Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: July 2026

  • Old thread

    I needed some thread to tweak the belt loops on a grey pair of pants. Grey has all the primary colors mixed in, so that means three variables instead of two, so it’s harder to match the color. I looked for a thread in Grandceil’s cunning sewing cabinet that I believe my step-grandfather built from…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 7/2/2026

    Weekly Paint Progress: 7/2/2026

    Here’s the previous: Here’s the progress: … when it was originally this:  Okay, done.For a moment I thought – “Wow, I’m getting good — that’s almost exactly the same as the photo,” and then realized I was comparing the last two paintings with each other.  

  • Review: Charming movie

    I know everyone has probably already seen The Sheep Detectives, but if you have not, you should. It’s a sweet, gentle movie about sheep trauma. And … justice. It’s a little distracting when one is compelled to work out the nearly-familiar famous actor’s voices with the sheep they play, so I would recommend scanning the…