Archive for July, 2015
Beachglass cardigan
I got someone at knitting group to take a couple more photos for me. Ted is an excellent photographer – except of people. The local yarn store owner’s pretty daughter has been doing so much modeling lately for other peoples’ patterns that I suppose it’s not surprising she’s developed an eye for good knitting photos! […]
FOs!
(FO = Finished Object, in knitterspeak.) Here’s a thing I haven’t posted for a while; I’ve mentioned my knitting, but haven’t posted any pictures or been too specific. So far this year, I have completed the following. I will include links to Ravelry for all projects – no membership is required to see them. Info […]
reunions out the kazoo!
I do think five reunions in one year is a bit much. We had the one from Ted’s college friends in November in New Orleans; the one from my high school in January in Philadelphia; the one from my dad’s family in Philadelphia a couple weeks ago; the one from Ted’s dad’s family in southern […]
award processes are hard even when they work well
Very glad I don’t have to vote for this year’s World Fantasy Awards! Here’s the Best Novels slate: Novel Katherine Addison, The Goblin Emperor (Tor Books) Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (Broadway Books/Jo Fletcher Books) David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks (Random House/Sceptre UK) Jeff VanderMeer, Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (Farrar, Straus and […]
non-minimal packing
I thought I was doing well because everything fit in my backpack but Rebeccmeister’s packing list for her trip to Seattle now has me thinking that, as usual, I’ve probably overpacked for my four days in Philadelphia. At present, I have knit dress 3 t-shirts (blue sleeveless, black ballet-neck, I forget what else) knit skirt […]
holiday weekend
It was a good holiday weekend; as best as I can remember, I spent most of it either on a boat (rowing shell or kayak) or on the deck looking out at the water. I also got some weightlifting in, since the lake house is where our weight set lives. I was worried that we […]