Nikki Bollman – Page 2

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June 25, 2017 Written by Nikki

In the past, I have treated this blog as a personal blog, with a little bit of writing and book news mixed in. As of June 2017, my blog and my website are transforming to reflect my new goals and a new purpose. I’ve redone my website to truly be my author site. It’s now [...]

January 18, 2017 Written by Nikki

Welcome, Ingrid! In early December, we welcomed our newest daughter, Ingrid, to the world. I have been floating in the la la land of maternity leave, where time hasn’t quite seemed to move the same way it usually does. It’s an odd combination of feeling busy while at the same time feeling completely unproductive. Camping [...]

March 5, 2016 Written by Nikki

Knitting Hiatus During the height of my knitting-induced repetitive stress injury in my left wrist, when I was still working in the yarn shop, I met someone who hadn’t knit for 3 years, because she typed for her job and needed to save her wrists. I processed her words in horror and denial. No way [...]

February 18, 2016 Written by Nikki

Every morning I try to wake up at 5am so I will have some time to write before Astrid wakes up. The alarm on my iPhone goes off, and I groggily tap “Tap to snooze.” I repeat this at least once. By 5:30 I’m usually awake. This morning, I lay reading a book on the [...]

December 14, 2015 Written by Nikki

New site design. It wasn’t how I expected to spend my Sunday, but yesterday I revamped my web page. I noticed that something was broken with the header on my page, and attempts to update WordPress and my theme did not fix it. Since I had been wanting to try on a new WordPress theme [...]

December 1, 2015 Written by Nikki

For the first three Wednesdays in November, I taught a knitting class that I had committed to before I’d injured my wrist. I hadn’t canceled, because I’d hoped that my wrist would no longer be in pain. By the night of the first class, my wrist was doing much better for a long time, but [...]