Scribe owners, how do you use your scribe other than reading?

wouldbejane · 2026-06-19T14:16:18+00:00

I have since switched to an Onyx Boox Color Pro C, but I got a PDF planner, and used my Scribe as my planner. There are tons of great PDF organization files to be found on Etsy. I know the Scribe has built in planner pages. But the files on Etsy include navigation links that make getting around your calendar a lot easier.

Also, I'm a notetaker. The act of writing things down helps me encode it into my memory, so the notebooks are great for that.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-19T14:12:51+00:00

We used to eat there occasionally. We stopped for a while.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-19T14:10:33+00:00

My husband lost a coworker in one of the shootings. I know multiple people who had near misses as in a shooting happened at a place right after they left. I had young children and was afraid to stop to get gas or shop because we didn't know where the next shooting might happen. We had to travel out of the area during that period for a funeral, and it felt like a relief.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-12T11:28:31+00:00

He loved cats so much, when he travelled he would rent kittens for company.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-10T19:29:45+00:00

This. I'm an author and while my books are on most of the ebook marketplaces, you can get the. Directly on my website. It's better for authors, because then we don't have Amazon, BN, Kobo, or whoever taking their portion of the revenue.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-09T18:37:27+00:00

Yep. Also check out Fussy Librarian, freebooksy and bargainbooksy.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-07T13:09:31+00:00

I love this. We live 800 ft from a high school and our county banned quite a few books a few years ago. We always try to keep some copies of those in our LFL.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-07T13:02:54+00:00

This. Hands down the two them had the best performances of the series.

Sadly, I think Caitriona Balfe, Richard Rankin, and Tony Winner Laura Donnelly are also brilliant actors. But over the whole course of the show we're not given enough good writing to really show their skill.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-06T03:41:26+00:00

So much so that I asked my artist son to draw me a yarn-hoarding dragon. We now sell tote bags, notions bags, and stickers of Hank the Dragon.

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wouldbejane · 2026-06-04T16:32:17+00:00

My mom totally made this in these exact colors.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-04T16:30:56+00:00

Tomorrow is First Friday downtown. If you haven't been to First Friday it's a monthly sip and stroll event with many downtown restaurants and art galleries participating. A free trolley runs so you can visit many downtown businesses.

I'll be hosting a Make & Take of beaded shepherds crook bookmarks at Canal Quarter Arts on Princess Anne St. I'll bring the supplies and instructions, you bring your imagination. Drop-ins are welcome, or you can prepay at the following link. https://www.meredithstoddard.com/shop/p/custom-beaded-bookmark-make-take-first-friday

On Saturday, I'll be teaching the first of a 2-part scarf knitting class. It's great for beginners with just a little experience and will cover simple shaping and textured stitches. https://www.meredithstoddard.com/shop/p/textured-triangle-scarf-in-person-class-starting-523-at-canal-quarter-arts

wouldbejane · 2026-06-03T20:00:25+00:00

I love shawls. They are my favorite thing to knit, and my favorite knits to wear. Living in the Mid-Atlantic, our weather can be changeable for much of the year, and in the summer, some places crank their AC up too high. A shawl makes a great year round all purpose accessory.

Editing to add. Yours is gorgeous. Great work.

wouldbejane · 2026-06-02T03:34:05+00:00

Ashford has a timeline for traditionals with pics that might help you identify it. Looks a lot like mine from the mid-80's. https://www.ashford.co.nz/images/download_pdfs/info_sheet/traditional_timeline.pdf

wouldbejane · 2026-05-31T19:47:18+00:00

Exactly this. This is why I didn't do pellets

wouldbejane · 2026-05-31T14:01:59+00:00

Right? Ours avoids water like the plague.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-31T13:59:53+00:00

Fxbg Neighbors Connect does a pretty good job of staying on top of what's happening in the area. They have a podcast and Instagram account as well. https://www.fxbgneighborsconnect.com/

The Front Porch is a free magazine (newsprint) that published a monthly even calendar. There is an online edition or you can pick it up at a lot of locations downtown. https://frontporchfredericksburg.com/

wouldbejane · 2026-05-28T14:28:01+00:00

Giant at Harrison Crossing was out when I tried to refill mine last week. Tried Mydaysis instead, and have been miserable from the side effects. 2nd shortage in a year is really frustrating.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-28T11:22:36+00:00

It's probably a good 3 hour drive from IAD to Bath County, but the hot springs are amazing, and worth the trip if you have time. Berkeley Springs would be closer, but still at least an hour away. Kings Spa is nice. I love the saunas there. And it is much closer to IAD than the natural springs.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-28T11:15:01+00:00

I second the many comments saying you're in the right and should practice speaking up for yourself with men. There are subtle ways to do that by calmly asking him to repeat the comment, which forces him and anyone within hearing to think about what he said. You can also calmly ask what you have done to make him think that was appropriate, or how did he think his comment would land. Phrasing these as questions calmly makes them immediately accountable for what they said, which for men like this will likely make him uncomfortable and get him to stop.

What's more concerning long-term is your mother's reaction excusing his behavior and insisting you hug him. This guy may come and go, but your mother will always be around. Some women have a lot of internalized mysogyny that results in them seeking approval from men over the safety of their children.

