Bread with strings
Leaving New York for Portland meant leaving a place with a large Jewish population for one where we would be in the extreme minority. We joked that once we arrived here, there would now be ten Jews in Portland. In …
What a “bad” writing night looks like
Log into iChat to see who’s around. Say hi to one or two people, then tell them right away that it’s a writing night and you can’t chat. Turn on your Away message, but peek back to see who’s coming …
Mom on the loose!
I did something last night that I hadn’t done since Thumper was born. I went out without Billy and the kiddo purely for recreational purposes. I wasn’t going to a doctor appointment or going to write. Just going out to …
Cashmere for the comfort, red for the fight
I don’t talk much about my family here, beyond Billy and the kiddo, because they’d rather I not. We’re a private bunch. (So why do I blog? Good question. For another time.) Something is going on now, though, that I …
Only 17 months old, and already rejecting knitwear
It was only a matter of time, I suppose, but I thought I had more time than this. Thumper won’t even let me get his new hat NEAR his head to try it on. I’d say it was because the …
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Happy rescheduled birthday to me!
Back in August, my 34th birthday got lost amid the chaos of packing, closing on two houses, moving cross country. Billy promised me that I would get a redo once we were moved and settled. The tricky bit was that …
ugh
I’ve got a nasty cold, and I’m having some serious nostalgia for the pre-child days when I was free to just climb into bed with my knitting and a box of tissues and hide out until I felt better. I …
One of those fascinating posts in which I do nothing more than update you on the growth of my sock
The first Lenore sock is coming along nicely. I’m madly in love with this pattern and this colorway (both named Lenore, from the 2007 STR sock club): That is all.
Another weekend in Utopia
Sorry for the blog silence. My mother has been visiting, and there hasn’t been much time to feed the blog. Ready for another picture-heavy What We Did in Glorious Oregon post? Sure you are. But first, some yarn. I’m off …