Margaret Darling

Delivered a box of fancy baked clay to The Loon, so Cincinnati can now drink delicious sake from these:

@ZiaAlcaldesa Comic book. Then play. Then second play. Then probably nothing.

I think I might want write a musical. Or a philosophical treaty. I dunno. A book of poems? This is all hypothetical, at this point. The world is vast, and I want so much.

What would you write if you could write anything? No restraints on time or talent or needing an audience. What would you make?

Mishima pt 1

Not staged; turned around and found the dog like this.

@CellaringScott Oh that is fascinating.

@m_darling There is absolutely correlation because tannin does a great job of facilitating anthocyanin bonding within the solution. So, the initial issue is likely that somehow the tannins are less extractible than normal which causes other issues like color stability down the line.

Wine tweet: I think one of the big narratives that will come out of the 2022 vintage is that (maybe due to the timing of the heatwave) there is a really puzzling difficulty with color stability and tannin extraction. I won’t pretend to understand why, but I’m seeing it strongly.

Rando Friday night texts with my bestie

there is a kiln sitting in my basement, and in two weeks, it’ll be wired and ready to fire.

@CellaringScott Oh no!

My anger at how the conservative political rhetoric machine has ruined almost all my conversations with my mom knows no bounds.

Cincy, I need a turntable repaired. Who do you reco?

hell yes I have a rice cooker going in my office.

Gettin’ real raku-y over here

didn’t know if we’d get any this year. V pleased.

Stopped feeling mopey and got a cycling workout in. It was divine. Can’t wait for it to take a whole week to be able to sit comfortably again.

Oh my goodness the doctor’s office has switched to a new system, and I’m a prisoner in the waiting room, passively hearing everyone else’s medical histories while the receptionists walk elderly patients through the iPad interface.

I bought another kiln because I'm *that* kind of hobby queen.

Being a dink rules. About to go buy a motherfucking kiln.

@Bracksis I’m obsessed. OBSESSED!

@Bracksis It is the best

Outrage. Frustration. Deep sorrow. What’s it going to take, Cincinnati? Get serious about traffic here. Protect pedestrians, cyclists, AND drivers. Pedestrian bridges! Dedicated cycling lanes! Incentivize public transportation! Stop creating urban highways!!!

My favorites from last night’s raku firings.