My vacation is now pretty much over, and I’m pleased to say it was productive, knitting-wise. I finished two felted bags, conquered the DPNs and learned to make mittens (albeit goofy-looking ones), and now, this:
Yeah!! A hat! This actually fits me – and it actually looks normal when in situ on the head (I should [...]
I’m not big on resolutions. In fact, I never make them. I go bananas when the newly-resolved flock to the gym in January (it’s bad enough when dealing with the regulars, whose public flatulence and collective inability to sign up for a piece of equipment send me right over the edge). I’m all for people staying healthy – I [...]
Ed.: A warning to my male friends – this is sort of a chick post. (Yes, even chicki-er than all that knitting nonsense.) If you have women in your lives, you may want to read it anyway, or ask them to read it.
I’d like to let my friends in on a little secret: Selfishness is highly underrated.
Since [...]
Here is the stock I made from the chicken scraps left over from my Ragout of Chicken adventure the other day. Usually, my slothful nature takes over in these situations and I freeze the chicken carcass with good intentions, only to chuck it out when I find it in the bottom of the freezer several years [...]
Check it out – two felted bags, blocking away. The stripey one is D1’s – didn’t she do a great job? The green one is for my green-eyed friend who doesn’t get how to do “those me-me” things. I need to find a cool button for the flap.
Next up is a teal Sophie for D2.
I [...]
How many of these 100 books have you read?
Look at the list below. Bold the ones you’ve read. Italicize the ones you want to read. Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in. Movies don’t count.
Ed.: I put brackets around the ones that I have partly read, and asterisked the ones that I wouldn’t read on [...]
If my dearly departed mother were alive to see this, her heart would swell with pride even if her superficial reaction would be a cross between a snort and a sniff. This might have bested my law school graduation in her mind. I made mittens!
They aren’t quite as goofy in person as they look in the [...]
She pretty much counts as a dead white guy in my recovering English major mind. But I just finished Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler , and I found myself becoming somewhat intrigued. This quick read falls somewhere in the intelligent chick lit genre. Our heroine, Courtney, is a rather frumpy [...]
I have no idea why it’s sideways. Hopefully my hand won’t get tired from holding it out to the side like that. ;-)
For a cultural education, take a look at Barbara Brotman’s article in the Chicago Tribune about what Jewish people do on Christmas. In keeping with tradition, we indeed went to the movies yesterday [...]
A question easily answered when one is in possession of a whole chicken, a bottle of Two Buck Chuck Shiraz, and Julia’s kitchen wisdom: Ragout of Chicken with Onions and Red Wine.
I’ll treat you to the process here, but I shall do so in my own words, since Julia uses too many for a blog [...]
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