here. 🙂 happy that some paychecks came in today. wondering why I no longer receive text notifications about stuff being in my PO box. looking forward to the comedy show we're going to tonight, and a friend's...
What I Wore: Walking Garden
Apparently I was feeling floral yesterday. With the jeans, obviously, but also on the shrug which has a subtle burn-out floral pattern. Add the leaf necklace in, and I'm a walking garden. 🙂 Though, I think, a not-in-your-face-with-my-pattern-choices one. I hope....
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Boston Strong: Branding Charity or Branding Tragedy? Negative Emotions are Key to Well-Being What Does It Feel Like To Be Racially Profiled? Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That. Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and...
Skydiving Without Parachutes
So this past weekend was the boy's birthday, and one of my surprises for him was a visit to Austin's indoor skydiving place, Austin iFly. Yup. Skydiving without parachutes, aka. floating on 165mph winds in a wind tunnel, aka. the closest to actual free flight we'll...
Uncomfortable Things
I'm linking up with Jenni today as part of the May blogging challenge. Today's topic is "Things that make you uncomfortable." So here are some things that make me squirm or tense. Dark outside, lights on inside, blinds not closed. In my house, they always get closed...
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Hi, I’m Amanda!
I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.
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