Barbarians at the Gates
First thing in the morning I do 30 minutes of Wii Fit. I have a step to put the balance board and and I pop in a DVD and climb stairs, basically, for half an hour. By the time I […]
Present Two: Blue Sky Alpaca Needles
My next present — well, I bought these, so it’s not a present, unless it can be a present from myself to me — was a couple of sets of dpns from Blue Sky Alpaca. I rarely use straight needles. […]
Henry Hatred
I have frogged Henry twice, all the way back to the foundation rows. Now it’s behaving better. Third time is the charm. Maybe. I don’t trust it. It’s just an ordinary herringbone pattern, after all, so it should not have […]
Present One: Approaching Joy’s Fashion Week Book
Paige of Approaching Joy made a pretty book of her pictures from New York Fashion Week. Moxy Ox, a local print shop that reminds us of Moo.com, printed them up and mailed them out, including a copy for me. It […]
Ziploc-ing Up Christmas
I’m feeling a bit poorly today: sore throat, sore eyes, sniffling… This could be because I took the dog for a nice long walk yesterday and also took a book outside to read on the steamer deck chair, thus racking […]
Everyone is Awesome!
Here is the completed Southern Snowfall scarf made from Folk Center handspun, all tied up. It is narrow enough that tying it up a bit seems like a good thing to do. It’s still too hot to wear it. This […]
Gentleman Mathematicians
I did get around to cleaning my living room, though I forgot to post an After picture. Things have been going very well at work. Our team is great — we’ve added several new people, and it’s going very well. […]
Right, Wrong, and Math
#1 son came over for dinner last night (Beer Braised Chicken and Mushrooms with noodles, broccoli, and apple compote) and we got into a discussion of Right and Wrong. He feels that choices may be right or wrong depending on […]