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Winter Rains
The winter rains are here, and I a reveling in them. The mountains, downtown, the Capitol–everything that is crushingly unchanging under the bright, hot sun–all look different, and mysterious, and new when soaked through with rain & shrouded with low-hanging clouds. The mornings are not as cold as when the skies are clear, but the…
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Knit Brit
No pictures today, dear readers. Please insert your own imaginary picture of me pleased as can be looking up at a dark gray sky outside my high-up office window. Last August I set out to Knit American, and explore a sustainable way of crafting. I have not bought exclusively American-sourced and -spun yarns since that…
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It’s Christmas Everywhere
Fa la la la fa la la lolly ting tingledy here and there. Blow music of trinkles and drinkles of glass it’s Christmas everywhere. Eloise at Christmastime, by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
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Walkies
After the nonstop inspiration! challenges! change! presented at the Arizona Library Association, a nice quiet walk in the brisk, clear air was just the thing. The fun thing about December is sunset walks can happen before dinner, and the fun thing about cities is finding little old neighborhoods with delightful little houses like the one…
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Confer
Mousie and I are totally psyched to be running around at the Arizona Library Association Conference. Day one was chockablock full with more activity than I would have guessed. I’m relying on a good night’s sleep and the continental coffee and pastries to get me through day two! Today is also the last day of…
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Post
This weekend saw a lot of traffic via post. In between having a cold, being thankful that I came down with a cold over a long weekend, and eating a lot, I sent my beloved Frye Boots off to the Frye Refurbishing Center. They are inanimate objects, and cannot truly make my life complete in…
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Housekeeping
Today the dog is my best friend. A sudden cold landed me home sick, so I am here to let her out to take the air, and to chase cats, and to let her back in so she can take naps next to me on the chair. Since I am home, and don’t really have…
Anti-Quotidian 