I’m a huge fan of natural building, urban homesteading and water conservation – among many other things – so I have been particularly interested in what four young women, all natural builders, have been exploring at Villa Sobrante. I got to know Lindsay, Massey, Sasha and Trilby through knitting nights at Artfibers (which they first [...]

Case in point: This is my new REI colleague, Antonia, happily knitting away in the break room. We quickly realized during training – she was training me – that not only were we fellow knitters but that we had actually bumped into each other at Artfibers recently, when she was on a field trip with [...]

I took some time out of my hectic schedule to go to the movies with Alice and Liz. We saw (500) Days of Summer which had some laugh out loud moments and was quite entertaining. It comes highly recommended by me but better hurry – it won’t be in theaters long. I am NOT recommending [...]

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 [...]

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. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heavydutydesign.com%2Falicethelma%2F2009%2F09%2Fmore-on-pears%2F’; addthis_title = ‘More+on+pears’; addthis_pub = ”;

I forgot to blog about this exhibit which I saw several weeks ago so it feels like old news. But it’s actually very timely because first Tuesday is coming up and it’s FREE day at SFMOMA. (However, you will have to pay $5 for this special exhibit but it’s well worth it). Get there early! [...]

The more observant among you may have noticed from the packages I’ve received recently that I live on San Pablo Dam Road. If you travel southeast on SPD Road in the direction of Orinda (and Oakland) you will reach Wildcat Canyon Road. Just before Inspiration Point, which marks the entrance into Tilden Park, the vista [...]

The three of us – me, myself and I – had a lovely time today exploring Potrero Hill in San Francisco, a neighborhood I had completely forgotten about. We do actually get out of the house every once in awhile. Can you believe it? First thing in the morning, I had an interview on Carolina [...]

If you haven’t had a chance to get down to Powell’s bookstore to see the Portland at night exhibit of black and white photography, it’s not too late. The show will be there through the weekend and possibly the beginning of April. Nobody’s contacted me about taking it down yet. So be sure and hop [...]