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Here, various ramblings from over the years. Inevitably, though I’m technically an archivist, lots of pictures and links are broken or missing. Blah blah shoemaker’s children etc.
2020
2019
2015
2014
- New Andean Architecture
- hello and ~ The Internet Archive does it again, hooray!
- book reading update, week 2
- reading in 2014
2013
2012
- 2012
- beyond touching toes
- a cat purring
- feeling fishy (aka thank goodness for music)
- reading up a storm
- on the right road
2011
- last night pep talk
- firefox love
- ofuro
- lucky
- fruit goodness
- feeling old but in a good way
- rambling thoughts
- tools i need to knit happy
- knitting content (!)
- food food food
- thirty-four!
- textpattern ♥
- & some more news..
- it’s official…
2010
2009
- hi again ;)
- happy halloween!
- toh-may-toe
- happiness = green things growing
- regular horse-ly chore
- out & about
- animals i have seen recently:
- happy may day!
- a mix of things on my mind lately
- trouble & mamacat
- second try
- two things
- nightime is quiet
- lately.. (spring is almost here!)
- hello 2009
2008
- movies i’ve seen
- luci & andy got married
- linking
- keeping busy
- gyn/ecology*
- jesse
- jesse’s first sleepover
- two things
- brrrrrr
- toes
- knitting? just a little..
- trouble & mamacat
- spin span spun
- mami
- long overdue
- about – 2008, less cranky
- about – 2008, very cranky
- i can hear a storm approaching*
- excuse the mess
- i love you poppy
- oh yes i’ve been busy
- seven fleece spinner
- a may valentine
- seemingly random dreams & promises
- oh wow
- sharing some happiness
- catch up post
- thirty-one
- last day of february
- sanity
- distractions
- so.
- from andes to amazon
- finalmente
2007
- and i’m off
- visions of sugar plums
- here i am
- an observation
- i see lice
- too much
- all knitting all the time
- strictly knitting content
- a knitting question
- being a bridemaid
- letterpressing with claudi
- free day
- a quickie knit
- progress: quilting, canning, & knitting!
- 2:52 a.m.
- alone
- goals for me & links for you
- a little of everything
- hey, i miss you
- ugh
- hi
- a nice weekend
- thursday
- a reminder
- michael moore makes me happy
- please
- last day of may, wow
- to do list + some pics
- links, links
- hello me
- hello there
- tired but thrilled
- “comprehensive spinning” workshop, day 1
- happy may day
- craft schools & programs
- i’m oh so quiet
- high winds
- today’s gauge
- dulces bolivianos
- plans big and small
- a first basket, part one
- cities & rambles
- serious linkage
- mm-hm. …warning: lots of pictures ahead.
- gavin + viva
- thirty
- although blocking is wonderful..
- scattiness abounds
- boulder & a bride to be
- frustrated with the world
- of course
- a week in the sun
- all the animals are happy
- mobile goodness
- craftsy update
- these are a few of my favorite books
2006
- sensory overload
- ..and now, some down time
- living tree!
- 1) ack! 2) determined.
- cold weather = finished knits
- i miss my table*
- cough
- recent observations
- infecting others
- gavin baby
- seasons!
- some crafting
- day two
- things never really end
- i love this place
- what a difference a day makes*
- Urban Aran
- cuteness quicksand
- poking around online
- i can’t believe it
- “With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
- saturday!
- down
- natural dye workshop: week 1
- something finished
- Icarus Shawl
- dye day
- progress!
- my brother is the best
- unemployed
- lazy hazy crazy days of summer?
- words later
- phew
- back to linking
- jesse honey
- about – late 2006
- i want this kind of weekend over and over again
- things i’m behind on
- a simple breakfast
- Persepolis 2
- Fire and Hemlock
- The Golden Hour
- I, Coriander
- three good things
- How I Live Now
- ..and i’m back!
- Stardust
- community effort
- curds and whey
- ack, june
- uh oh
- Just Ella
- The Goblin Wood
- Not The End of The World
- Mimus
- Princess Academy
- choices, choices
- an excellent weekend
- Stronger Than Dirt: How One Urban Couple Grew a Business, a Family, and a New Way of Life from the Ground Up
- twiddling my thumbs
- madli’s shawl
- mami!
- to friends
- croutons, or making salads friendly
- Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology
- easy food
- so much to do!
- may day may day
- The Ice Queen
- keeping busy
- getting ready for may
- portfolio
- crazy runners!
- fair isle bag
- done
- wawas *
- long time
- divided
- a story of a wheel
- unexpectedly, a car day
- i hear music
- happy international woman’s day!
- twenty-nine
- march!
- a new background*
- hi
- definitely a theme
- cherry scarf
- mid-week
- linkity-links
- missing l.a.
- it feels like friday!
- flenten hat
- horse-crazy
- things that make me cheery
- to pom or not to pom
- iris shawl
- iris finished
- spindling
- about – early 2006
- so that’s what those things do!
- back in l.a.
2005
- about – 2005
- favorite time of the year
- bolivia!
- wips and memes
- happiness in mid-december
- december 9th, ack!
- eye of the storm
- nico & ri- 2005
- spin span spun
- revelation
- meme me
- gobble-gobble-ahh
- ketchup
- who knows where the time goes
- library re-cap
- argh!
- comfy just when needed
- spinning again
- more random bits
- hey, it’s monday!
- october is a great month
- october!
- handspun scarf
- a question
- weekend roundup
- mon petit chou
- tortillas!
- oh
- picture overload
- slim, bubby’s cousin
- mixed me
- twins visit l.a.
- just a quick post
- nawlins
- there’s calm in your eye
- not feeling funky
- what? a finished object?!
