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Portland, Oregon

We'd wanted to visit Powell's for years, the worlds largest bookstore. It takes up a whole city block, I lost Paul a couple of times in the red and purple rooms (each the size of a major bookstore) and it was wonderfully relaxing to have nothing

Introducing Albion's Forge!

My Etsy store is now open: Albion's Forge. I am selling ThinkMats, pieces of rubber chainmail you can fiddle with, stretch, jingle, scrunch, rattle, and ponder. If you're a natural fidget, this might be for you. If you're surrounded by natural fidgets, having these

Under the radar

Between the secret swap gift and some long-delayed half-finished projects, it's gone a bit quiet around here, but I have been working on a few things: There's some chocolate cherry Finn wool on my spinning wheel that is almost done, I need to spin another half-bobbin

Can't breathe, too busy...

February always feels like an absurdly busy month. The 5th is the anniversary of our first date back in 1994, which is now 18 years ago. Valentine's Day is a mere three days before Hubby's birthday, which is two weeks before my birthday. Then we get

On Muggles

In the Harry Potter universe, muggles are the non-wizarding humans, the majority of humanity. To knitters and crafters, they are the non-crafting humans, also a majority who have little understanding of a crafting brain. For instance, non-crafters may think that because a person is knitting, they can't pay

Looking forwards - 2012 resolutions

I achieved most of my 2011 resolutions this year. I resolved not to stab anyone in 2011 and managed this one, though there were some very worthy candidates. In knitting, I finished knitting the Eris cardigan, though I still need to block it and install a zipper, which is scary

Looking back

In 2011 I knit: * 6 pairs of socks (all my own designs) * 3 neck-warmer scarves (one from unspun silk hankies) * 2 shawls (Larix and Citron) * 4 toys (two bats, a hedgehog and a bunny) * 2 lace scarves (both knitspot designs, Butternut and an unblocked Aria Delicata) * 2 tops (Eris, still

On hiatus till November

I'm taking a break from the blog till the end of the month. Lots of things going on, not many of them good. I'm fine, Hubby is fine, the cats are fine. See you in November.

Full English Breakfast

Celebrating an American holiday with a Full English Breakfast: Egg, sausage, black pudding, bacon, Heinz Baked Beans, toast, tea (Twinings English Breakfast, milk, one sugar). The sausage, beans, and black pudding came from a trip to Global Foods to get the proper stuff from England, the bacon is a "

16 years ago...

We got married in Guildford in 1995, in Millmead Baptist Church down by the canal, surrounded by friends and family. Today is our 16th wedding anniversary.

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