Some things are hard to do. Not because the task itself is inherently difficult, but because there is some other hurdle to mount before you can actually do the thing. Finishing baby sleeves is hard. Not because there’s a lot of knitting, and on this little sweater there wasn’t even any pattern, just the knit … Continue reading Hit the Trails
While I was pondering where the dickens my summer went, I remembered there was this other thing I knitted. It was a blanket called Intarsia Mountain, a test-knit for the super cool, super nice Heidi of Hands Occupied. It was sort of large-ish. Ok, it used seven skeins' worth of yarn in 10 colors, I … Continue reading Large-Ish
This morning I got up, all excited by the nice gentle warmth in the air (believe me, it won't last past mid-morning), went to the window to greet the day...and got an eyeful of smog. See it hanging there around the mountain? Ickies. I had to, had to, had to submit a job application before … Continue reading Bright Brown Morning Sky
Today dawned dark and cloudy. I am so excited: the forecast high is 73º. After weeks of pretending that highs in the 90s are fall, we may get some real fall. I did not fully appreciate changes in the weather when I lived in Illinois. There, it's really rare to have exactly the same weather … Continue reading It Was a Dark and Stormy Day
Anti-Quotidian 