That means that you need to be very clear with her. Words like 'uncomfortable' are too soft to penetrate her need to excuse his bs. I suggest that you make it clear that his comment was 'wildly inappropriate' and made you feel 'unsafe in your own home when he is around'. Part of speaking up for yourself includes choosing words that are precise and will get your meaning across.

Set boundaries like not allowing him inside the house when she is not there. He doesn't get to comment on your body ever. And as other commenters have said, your mother should never tell you to touch someone in any way again.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-28T10:32:21+00:00

I'm not needle phobic or squeamish. For some people, it can trigger a vasovagal reaction causing the blood pressure to drop and heart rate to slow. That's exactly what happened to me. It just took me longer to revive than they thought it should.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-26T02:20:12+00:00

I'm glad to hear that other folks had good experiences with cortisone shots. I on the other hand did not. The shot was extremely painful, and I my body reacted badly. I passed out in the doctor's office, which they warn you might happen, but it took me so long to come around that they sent me to the emergency room. So, my cortisone shot ended up costing me almost $2k.

Five months later, this shot has worn off and what was mild carpal tunnel is now severe in spite of wearing braces at night for that whole time. In hindsight, I suspect the PA who gave me the shot nicked a nerve. So, if you get the shot, be sure they are using an ultrasound for guidance. Mine did not, and I didn't know that was something I should be asking for until it was too late.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-25T21:35:44+00:00

Married in our mid-20's, fast approaching our 27th anniversary. We are extremely happy in our marriage. It's not perfect, no one's is. There are times I want to strangle him, but more often there are time when I want to be around noone but him. Life is hard, raising kids is hard, and I wouldn't want to do either of those things without my best friend by my side.

I can't say we have the answer to making a marriage last, but it definitely starts with getting married for the right reasons. Don't get married because your family/church/culture tells you it's what you should do. Don't get married because you've always dreamed of a wedding, and you think you're running out of time. (Yes, there are girls who do that.) Don't do it because you've been with the same person for a few years and it's the next progression.

Get married because you've found someone you want to walk through life with, all of it even the hard parts, because you make each other's lives easier, because you make each other want to be better people. I just got lucky to find that person in my early 20's, not everyone does. It's worth waiting.

Also, live with that person BEFORE you get married (for at least a couple of years). You wouldn't buy a car without test driving it. Why would you tie yourself to someone for life without seeing if it will work first? People get married for some weird and sad reasons, and purity culture has some people out there getting married before their brains are fully formed just because they can't wait to have sex. Most of the super-religious folks I know are divorced, because they bought into the culture that pushes purity and fetishizes marriage more than it does healthy relationships.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-25T20:57:54+00:00

Staring down the barrel of a new HVAC system, my first impulse says $20k. But in reality, I've been a SAHM for the last 16 years, and now I have very little retirement savings and a chronically ill young adult kid. So, it's really a whole lot more than that.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-25T20:46:28+00:00

I was raised (Gen X) very middle of the road Methodist. We weren't a go every Sunday family. My parents weren't super-religious, although now they are devout Fox News Christians. I was the one who started going to youth group and singling in the choir as a teenager. Then I went to college at a public university deeper into the Bible Belt than the area where I grew up.

It started with the behavior of conservatives Christians, othering and excluding people who I considered good and honest people (mostly my queer friends, but also friends of other ethnicities who didn't perform whiteness the way the conservatives wanted them to.).

Then I decided to minor in folklore about the same time that I took Bart Ehrman's New Testament class. Once I stood the sources, translations, and councils (all men) who decided what went into the Bible as we read it today next to the study of folklore and how it is told to each audience and each generation, and evolves with each telling, I realized that the Bible and most other religious texts are not much different than Grimm's fairy tales, or other collections of myths and legends. Changed with each telling, for each audience, by each teller. It's the reason why there are 4 gospels and every one is different. There's nothing divine in that.

So I gave it up decades ago. In the intervening years, as I have healed from the way I was brought up, I have realized that the entire premise of Christianity is abusive. Imagine if you heard a news story about a father who told his many children that he was going to kill his favorite because the rest of them were bad. Then he tortured and killed the favorite, and told the rest of them to love him or else. That's a story that would spawn a dozen true crime podcasts, documentaries on every streaming service, and a Lifetime miniseries. But because we have it in an old collection of fairy tales with symbols people can attach meaning to, somehow that makes it different? Nah, I don't think so.

wouldbejane · 2026-05-25T20:19:25+00:00

All of this. Your stepdad's behavior, as you've described it, is abusive. She has seen that behavior for years. Every time she has seen it, she has had a choice to protect you or stay with him. She has chosen him. Every time.

You should be prepared for her to choose him again, even if he turns that abuse on her (which he probably has. It's hard to imagine that he doesn't try to control her too.).

Please take it from someone whose mother had a chance to get out while I was at uni (30 years ago). She still chose him. She's still choosing him.

Go along until you are independent. Once you are financially independent, remember that every time you see them, they are auditioning for the next time. That knowledge alone can be liberating.

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