Kinshasa

I’ll be going to see my boyfriend again soon. Just kidding. For those of you who don’t obsess over central African news the way I do, let me introduce you to President Joseph Desire (that’s deh-sir-ay) Kabila, inaugurated Dec 6, 2006, after three years as a sort of illegal leader (following his father [...]

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Crazy

I don’t know whether this happens to you, but I find that when I knit while reading or listening to the news, bits of those stories are knitted into my sweater. I am not saying that my cooking will make you fall in love with me or alternatively eternally suffer from flatulence, as in [...]

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Some thoughts about tomatoes

I was lucky enough to pick and eat as many of Amber’s tomatoes as I could a couple of years ago when I stayed at her house.

This year, I thought I’d try to grow my own. Unfortunately, I started late, the plants seem to be teetering on the edge of death, and [...]

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Welcome to the back porch

The weekend in Asheville was so nice and relaxing. The weather was gorgeous – sunny and not too hot, downright cool at night, just delicious. We spent time sitting on the back porch of our cabin looking at this view:

There was some success making friends with the goats, who were very excited about [...]

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Goin to a llama farm!

Yes siree Bob, heading to Asheville today to stay in a cabin near some llamas, maybe make some friends, and check out the Southern Highland Craft Fair.
Emily, Amy, and Stacey will be there.
I am bringing the wheel and of course, some knitting.
MS3. Kauni Cardi (not yet started). Possibly Ene’s Scarf. Slim [...]

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Summer of Socks 2007 update

I’ve gotten a bit off track these past few weeks – in the beginning, I knitted merrily along and came up with these numbers, which I posted in the hiking boots a couple posts ago at the top of the FO Report, but here they are in all their glory for you to admire – [...]

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Thoughts on consuming: soapbox confessional

Several years back, I lived in another city and the burden of student loan payments had not yet turned into an ugly beast. I had credit cards and a new job that required suits, nice blouses, cute shoes, matching handbags – well not really, but that’s how I approached it. I loved the [...]

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Vacation redux

I’m veering off the knitting track to share some Colorado photos with you. This is photo-heavy so I’ve cut it on my site but I don’t know how your feeds may treat this post. Hope it works OK!
1. Silverton from afar.

2. Silverton up close.

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FO Report

So. There are some FOs and some WIPs that haven’t seen the light of day yet.
First, there are some socks, my first Summer of Socks 2007 socks!

These were already put to use on vacation because I didn’t count on my flipflops breaking so I ran out of socks. I can guarantee you that if [...]

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Nominations and Scattergories for bloggers

First order of business: Two people have nominated me as a

Thanks Jane and Emily!
Now I get to nominate 5 of you. These are all, well, Rockin’ Girl Knitbloggers.
AmberWavesofPain
CrazyKnittingLady
FreshGroundKnits
PSSO
Purling Plans
You can see how this might get a little out of hand…5×5=25×5=125×5=625×5=(ad nauseum) – but I think it’s a great way to share what we’re reading [...]

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