Archive for February, 2011
politics of motherhood
We are not going out for dinner tonight because I am sniffly enough not to be sure I wanted to. Blah. It’s probably allergies, but it might be a head cold. Doesn’t seem to be getting any worse, but it’s been hanging around for three days or so, which supports the allergy theory. On the […]
V&A say it’s OK to spill this now…
… and no, I’m not referring to the museum in London. Come October, if all goes well, Universe willing, B”H, fingers crossed and spitting to ward off the Evil Eye*, I’m going to be an auntie! Another mechaieh (I’m trying to keep this part vague because details aren’t mine to tell) is that according to […]
roundup of the weekend: the usual subjects
Such are knitting decisions made. Last night I got tired of knitting thread (actually lace-weight yarn from Spritely Goods for a Whisper cardigan) so I cast on some Dream in Color Classy my mother gave me and began a Saroyan scarf. I’d forgotten how much I like that stuff – the Classy yarn has a […]
Yet another problem with editing today…
I can only conclude someone has come up with a program to automatically replace British English (or this this case Australian_) with American English for the US market. I’m reading Old Magic, by Marianne Curley, and it contains the lines “He held a burning flashlight” and then “he raised the flashlight toward my face”. The […]
wedding photos are always worth looking at
This may be the most splendid wedding dress since Harriet Vane married Lord Peter Wimsey in cloth-of-gold. (Link is to George R.R. Martin’s wedding photos. Here’s hoping the marriage is as long and happy as the engagement apparently was. And hey! one of the people at that wedding is an old friend who was also […]
some appreciation
This seems like an appropriate way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, so I’ve borrowed this idea from Kiwiria – a list of messages to anonymous people. If you think one of these is about you, it likely is. (True confession time: a few of these are about more than one person. In particular #8 – one […]
menopause “seminar”
I’m still a little ticked off that this body didn’t come with an owners manual, but of all the things I’ve been through menopause stands out for being a normal stage that half of the population goes through, yet is so little discussed. I didn’t think that I’d just stop bleeding like turning off a […]
healthcare in three countries: personal experience
Warning: this entry is very long. It describes my personal experiences with the healthcare systems in the US, Netherlands, and Taiwan. If you’re not interested, you may want to skip it. (However, if you have strong opinions about universal health coverage for the US, I’d gently point out that it would be a trifle irresponsible […]
looking for test knitters
If anyone’s interested, I’m looking for test knitters for a new sock pattern. The pattern is toe-up and quick to knit, using a heavy fingering weight yarn and mock cables. The final sock looks similar to Nutkin but is toe-up, a heavier gauge, has a unique gusset and toe-up flap heel and a picot cuff. […]
but other than that…
I’ve been rereading The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett, published serially in 1910 and as a book in 1911) and Laddie (Gene Stratton Porter, 1913) and it’s sort of like a literary version of Iron Chef – the two authors use so many of the same ingredients to make such different dishes. Or maybe Stratton […]