I don’t know why I deserve to have this perpetual black cloud hanging over me. Every time I start to think things are looking up, some other awful thing happens. This work thing is bad enough (not to mention seriously insulting), and so is the large bill for PT (which I expected, but it still […]
Ordinarily I enjoy winters in this climate. They’re, well . . . they’re . . . practically nonexistent by my standards. They’re more like a long, wet fall. But this one has been an awful drag and even I have been longing for spring for weeks now. So I was massively excited when I went […]
A few weeks ago, I ordered a ball-winder with the intent of corralling the obstreperous hemp yarn mentioned far too many times below (and which is still getting kicked around every time I walk past it). The other day, coming back from Grandma’s, I noted an orange card stuck in my door. From the post […]
A couple weeks ago, my physical therapist was complaining that she’s cold all the time at home. Her husband and son both radiate heat like desert rocks, and while keeping the house at 68 degrees (24/7! I’d die with it that hot at night!) keeps them too hot, she’s always chilly. Wear a hat, I […]
For some reason, the Yarn Troll post seems to have been hidden by the system so that it showed up when I looked at the blog, but not for anyone else. Scroll down a bit and read it. It will give you a new perspective on fibers.
I chopped up stuff for salsa today, only the chile pepper I’d bought had, in the space of two days, rotted inside. I probably should have taken it back to the store, but it was all yucky, so I tossed it. I had to add chile powder instead. For something green, I punted […]
It has been only slightly less than a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day on this side of the continent. I got patronizing messages from work, all of whom collectively have less experience than I in my field. What makes this particularly irksome is that they apparently think they can use on us the same […]