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All last summer I waited for Gibbs to be old enough (he didn’t finish his puppy shots until August) and mature enough to start doing charity walks with me. There are several local animal shelters and they all have such events when the weather… Continue Reading “Heartland K9 Walk of Love 2012”
I can’t seem to finish any books because I am spending all of my spare time on Academic Earth..I just finished Professor Freedman’s course The Early Middle Ages, 284 – 1000 A.D. As the title of my blog suggests, I harbor no small… Continue Reading “The Early Middle Ages, Paul Freedman”
OMG I totally forgot to take pictures of the three finished blankets that I brought to Starbucks night. One was a solid pink fleece with the variegated yarn from Joann Fabric. The second was a solid purple blanket with a different variegated fleece from… Continue Reading “Blankets 45-47 and the Community Blanket Concept”
I can’t believe I haven’t blogged this yet: I have long been in the habit of sending postcards to my nephew, Alex, when I travel. When he was very small, it was mostly an excuse to send him snail mail of his very own.… Continue Reading “Postcards”
I took a quick trip out to Fargo this week for a presentation. The weather was lovely and I quickly realized that as many times as I had visited North Dakota, I had never been there in the summer. Never walked through and enjoyed… Continue Reading “Fargo in July”
A fundamental difference between my two dogs: First morning potty break. Gibbs is at the door first, but Fiona shoves past him and tears outside to run two laps around the perimeter of yard to be sure we are safe from demons and squirrels.… Continue Reading “Skunked”
Today was the bi-monthly Blanket Day for my chapter of Project Linus. I hadn’t quite finished my stash, which is ok because Starbucks night is this week. However, I managed to bring in five: We are about at the point where I don’t know… Continue Reading “Blankets 40 – 44 of 2012”
Gibbs wanted to play ball. So we played ball. After awhile, Fiona wandered off into the small wooded area, and Gibbs and I stopped at the park bench about halfway back to the entrance. I knew Fiona would realize that she had lost us… Continue Reading “Yesterday at the Dog Park”
A couple of weeks ago, I checked back on Academic to see if there were any new courses. I was in a bit of a panic because they moved a lot of courses from “History” to “Humanities”. But after I figured it out, I… Continue Reading “The American Revolution, Joanne Freeman”
So. You may recall that in this, my last remaining vampire guilty-pleasure, I am a season behind. HBO is running Season Five right now and Season Four was released on DVD. If you are keeping score, True Blood now has vampires, werewolves, shape shifters,… Continue Reading “True Blood, Season Four”
The Next Dark Age 