Posts by hamblog
link potluck!
Thank you to all who participated in the giveaways. I loved the comments, and am so appreciative of everyone who reads this blog, including the lurkers! The link potluck was fabulous. People brought so many shiny internet objects, I have to post them here. Enjoy and happy holidays. I’m getting up at 3:30am tomorrow (Christmas…
Read MoreRESULTS! Down with Seasonal Sadness Slump Fantastic Craftico Giveaway #2: One of Three
Yes, friends, it’s another special twist on this giveaway. Everyone’s a winner! Woo woo woooooo! I have extra schtuff to give away, surprise! Eight people responded, and so shall they all get swag, if they want it. Wallet Winner Heather M. M. from Ojai! Scarf Winner Ellen C. from San Francisco! Necklace Winners – yep,…
Read Moreprobing the slumping – and giveaway!
Hi. Now that I’m sliding downhill towards the inevitability of getting on an airplane, experiencing low temperatures, feeling gypped by Santa, and dispensing with sensible eating, I have found a certain calmness within the chaos. I have not shared here the various difficulties of the past few weeks, but they have been Difficult. Poop of…
Read MoreResults! Down with Seasonal Sadness Slump Fantastic Craftico Giveaway #1: Get your Own Damn Circle Scarf
As you may know, to combat my blues I thought I’d give away one of these things. It ain’t a modern game show without a BIG SURPRISE TWIST! I have two, yes TWO, circle scarves to give away! That gave everyone a one in 13 chance! (becky just stop blogging and announce the damn winners…
Read Moremake your own damn circle scarf
There’s a giveaway in this here post. Read on how to get your own damn circle scarf. From me! So, you’ve seen them. Big loopy scarves worn by fashionable and waify young women, usually combined with skinny jeans, mid-calf boots and a latte to go. I like scarves but did not pay attention to this…
Read Moreno blog is complete without a post about the dmv (now with pro tips!)
I was noodling through downtown Oxnard a couple weeks ago, when a cop whooped-whooped me with the flashing lights and everything. I had been on autopilot, stopping-and-going through the endless stop signs on Fifth, so I had absolutely no idea what I had done. Cop: Do you know what you did, ma’am? Me: I have…
Read MoreMorning Dew
Yes, friends, it’s a meme. Not only a meme, but one I put together more than a year ago. Hellooo, end of NaBloPoMo! I don’t know if it’s been obvious but a large number of my posts this month were ones that have been living in the “pending” folder for ages. There were over 50…
Read Morebugs at bay
While not necessarily riddled with neuroses and phobias, I have a few. Blood. When I am near blood spilt by another, especially when the blood gets on other things, events can kind of darken and even go black for me. It’s a completely involuntary reaction — I don’t get all “eek! ew!” worked-up squeamish beforehand,…
Read Morewordless weekend: images of things past
This is Thanksgiving Day 2006 in San Francisco. I like the strange, shadowy souls on the beach. It matched the way I felt that day. I mark 2006 as one of the (if not the) worst year of my life, but instead of feeling the pain of my losses on that Thanksgiving, I was sensing…
Read Morewordless weekend: that’s what friends are for
This is Darling Andrew a few years back, when I asked him to repeatedly splash himself in the face with glasses of water so I could take pictures. It was for a collaborative project I was doing with someone on flickr. What a friend! Thanks, Andy, for indulging me. Although judging from this look he…
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