these days of leiderhosen

I am still unsure of this whole Facebook thing. Next it will be pole sitting or marathon dances, so we shall proceed here as usual, Darlings. Oh, how marvelous: a letter writing service . She'll write whatever lyric/poem/transcription you wish or just write a letter to you. Hell, I'd consider subscribing. (In this vein: Has anyone else heard a rumor that the Postal Service is considering cutting down to five days a week? Should we start a spree of postcard-isms?) The list of Twenty-Five Facts has been circulating and for all of you dear readers and writers in the Blogostphere: after reading yours I am convinced that I would love all of you, particularly Mindy who Smells Fantastic. Goutal's Mandragore is possibly one of the best smells ever crammed into a bottle. It smells entirely different but really good on dudes. Dry, but clean sort of old bound book smell? On this list thing itself, I'm stuck: when Number One is a pathological shyness and Number Seven enumerates ...

The two flowering plum trees outside our unimaginably ugly UC building are on the verge of bursting into bloom. There is about two dozen tiny bright pink popcorn explosions all around a tiny bird's nest. Optimism in vegetation. Today's declarations: I... have a meeting today. I hate hate hate meetings. am stalking spinning wheels on craigslist . Esme the Ashford Traveler is so beloved, but she's slow and enough of Knitting group is getting into spinning that I'd love to have one available to them. Secretly, I am craving a Schact and the ability to understand the concept of "spinning from the fold" (don't ask). started The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society last night. Fantastic fun. have been identified by Cat Ladies in line at Safeway as an owner of an elderly cat.Oh God no. am wildly jealous of Mark in Accounting who leaves for his honeymoon in Rome in two weeks. We has a beer last week over my big map of Rome and noted all the churches w...

First, Something Deliciously Funny : "Obama's "version of Single Ladies Excuses: I spun up some deliciousness and tried to photograph the current production. The treehouse is kind of dark and my crap is everywhere. State of Mind: I'm still riding a wave of elation which has very little to do with me. Nevertheless: in this fit of wild optimism, I rushed over to Article Pract (the Local Yarn Store or in knitspeak: LYS) and nipped up a 2 ounces of solid pink silk merino blend to spin. State of Mind, Part II: When checking out with my girlie bag of pink silk, a rather adamant customer was insisting that the salesperson should be able find the time right now to refresh her memory on how to knit and purl. The store was a crowding up and the salesgirl couldn't really afford the time for a private knitting lesson so I volunteered to take over the refresher lesson. Thirty minutes later, the customer was off and running with $60 worth of Elsbeth Lavold silky wool in ...

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Thirteen year old Sara from Japan:

Noshing: Trader Joe's freeze dried mangosteens . I've been waiting for this fruit to hit US markets for five years, and here it is albeit not fresh but pleasantly crunchy and tangy. Even the pips are edible. And a generous 1.7 ounce bag is one serving at 170 calories (not that I am counting)? Fabulous. Interior Lust: I've found my ideal kitchen ( the "after" photos), although I don't see a pot sink, a water fountain and separate foot pedal hot water tap. It's all about the water. There is probably a bathtub just out of sight with it's own minibar. Political Temperature : People are still inauguration giddy here. Listening : Sabla Tolo III, Hossam Ramzy . Put this on and I dare you not to shake it. Ramzy's long-term brilliant. Thursday Night Knitting Group: Ms. Alisha June at knitting group has taken up hand spinning and is generating some fantastically lovely chunky yarn. Alisha must be some joyous, saucy goddess who packs up her Mala...

All the way from LimeGreenJelly in the UK, now plied, sopping wet and hanging on the stairs, 4 ounces of straight merino. Absurdly easy to spin, which is nice when one can't sleep. A whopping eight ounces of Fat Cat's alpaca/merino/silk. Plied and finished. Eight ounces (200 grams) looks like a lot of yarn, currently located in the bowl on the dining room table. Halfway through the bobbin exploded, jamming up the wheel's mechanism and causing a lot of very bad words. The latest purchase (this morning), a rare un-custom order: Fat Cat's eight ounces of merino, superwash. I couldn't resist the colors. Ginny is a flipping color genius. __ Franklin Habit has knit mittens for his niece Abigail . I love the way Franklin writes and this particular piece is very funny and the photos are priceless. -------- Some darling Welsh knitter on Ravelry has posted up a “project”: her incredibly hot husband; a shoulders and back view, wearing only a modern kilt, socks and big blac...