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Sorry for the long silence. I’d write, but I’m here:
More photos, stories and knitting (thank god for 10 hour flights!) when I get back. Mahalo!

I’ve managed (for someone with some crazy politics) to stay pretty politically neutral on this blog. But I did just want t send out a reminder — no matter your politics, don’t forget to vote today. Change starts at home, real action takes place locally. Make a difference and make yourself heard.
Today I start […]

It has been pointed out that perhaps my stress might be causing stress in others. I would hate for that to happen, and since I have nothing else to share right now, I leave you with my mice:
Pattern: from knitwhits (thanks mom!)Yarn: Scraps of Manos and Lambs PrideNeedles: Lantern Moon US 8 straight needles, and […]

Folks, I’m turning into my worst nightmare. Today, I have lost my tea (lost my TEA!) five times. I set it down, I do something else, and then I have to spend five minutes figuring out where I set it down. I heated up some lunch, and then forgot I had heated it up, […]

One year ago today, I packed up everything I own into a U-haul, said goodbye to the city I love, the friends I love, and the boy I love and headed south to face the unknown in Virginia. Not for a moment, not even in the long, dark, cold, and incredibly lonely first few months […]

Remember my frustration from the other night? Here’s my solution:
I used a little bit of complimentary Lorna’s Laces to bind off. I did it on both gloves. It solved one problem which was bothering me — the bulky bind off got in the way when I tried to play banjo with them on. But… […]

I interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this:
The cutest tiny baby lamb EVER.
My friend Greg (known to those who love him as “Jellybean” or sometimes, just “Jelly” for short — don’t kill me, Greg!) is doing fieldwork/living in Chilean Patagonia. If you think it’s pretty where I live, you should see where he […]

** Disclaimer** for those of you who hate yarn-gift-related “bragging”, you might want to skip this post. I don’t mean it to be a “lookee what I got?” post, but rather more of a “amazed at the insane generosity of (almost) strangers” post. Take it as you will.
To make up for yesterday’s frustration, today I […]