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The first of the fleece blankets from the Project Linus Starbucks night. The deal with these blankets, I may have mentioned, is that they are prepared by cutting any edges off the material and then using a rotary cutter with a special skip stitch… Continue Reading “Blanket 12”
The Punky Brewster Blanket: This was during the blowout sale of the house brand yarn at Michael’s. I was pulling some brighter colors when I realized they had the entire rainbow. I had never seen that. I planned to outline it in purple,… Continue Reading “Blanket 11”
I have had a crazy, crazy week. Stuff was happening at work from the second I got in Monday morning. Wednesday was my usual gig at the Rescue and after that, I went to a meet up at Starbucks for Project Linus where they… Continue Reading “Checking In”
I decided to use pictures of Sigmund, the African Grey parrot I am fostering, to feature my Crowdrise project for the Rescue. It struck me then, how much progress he has made. This pic is labelled June 2010: And I took this last… Continue Reading “Sigmund: Then and Now”
As I have become more active volunteering, I am more aware of how much time, effort and money are required to keep charitable organizations going. I am not good at this fundraising stuff – this asking for money. At the same time, my family… Continue Reading “Crowdrise”
Carlo Garcia, whose blog I have mentioned, is closing in on the end of his year donating something to a different organization every day. For Day 355, he chose Project Linus. It seems those Bloomingtonians stick together.
Just as I was finishing that last blanket, Michael’s had a serious sale on its house brand of yarn. So I am going to be doing this stuff for awhile: “What the heck with the pink?” one might ask. Two things: All of the… Continue Reading “Blanket Ten”
Last year, in my annual review, my boss asked about my plans for professional development. I had a list. One of the items was doing pro bono work. I had stumbled across the Taproot Foundation last fall while researching resources for a retirement planning… Continue Reading “Taproot”
This was my first Doing Something With Leftover Yarn project. And I think it turned out just fine. In fact, I think I will try this “pattern” again (in as much as that brand of yarn was on sale for real this week). Loops… Continue Reading “Blanket Nine”
William, who blogs at Philanthropy in Motion, took the lead from Carlo Garcia and is writing about daily donations to worthy organizations. His angle is a bit different. First, his focus is primarily on children’s charities. Second, he takes inspiration from the honorary days… Continue Reading “Shout Out for Project Linus”
The Next Dark Age 