» in which she finds pastels


I had big plans for yesterday. I was going to finish cleaning out my office and get started on the back room at the store. Instead, I was tied to the computer for quite a while in the morning, trying to get payroll tax info to the accountant. In the end I [...]

Posted on: April 17, 2008 | Tags: | no comments

» the element of surprise


Settle in — this could get lengthy. That’s what happens when I only post sporadically. My mother is a collector of, well, many things. She loves pretty things, and until recently, more was always better. She’s in downsizing mode now though, so the mantle has been passed to me, her eldest child. Everyone knows [...]

Posted on: April 16, 2008 | Tags: | 4 comments

» it’s Twilight Zone time again


I’m in Chicago, where it’s cold and blustery — just my kind of weather.  Gives me an excuse to wear sweaters just a little bit longer.  And just when I can’t stand the cold any longer, poof!  I get to fly back to Alabama.  My trip here was unexciting, except for the courtesy upgrade to [...]

Posted on: March 24, 2008 | Tags: , , | 1 comment

» from alpaca to yak, and everything in between


First things first — for those few of you who aren’t in daily contact with Liz or me, she’s on the mend, and finally has a cast on her wrist. Linda, if you’re reading this, your son is a peach! No one could ask for a better boss than Liz has, she’s one [...]

Posted on: March 16, 2008 | Tags: , | 1 comment

» what the heck have I been doing?


I was gently reminded the other day that it’s been a looooooong time since I’ve had anything to say here. One might be inclined to think I’d just dropped off the face of the earth. Nothing that exciting has happened, I’m afraid. I’ve mostly just been keeping my nose to the grindstone [...]

Posted on: February 29, 2008 | Tags: , | no comments

» cat in action


No, not that cat. That’s our Loki, sitting on my finished Cluaranach scarf. Silly cat. No, this Cat… Cat Bordhi, the clever, creative, think-outside-the-box creator of knitted shapes amazing and unusual. And functional. Yesterday’s class was focused on her new methods of sock design, found in her new book. [...]

Posted on: January 10, 2008 | Tags: , | 2 comments