So much has happened lately that it’s been difficult finding the time to knit. I started my training at REI and Alice came to visit. A bit of bad timing but hey I’m just grateful to have a job with benefits again and also for the opportunity to see my lovely daughter who I hadn’t [...]

I’m not sure if scanning old family photos is the best way to preserve them for future generations. I’ve been reading a lot about digital archiving recently and I wonder what’s going to happen to all the photos in my Flickr account when I die. Should my children have access? What if some nuclear disaster [...]

There hasn’t been much knitting lately and I think I’m suffering from a late summer malaise. I’ve been working on the same old projects, trying to finish a few before I begin any new ones. It’s hot again and all I want to do is go to the beach. So please bear with me as [...]

Sunday it was cool, cloudy and sort of rainy and my plans to the beach were thwarted (but not by the weather). Bradley came to the rescue and helped me make the best of my circumstances. If you’re going to be stuck at home, it helps to have a five year old to pal around [...]

Like an out of shape runner, I’ve taken up drawing again…but I’m out of practice! I have no stamina. I could barely get through the two hour class! Srsly, it was great to be rubbing charcoal across the page and even though I’m rusty and the results are primitive, it felt good. I can’t believe [...]

A few weeks ago I was contacted by Daniela Rosner on Ravelry who asked me to participate in her PhD study in which she is developing a software/app called SPYN. SPYN allows the crafter to attach or “pin” memories to a handmade article, via the Google Android phone, while it is being crafted, for the [...]

A few weeks ago, a woman named Olga lent me the book, Middlesex, which the gals at knitting night had been promoting. Then dear Linda from knitting brought in the cd version of the book so I could actually knit while listening to the book. I have to confess that I’ve actually been listening to [...]

I discovered a very interesting blog post about Budhha shaped pears and other wonky shaped fruit which dovetails nicely with my previous post on pears. Read it – it’s cool. The link came to me through the cool folks at yay!everyday.

I seem to have three projects going all in green and it struck me the yesterday, how wildly different these greens were from each other. Isn’t it amazing the infinite shades that can be achieved in just one color? hee hee I guess I’m easily amazed. I started another drop stitch scarf with a ball [...]

I went pear picking with my sister, Liz, oh about 10 days ago with the goal of baking a pear pie from the harvest. Well I finally got around to it, thanks again to Liz, who turned me on to this recipe from Gourmet magazine. The pie wasn’t half bad if I do say so [...]