Archives for the 'non-knitting' Category
Just a Little New Year Post
2008 was a very hard year for reasons I blogged about here, and also for reasons I did not. I was definitely not sad to see it end.
2009 holds a lot of hope and promise, and it’s already gotten off to a good start. I still have 3 full days before I go [...]
Loss
I had been gathering some pictures for a knitting-heavy post about my trip to Northampton: stash enhancement at Webs, knitting at a writers’ hootenanny with three other knitters, my sock at the beginning of the Yarn Harlot talk, my sock at the end of it….
But then Monday night I had to call 911, most [...]
Birthday, Baby, and a Laugh
After my lazy Saturday morning, I had quite a busy and exciting weekend! First, I celebrated my 30th birthday a couple weeks early at my “Good-Bye Twenties” party Saturday night, which had a fun 1920s theme and gave me an excuse to wear my favorite dress.
Sunday afternoon, I went to visit my best friend [...]
Late Poem
I can’t believe I missed the Third Annual Bloggers (Silent) Poetry Reading! But because of the delay, you get a brand new impromptu one:
orange
the sun explodes
in the rear view window
just as i exit the
slow fast slow fast slow fast
freeway
a small zin
starts the meal
dancing on the palate
amidst linguistic words
in the chilling wind
shortened noodles
soak up unanticipated [...]
Larry
Early Christmas morning a little over three years ago, my friend Larry passed away. We weren’t friends in the typical sense — he was someone I saw only once a year at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and only exchanged an occasional email (or small stack of CDs) with, not someone I knew very [...]
A Cheery Picture
The top (or only) 3 reasons I think this picture might cheer Catherine up a little:
It’s a picture of my food.
I thought of her when I whipped out my camera to take it.
The carrots are cut into the shape of hearts!
The picture was taken in Northampton last month at the little Thai restaurant I don’t [...]
8 Facts and a Question
A while back, Kate tagged me for the random facts meme. I’m finally getting around to posting mine, but I’m going to be a spoilsport by not tagging 8 more people. If you haven’t participated and want to, feel free to tag yourself in the comments!
8 Random Facts:
My very first job (in high [...]
Quick Update
After some worrying chains of medication side effects, dosages have been reduced and my grandpa is doing well again. And most importantly, the treatment itself is working. I flew home this afternoon, and now it’s back to mostly regular life again. It’s a little strange to not be spending all day at [...]
Silence and Socks
Just popping in to mention that it may be a little while longer before I’m back to regular posting again. A planned Father’s Day weekend trip to Reno got changed to me flying home (to the Bay Area) where my grandpa has been back in the hospital since Friday, and I’m sticking around for [...]
Help: Webhost Recommendations?
If you don’t have a blog that’s hosted on your own domain, please disregard this post and come back later (I have some good knitting-related posts planned).
If you do have a blog that’s hosted on your own domain and you have opinions on your webhosting company, please share them with me! Especially [...]