It has been a pretty dark time around here. I'm not going to recount all our troubles, some of them are ongoing and the subject of pending litigation; some of them (wait! many of the same ones!) are just too damn long a story to even begin to draw out in this little corner [...]
What a lovely time. I've got so little of my brain to share with the internets these days, but I had another halcyon weekend in the Berkshires with old friends. Somehow, even if you're a lame blogger like me, those friendships don't disappear. I had a weekend of pick-up-where-you-left-off visiting, [...]
You know how sometimes, if you wait long enough to get around to a thing, that thing starts to take on greater weight than it ought to do and it starts being harder to actually do it and then it has been even longer and you still haven't done it [...]
I'm back. I've been back one day short of a week and we're having our second snowstorm since my return. Ah, February. After a week in paradise, I can't complain. Well, recent evidence has shown that in fact I'm entirely capable of doing so. I have received surprisingly little sympathy [...]
And I seriously wish we weren't going home in less than two days. This is the view from our back porch. Seriously.
I've only got moments online, so that's all from me until I'm back. For those going, have fun at Spa. Though I love that event, [...]
Hey there.
What does a knitblogger do when she's not really knitting? This isn't a riddle (I'm not feeling nearly clever enough for that). I think the answer is not really blog. Which is what I'm not really doing.
But despite appearances, I do still value this here knitblog community, so I [...]
You have to say that in a fake African accent, a la Eddie Murphy in Trading Places. You can actually see the section here. Love YouTube.
Rhys and I quote this movie all the time. Ja, from Sweden....Please to help me with my rucksack? We're not the highest of [...]
Today's kindergarten parent of the week: a firefighter.
"Mama, you and mamarhys should get more instresting jobs. Because being a college worker isn't really that cool. Like Amber's dad? He's a firefighter."
"Henry, I know I'm not a firefighter, but I can show your class how to spin wool. And we can [...]
Argh, me maties, the pirate mittens, they be done, yar, and me laddy young Henry be gleeful.
Don't ye be put off by the scowl, tis only the face made by bucaneers when they are in the process of saying "arrr!"
Lest some scallywag try to [...]
First of all, people, best birthday EVAH. It started with a sweet and lovely snowfall and attendant kid euphoria, then was followed by the kindest act of comment pimping possible, and was capped off by my coworkers throwing me a rocking surprise party. I confess I was completely unable [...]
So I don't think I mentioned that I'd been doing this blogging thing for three years in June. So now it's three years plus. Thing is I'm not doing it that much anymore, so I'm not sure how impressed I can be with myself at this point. It's hard to [...]
I'm not dead, but thanks for asking. No, I'm still here, at least in theory. In reality, my presence is mediated by a) continued special ed insanity that breaks my heart because it has been hurting my kid, but happily I think we're almost at a point where we can [...]
Two sleeps to Rhinebeck. This would make me happier if the constant knitting was actually resulting in progress toward a finished sweater.
My crystal ball says I'll be blocking at the marriott, but only if picking up the neckline ribbing in the car [...]
It's been a while. Sorry about that. Typepad even forgot me.
I learned something new: if you have a kid in special ed, September is not your favorite month. It was a mofo. It's not over yet, despite it being October, but I'm hopeful. Today was a good day, and we're [...]
Hey, I took a picture. See?
That's about 1.9 sleeves. I've got a few more rows of the second sleeve, then I can cast on for the body. Now this sounds like more of an accomplishment than it actually is, since they're 3/4 sleeves, and it's a [...]
A kidless sunny weekend day in a breezy musical courtyard full of wool and friends.
Revival indeed.
I saw this a while back and had to have it.
It was a long wait, but it's out now. My box arrived today.
I've already cast on for a sleeve swatch. It's love.
Speaking of love, I got my [...]
I really should stop tempting fate.
I read some blog post a while ago about someone who was laid up sick and who got a lot of knitting done, and I thought to myself, self, wouldn't it be nice to be laid up sick and get a lot of knitting done?
Well, [...]
`I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The
Antipathies, I think--' --Alice, as she fell down the rabbit hole.
The rabbit hole is deep and full of knitters, and I [...]
Right. Still here. No, really.
