Yeah, I’m a little behind on the blogging, what with the combination of my mother’s breast cancer surgery (she’s fine, thank God) last week, and an unexpected funeral, and the associated, er, festivities over last weekend. On Surgery Day (10/15), after I got my mother home and on the couch with tea, I came home […]
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Challenge. So here’s a slightly different take on the proliferation of Jane Austen continuation stories – this is the first book of a series that has Jane Austen herself solving mysteries. The conceit of this book is that the author is the editor of some letters and
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Yesterday was one of those perfect Fall days that makes me glad I live in Maine.
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Pattern: Reversible Cables Baby to Toddler Hat by Gretchen ChanYarn: Cascade 220 SuperwashNeedles: Size 8 Circs and DPNs Ok, I think I’m safely set for L’s Christmas presents this year. Sadly, I didn’t use up all of the yarn, so I will have to come up with something else to finish off the last of
Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. The Infernals continues the adventures of Samuel Johnson, his dog Boswell, and his friend Nurd, the demon. After the events of The Gates, when the ruler of Hell sent the evil Mrs. Abernathy to Earth to clear the way for an invasion (by way of the Large Hadron
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Pattern: Owlet by Kate DaviesYarn: Cascade 220 SuperwashNeedles: 8 and 9 DPNs My only totally committed Christmas knitting is done. This is for my niece, and it’s so cute. The pattern is super easy to work with – this would a good project for pretty much anyone. The yarn is lovely – really soft. I
So what do you do when the CSA gives you a pound of green tomatoes? Pickle them! You’ll notice a bit of orange – a couple had started to turn a bit toward ripeness by the time I got to them, but were definitely still of green tomato consistency, so I just cut them up
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Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. In the 12th century, the overly ambitious head of the Shrewsbury Abbey has been on the look out for the relics of a saint he could bring back to the abbey to increase the pilgrims that come there. When he hears the tales of Saint Winifred, who’s buried
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Let the Christmas knitting begin! This is Kate Davies’ Owlet sweater, which I’m making for my niece. I’m using Cascade 220 Superwash yarn in a purple shade that’s a bit too dark to really be lavender. The beginning’s gone pretty well – I’ve gotten halfway up the body in one night.
Since I was already on the far Uptown side of Manhattan, I took the subway back down to Central Park, and walked through on the 85th street cut through, which goes by Belvedere Castle. You can climb all the way up into the tower, and there are some great views from there. The castle is
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