The Happiness of Pursuit

jojomakesdoesclimbs
Climbing and creative blog
One woman (and her dog) making things, doing things, and climbing things.




- Mar 24, 2022
- 3 min
Photos of a Cute Dog


- Mar 3, 2022
- 1 min
A Stuck Key Letter Puzzle Poem


- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Thighs of the Climber


- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming . . .


- Dec 30, 2021
- 12 min
Best and Worst Books of 2021


- Dec 9, 2021
- 8 min
Why I Don't Buy Christmas Presents


- Nov 18, 2021
- 6 min
A Hard Water Stream of Consciousness


- Oct 28, 2021
- 12 min
40 Hopes for my 40 Year Old Self


- Oct 7, 2021
- 8 min
I've Always Been Wordy


- Sep 16, 2021
- 8 min
The Problem With Minimalism


- Aug 26, 2021
- 7 min
One Year as a Failed Blogger


- Aug 5, 2021
- 13 min
My Top 8 Sporting Memories


- Jul 15, 2021
- 7 min
Is Ambition Always a Good Thing?


- Jun 24, 2021
- 7 min
7 Quotes to Cheer You Up


- Sep 19, 2022
- 7 min
Women's Bouldering Festival 2022


- Apr 2, 2022
- 5 min
The Balance of Power


- Mar 10, 2022
- 9 min
A Guide to Types of Rock Climbing


- Feb 17, 2022
- 5 min
Learning To Fall


- Jan 27, 2022
- 4 min
Advice for New Climbers


- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming . . .


- Dec 16, 2021
- 9 min
To Spray Or Not To Spray? That Is The Question

- Nov 25, 2021
- 6 min
Setting (Another) Personal Climbing Goal


- Nov 4, 2021
- 9 min
Training Plans: The Good, The Bad, and The Hip Flexors


- Oct 14, 2021
- 12 min
My Top 8 UK Bouldering Gyms


- Sep 23, 2021
- 10 min
Climbing My First 7a Boulder


- Sep 2, 2021
- 7 min
Repeating the 9c Strength Test


- Aug 12, 2021
- 13 min
Review of Climbing's First Olympics


- Jul 22, 2021
- 12 min
A Guide to Climbing at the Olympics


- Jul 1, 2021
- 8 min
Meet My Current Boulder Project


- Oct 14, 2022
- 9 min
House Update


- Mar 17, 2022
- 6 min
All the Clothes I'll Make One Day


- Feb 24, 2022
- 5 min
Lulling Myself into Leopard Print


- Feb 3, 2022
- 5 min
How to Re-Cover a Cushion


- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming . . .


- Dec 23, 2021
- 8 min
Household Makes and Restorations


- Dec 2, 2021
- 5 min
Tour of my New Sewing Studio


- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Boning, Frogging, and a Pounding Block


- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Skirt of Spontaneity


- Sep 30, 2021
- 8 min
Favourite Clothes I've Made


- Sep 9, 2021
- 5 min
Remaking a Home Climbing Wall


- Aug 19, 2021
- 7 min
How to Art


- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
Creatively Practical or Practically Creative?


- Jul 8, 2021
- 7 min
How To Reuse Old Bedding


- Jun 17, 2021
- 3 min
Learning to use a Lathe


- Feb 17, 2022
- 5 min
Learning To Fall


- Jan 27, 2022
- 4 min
Advice for New Climbers


- Aug 26, 2021
- 7 min
One Year as a Failed Blogger


- Apr 15, 2021
- 8 min
Chatting Fear and Creative Flair with Faye Hine


- Apr 8, 2021
- 9 min
The Art of Climbing - The Big and The Small


- Jan 14, 2021
- 11 min
6 Inspiring Women In Climbing