It’s cold here on the West Coast: seven degrees below zero, Celsius, last night, so the plumbing was carefully monitored. Taps came on with no problem this morning, always a relief (what we take for…
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Yes, I finished Koolhaas, wove the ends in, and even took a self-portrait wearing it. Not sure if I’ll keep it or put it in the gift pile. I used a leftover skein of Diamond…
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It’s been dreary and cold this last week on the West Coast, and I’ve been dreaming about spring in Paris, especially since The Sartorialist is posting street fashion from that city right now following the…
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A few years ago at the annual January sale at my LYS (Local Yarn Shop for non-knitters), I overheard one woman say to her friend, “If I die suddenly, make sure you get into that…
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Reading Laurie Ricou’s Salal: Listening for the Northwest Understory, I find this quotation from poet and essayist Kim Stafford’s book The Muses Among Us: “coherence is born of random abundance” (31). Random abundance! I love…
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