Archives
-
Links
-
- Why Dichroic? Why Rise Again?
- My Books:
- A Home in Percival (cozy fantasy): COMING SOON
- Successful Business Process Management: What You Need to Know
- My Knitting Patterns Ravelry Link
Meta
Email Me
Archives
- August 2025
- December 2021
- September 2021
- March 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- August 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
Categories
Meta
-
Posts and photos on this site copyright 2006-2025 PKB
Monthly Archives: November 2009
submissions status
…you lose some… I got a rejection yesterday from Mike Allen for the issue of Goblin Fruit he’s guest-editing. It was a particularly nice rejection, though – from what he posted elsewhere I infer one of the two I submitted … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
Leave a comment
style my dress?
After learning that I will be moving back to the Netherlands in April, I did what any smart woman leaving Asia would do: I had two more dresses made for me, by the tailor who made one early this year. … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
1 Comment
workout entry
Sunday, November 15: NRoLW section 1, workout B/4: 1km warmup on erg. DL: 85 lbs, 2 sets of 12, 60sec rest Superset: Dumbbell shoulder press: 12.5 lb dumbbells, 2 sets of 12, 60sec rest Lat pulldown: 60lbs, 2 sets of … Continue reading
Posted in rowing
Leave a comment
reattaching my jaw now…
If you’re a Pratchett fans or a fiber arts fan, and most, most especially if you’re both, you need to check this out: Discworld. In yarn.
Posted in daily updates
Leave a comment
the long slide to the holidays
Ted and I have been horrible about skipping workouts lately. (NB: by “horrible”, I mean “averaging only four workouts per week instead of five”. It’s all relative.) The excuse is that we’re between the big Sydney race and the Holiday … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates, rowing
1 Comment
December Lady
The pattern’s February Lady, so-called because it’s an adult-ized version of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s February Baby sweater, so-called because it’s the February pattern in her Knitting Almanac. But Mom’s birthday is next month, so… December Lady. The yarn is Dream in … Continue reading
Posted in knitting, photos
Leave a comment
getting the mail
We got a package of mail ysterday from my in-laws; we use their place as a US mailing address and they are kind enough to forward the important stuff on, in periodic packages. It was a depressing and ominous package: … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
2 Comments
right grief
There is no love without grief. I think maybe there is such a thing as the right grief, though. The rightest grief I’ve ever felt was when my husband’s grandmother died: after a long and full life, she died in … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
1 Comment
awwww….
With the new role at work, I won’t be supervising my group of eight people any more. With the ones in the Netherlands, I’ve been having weekly calls with each person; I’m doing one last call to sort of say … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
Leave a comment
boarding school stories – now with magic! magic books, now with boarding school!
Boarding school stories go back a long way; I think the oldest one I’ve read is Tom Brown at Rugby (published 1857, set in the 1830s). I like Tom Brown; I’m fond of Stalky (1899, by Kipling of course) and … Continue reading
Posted in books
3 Comments