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http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004JZX176&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 30 The more I read from Ward Just, the more I love him. Exiles in the Garden was, I think, his most recent novel. At the heart of the story is the romantic idea of the lives of European expatriates living in America… Continue Reading “Exiles in the Garden, by Ward Just”
Glenview is very proud of Kohl’s, its childrens’ museum in the Glen Town Center. Very hands on with the pretend grocery store and pretend sandwich shop and pretend vet’s office, etc. My brother’s family bought a membership this year and we took the kids… Continue Reading “At the Children’s Museum”
Three things happened at about the same time: 1. I sketched out something of a social media proposal for a Refuge for Saving the Wildlife, where I volunteer.2. My friend and fellow volunteer, Susanna, read the proposal and asked if I am on Twitter.… Continue Reading “I Joined Twitter”
That would be the Bulls game last night. With no hockey and no basketball, I can finally finish that biography of Albert Einstein. Seriously. Haven’t been reading enough. I am going to be on the road a lot next month. I wouldn’t like to… Continue Reading “Why that Game is Not the End of the World”
It seems that the fleece doctors at Project Linus are getting clever. This blanket, from Penny’s stash, came to me prepared with the three panels of fleece machine stitched together: You can see that the themes don’t quite match up, but the purples totally… Continue Reading “Blanket 20”
More fleece from the last Starbucks night. I wanted something bright: Seriously, the flash in my camera phone messes up the color of everything. Again, three rows of single crochet using Red Heart Sport yarn in Pumpkin.
Him: ….so I tweeted that to (my congressman).Me: (…)Me: What did you just say?Him: I tweeted it to (my congressman).Me: You’re on Twitter?!Him: Yeah.Me: You aren’t even on Facebook!Him: I know. It’s weird that you aren’t on Twitter.Me: I have a blog.… Continue Reading “Conversation with My Brother at the Project Linus Fundraiser”
It seems I stitch more quickly when my team is losing. I finished this during the Bulls game last night: Three rows of a single crochet using Vanna’s Lion Brand yarn in Pink. Leftover from a previous project, I am please to say. My… Continue Reading “Blanket 18”
I have had two Project Linus events this week, with a third coming up on Tuesday. Wednesday, after a horrid night at the Refuge (we lost a cockatoo), I ran home and changed so as to head over to Starbucks for the monthly gathering… Continue Reading “Double (or Triple) the Linus”
So. Over there on the right. The parrot rescue where I volunteer has upgraded to an organization page on Facebook. There isn’t much content there now, but I expect the Merry Band of Internet Addicts will be pulling together soon to make it interesting.… Continue Reading “The Facebook Badge”
The Next Dark Age 