Category: Natter
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Wanted: One Empty Day
There are days where I’m busy, but just busy enough to stay focused. There are other days where I’m busy, but so busy that no matter what I do, I can’t achieve any sort of accomplishment because there’s so much to do I can’t diminish the towering pile of things to be done. Today would…
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Happy 4th
A rainstorm has liberated us from the heat. Fireworks seem unlikely, but I wouldn’t trade this for the most elaborate display possible. Happy fourth of July–may you revel in whatever graces your sky.
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Happy Birthday to Me
Today I a one whole year older, and to celebrate, I am spending the day doing my favorite things with my favorite people. Of all the un-ordinary days of the year, birthdays are the least ordinary, and as much as I love my profession, staring at a computer is just not how I celebrate being…
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Beware the JubJub Bird
So I’ve been working on this sweater. I’m using really soft MadelineTosh Merino light that I bought at the indescribably cool Purl Soho in New York City. I’m using a Purl pattern, too: Leah’s Lovely Cardigan. I was promised by the accompanying text in More Last Minute Knitted Gifts that it would be an easy…
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Easter Delights
Happy Easter everyone! I hope everyone is spending the day with friends, family, and jelly beans. For me, Easter wouldn’t be complete without giving and receiving little baskets filled with goodies. But has anyone noticed how hard it is to find real baskets for easter? I refuse to give throwaway gifts to anyone, even casual…
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Spores!
With all the wind, the pollen has been blowing off the puffball trees (aka mesquites) and collecting against curbs and around bushes in dirty gold mounds. Technically, it’s pollen, not spores, but the allergies brought on by this particular pollen puts me in mind of the scene in the Secret Garden where Colin works himself…
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Extra
In a perfect universe, the leap year day would be set aside to do something extraordinary. In the universe we have, bosses expect everyone to show up at work as if this was a Wednesday like every other. I therefore took pleasure in little things–a brisk wind, my cool-weather music, and a nice sturdy hat.…
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Valentine State
The Centennial is over, thank goodness. We can all sit down and take a deep breath. I viewed all the hullabaloo from behind a table, which was a rawther safe & comforting place to be for a person who is a little wary around crowds. Mousie liked Saturday better, because she got to sit on…
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