- orangina
- eat local challenge
- a poll and a tag
- twins!
- returned my wheel yesterday, sniff.
- uh oh
- july is just flying by
- ack, no power cord
- the beginning of something big
- yay it’s friday
- at long last
- first spinning
- tonight’s the night
- Saffy’s Angel
- it’s oh so quiet
- past
- future
- re-stashing
- just words
- North
- Bound
- que viva bolivia!
- Pig Tale
- a big old favor
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- one skein wonder
- more like “half a skein wonder”
- you can take the girl out of the country, but..
- Hard Love
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- happy sunday
- ella tank
- thank you heidi!
- friday bits
- italia – palermo & marica’s wedding
- lacy baby bonnet & mittens
- progress ;)
- a few friday thoughts
- Weetzie Bat
- After the First Death
- chugging right along
- booty search
- too much .. and then later, i’m ok, you’re ok
- Loop-d-Loop by Teva Durham
- monday revelations
- branching out scarf
- happy may day!
- the credit card is the devil’s helpmate
- One Fat Summer
- silk galore
- this is not a knitting blog
- you want pictures?
- ..and i’m back
- palermo
- milano
- finally
- published!
- ciao belle!
- april fool
- lelah finished!
- lelah
- sleepy sunday, with updates on monday
- my birthday month
- i should be stressed but i’m not, hurrah
- first day of spring!
- no color, no pictures
- project limbo
- top down / i’m a stress monkey
- Enna Burning
- happy international women’s day!
- butterfly scarf
- birthday fun
- thank you!!
- it’s my birthday
- knitting dreams
- topsecret sweater
- topsecret finished!
- baby question
- rss is broken?
- i called this number for a data date, i don’t know what to do, i need a rendezvous
- pleased as punch
- children behave
- and i ran, i ran so far away
- techie tuesday
- california beauty
- foodie friday
- Mira, Mirror
- ha!
- black walnut
- thank you secret pal!
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
- Cold Tom: A Novel
- this post is filled with too many i’s
- dystopian & post-apocalyptic books for kids
- crisis averted
- books i want to read:
- little books
- i’m such a noob-boob
- illusions
- Summoned by Books: Essays and Speeches by Frances Clark Sayers
- show-and-tell
- if wishes were horses
- eyes on the prize?
- Women’s Work: The First Twenty-Thousand Year
- my last design-related post for a while, promise
- Knitting in the Old Way: Designs & Techniques from Ethnic Sweaters
- Stitch ‘n’ Bitch Nation
- Simply Felt: 20 Easy and Elegant Designs in Wool
- short and sweet
- East
- The Knitter’s Book of Finishing Techniques
- yikes
- redesign fun
- crazy hazy days of… winter
- sick day
- Matilda Bone
- Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer high-end and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?
- goals for 2005
- war president
- the waiting game
- kittyville hat
- felted tab bag
- cardweaving belt #1
- tammy concerns
- playing hookie
- yay yay
- book activity
- Varjak Paw
- rain rain go away come again another day
- old friends
- happy new year!
2004
- about – 2004
- coming home
- holiday madness
- my christmas tree
- introducing kiyra oahn hoffman, my niece!
- Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky
- photoshopping
- phew
- The Giver
- Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet
- annual shmamual
- tofurky
- The Perilous Gard
- gobble-gobble-ahhhh
- The Folk Keeper
- surprise
- just back
- amibitious
- top of the wishlist: make bushieboy go away
- yarn is just too expensive
- experience library
- organization
- election clips & mopes
- typical
- bush v kerry, round 3
- stashing part 1
- phone home
- broken window
- Vogue Knitting Quick Reference: The Ultimate Portable Knitting Compendium
- flying
- odds & ends
- super sunday
- bolivian restaurants in the u.s.
- the last weekend
- when it rains, it pours
- cough cough
- ingredients:
- linkin’ log
- ipoding
- things..
- little enthusiasm
- politics
- libros sobre bolivia
- humintas a la olla
- comida boliviana
- frogger
- visita a italia – palermo
- visita a italia – positano, modica, & more
- cat paradise
- 1st of sept.! gulp.
- spring cleaning for the fall
- back home
- hotter than heck
- Felted Knits
- things to do
- catch up (on rice, yum)
- last night in boston
- off to boston, tra la la
- impatience
- my to-be-felted bag
- recap & planning
- happy friday
- hating m1
- Mary Thomas’ Knitting Book
- busy busy
- vacation: all i ever wanted
- felting experiment
- suphp urgh
- a four-day weekend
- Stitch ‘n’ Bitch Nation
- joy-of-joys
- happy first of july!
- roll your own
- craftsy links
- un-schooling
- vallarta
- hair cut
- so-crates
- escapism
- i love lists
- happiness is a warm cottage in winter
- knowledge center?
- web tools
- luci and claudi gradgimatate
- andreas
- humor in my life
- commenting
- landowner
- school stuff
- lapl
- happy belated may day
- que viva bolivia
- watering hole
- plain mabel & more
- cold hands
- working for the weekend
- suvs are the devil
- hosting companies part 2
- my next car
- blue castle
- my sisters are grrrreat
- rss-ing
- oz
- last day of march
- hiking
- hiking
- bristlecone pine
- one project to go
- multi-tasking
- a year ago
- coca culture
- moolah
- happiness
- happy birthday to me
- birthday, 2004
- supersized
- knock on wood
- phew!
- field trip
- cms
- so tired
- raining in l.a.
- weekend recap
- sunday morning
- homemade borscht
- links
- viva
- Card Weaving
- grumpy
- oddbook
- Everybody Needs A Rock
- Alia Waking
- happy new year!
