In this episode, we welcome Rachael Herron, author of the Cypress Hollow series, several mainstream fiction books and a non-fiction collection of memoirs. Rachael and I met years ago when we were both involved in the knit-bloggers ring, and recently reconnected at a local guild meeting. On the morning we were recording it was unusually windy and we had even had some rain. You've heard Gayle and I talk about the California drought, so yay, rain! But the wind? Not so much. Our internet conferencing software kept dropping our conference call. We don't really know what caused it to be dropped, but we vented our frustration on the wind. So our apologies for the few places were the chat is choppy and for the general lower than usual audio quality. That was a surprise and we hope you will stick with us and listen to our chat with Rachael. Thank-you Rachael for being patient and working with us that morning! - Sharlene What are we wearing? C3 by Annie Modesitt Sharlene's C3 Cromarty by Alice Starmore Rachael's Cromarty Kerstie Merino Crepe from Koigu Traveller Tunic by Joji Locatelli Gayle's Traveller Tracie Too from Imperial Yarn What are we knitting? Koala cup cozy by Alexandra Davidoff Rose City Rollers by Mara Catherine Bryner Rachael is knitting a CustomFit sweater. Stone Mountain and Daughter (store in Berkeley) Wow air flights to Iceland Lopi sweater images The Long Beanie by Wooly Wormhead Cascade 220 Superwash Longfellow by Michele Wang Rachael Herron Rachael's website Rachael's bio Rachael's books Rachael mentions her two spinning wheels: Ashford Joy Ashford Traditional NaNoWriMo Digit's return more Digit Digit, Actually Dead This Time (language not child-friendly!)