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About a week ago my dog, Shadow, died. It was not an epic tragedy, but if you are interested in the details, you can find them here. We haven’t decided if or when we might look for another dog, so I packed up the… Continue Reading “Packing Up”
The more time I spend in the Land of Charitable Institutions, the more I see about kids – children – rocking their causes. Conor O’Phelan, of Vonate.org, has been doing the “donate a daily tweet” to Kids are Heroes. While I am not committing… Continue Reading “Kids are Heroes”
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”
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”
My favorite thing about my library’s website is the notification e-mails when something is due. The e-mail has a link that I can click to renew it right away. This has rescued me several times when I was in the middle of an audio… Continue Reading “Online Ordering at the Library”
The Next Dark Age 