Archive for July 2008
the housecleaning extends to the electronic
Hi! How’s the summer going for you? Mine has been great! I do, however, sport the pallor of an agoraphobic, with all my home organizing (and now quilting) keeping me indoors a tetch too much. Whilst I remedy that this fine August by strapping on the sneakers and heading out on a walk by the…
Read Morerumble twit weep run
I have already shared my intense fear of earthquakes. Today’s shaker was business as usual for me — I went white, got in a doorway, then burst into tears. I happened to share the doorway with the Department Chair, who did a good job of speaking to me in a soothing tone (reserved for lunatics…
Read Moreahoy, webmateys
If you are a web professional of some kind, do take a few minutes to complete the survey at A List Apart, a site for people who make sites — it’s one of the best resources I have at my lil fingertips: Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone…
Read Morequiltreport 3: science quilt
I will be reporting weekly sporadically on a new quilt on which I am working. I am in the cutting stage, and hope I will follow this through to a completed project. Quiltreport 1 here Quiltreport 2 here March 18 — I made a Joann’s employee ever so happy tonight by coming in, 20 minutes…
Read Morecheers n jeers
Cheers: The smell of this pork roast that is cooking in my (own special) oven right this diddly-doodly second. You will be mine, soon, my darling, my herb-encrusted darling. Jeers: The guilty ache in my stomach after tossing out a plant that was still alive but not looking so hot. Into the empty container went…
Read Moreur-scene!
Molly and I went camping in Sequoia National Park this past weekend. It was a great trip in a spectacular place; I’ve already waxed poetic about the park after I went with Danny P last year. You can also see the flickr set from this latest trip here, full of pretty pictures! Here, I’ll relate…
Read Morethe thrill of the game
In March of 2001, I accompanied my good friend Danny P to Europe. He was touring some of his movies on a whirlwind blitz of Germany, Holland, and Belgium. His rock star wife Alison was too large with child to travel with him (she produced the ever-wonderful Henry later in the summer), so I got…
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