They got here early this morning… Weren’t supposed to arrive until 9, but they pulled up at about 7:30. I woke up to a bunch of Spanish being spoken under my bedroom window, and hurried out of bed. So, there they were at the back of the house, looking up, shaking their heads. Two young […]

In discussing a book/royalties issue on Threads, we discovered that one of our members got to meet a bunch of book authors all in one night, including Stephen King. And he gave her a lovely little kiss on the cheek (as well as an autograph in her copy of one of his books).

Reading her […]

I was browsing through a Knitpicks catalog just now, and discovered this cool chart that I think I’m going to have to get… It’s called Sock It To Me, and it tells you how many inches (or centimeters) need to be knit in the body of the foot (between the toe and heel shaping) for […]

Most stories are about people. Some authors are better with descriptions of places or things or weaving a tale than they are with character development. Some authors make the characters really come alive, seem like flesh and blood individuals with wills of their own, not merely the creation of someone’s imagination.

What author that you remember […]

We heard from the subcontractor on Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday). He said they’ll be out on Friday to start putting it up, and will work on it on Friday and Saturday. I’ll believe it when I see it at this point. It’ll be a full week and a half into the two weeks […]

Except for a little outlining where the rose touches a leaf that hasn’t yet been stitched, the second rose is complete. I discovered when I was nearly done with the smaller of the two leaves that I’d very consistently used the wrong green for one of the symbols. Egads. Well, I’m just not going to […]

What do you do when you have some sort of obligation stitching to do, but don’t want to do it? Hm. Can’t think of a time that I’ve run into that yet. I haven’t done any round robins yet, and the few exchanges that I signed up for I really wanted to do. I’ve stitched […]

I’ve been browsing HAED’s site and forum lately. Yeow. Man. There are some fabulous designs out there. Jaw dropping, actually. I love ‘em. There are very few that I think I’d ever stitch, personally, but that’s mostly because I don’t stitch much fantasy, preferring heavily floral designs. Mostly. Ha. Take Flaming June. Oh my. Looks […]

There’s a little tiny hillside farm that I can see from my home-office window. I just zipped over there for a minute and got two ears of corn, two pounds of gorgeous deep red tomatoes, and three baskets of succulent strawberries. Oh, man. The strawberries are so good this year. All that, all vine ripened, […]

“Health food makes me sick.” -Calvin Trillin

What is your favorite fast food restaurant? In and Out
How many times per week do you eat fast food? Zero. I eat fast food two or three times per year. If that.
Describe your favorite fast food meal. Flame broiled cheeseburger with fries and a lemonade.
Do you always Super-Size your […]