I am really loving working on this. It is my first successful (to this point in a project) laceweight project. The pattern and the beading are just complex enough to keep me entertained but not so complex that I need to pay really close attention. Every fourth row is a pattern row and every fourth… Continue reading Autumn Princess Cowl
Author: JulieD
Affluence Meme
Zencuppa posted this meme and although it’s so US-based as to not necessarily apply to me, I’m trying it anyway. I have been struck by how much more affluent the people I’ve met here seem compared to most people I knew growing up in the UK. This might help me see if that idea holds… Continue reading Affluence Meme
Whiskey, Cheese and Chocolate
The Colonial is holding a benefit on Burns’ Night (my town recently embraced the Celtic way, after a kilt shop moved to town and alerted everyone to the fact that Scots know how to party. We don’t look like it, but believe me, we do!). It features a local distillery expert, the proprietor of the… Continue reading Whiskey, Cheese and Chocolate
George MacDonald Fraser RIP
One of my favourite authors has shuffled off, at the age of 82, hopefully to better things. George MacDonald Fraser is probably most famous for writing the wonderful Flashman novels (set in the heyday of the British Empire. Satirical, historical, hysterical). But he was just a great writer, writing everything from serious but engaging history,… Continue reading George MacDonald Fraser RIP
100 Words Redux
January the first, eh? A day for resolutions. It’s not hard to come up with a few: write every day, lose weight, pray more, sing more. I think those are good places to start. And I have plans: 100Words.net to start me writing more, Weight Watchers to help with the weight (and I know it… Continue reading 100 Words Redux
Now On WordPress
This poor homeless little blog has been wandering around for years now, from Livejournal to Blogger and back to LJ, for want of anything better. But in a fit of widget-envy, I have moved to WordPress and will be trying it out for a while. I never could find the comments people left on Blogger… Continue reading Now On WordPress
Opals
I decided to try to make some socks for the man with the iron feet, and went with a thin but tough sock yarn and tiny needles. (Did I mention that the yarn was black?). I got so bored that I made them too short and he doesn’t love them. We’ll see how long they… Continue reading Opals
Lovely Weather
For those in the temperate, Gulf Stream region, let me just point out that these are not warm, damp drops of water on my tree. No. These are chunks of ice. Driving around this morning, running some errands, I could see the trees and the long grasses in the park had been delicately frosted, and… Continue reading Lovely Weather
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggetty Jig
Well, I’m back in my own house after three weeks in my native land. It was cold and damp there, as expected in November, and it is colder and sharper here. I am sitting at the dining room table watching big fat Hollywood snowflakes drifting down to re-cover the fallen leaves that had just started… Continue reading Home Again, Home Again, Jiggetty Jig
Blogging From the BBC
Well, here I am, using the computers in the lobby of BBC Scotland to write this entry. I’m here to watch a taping of a John Barrowman hosted quiz show called The Kids Are Alright. The new building on Pacific Quay is lovely and they’ve laid on coffee and stuff for us to keep us… Continue reading Blogging From the BBC