Category Archives: Rants, various

Welcome me back to the land of the living.

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

Yes, that is an overstatement. But it is how I feel after 4-1/2 days in bed coughing up a lung — no mean accomplishment, given that it was a dry cough — and peeing my pants every.damned.time. It is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Rants, various, Reading | 6 Comments

Ravelry on … Stephen Colbert?

Posted on June 26, 2019 by
Posted in Rants, various, Ravelry, Television | 10 Comments

A quickie about white fragility.

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

K sent me a link to the original, 2011 journal article. The reading is a bit heavy going given that it is an academic journal article. I just requested the 169-page book from 2018 from the library. Happily, I will … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Rants, various, Reading | 5 Comments

Universe pooping, continued.

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

Just in case you don’t remember all the ways in which the universe has pooped on us in the past month, here is a recap. Well pump no longer supplies enough water for both the geothermal HVAC and the household … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants, various, Winter | 11 Comments

Racism, overt and subtle, in the fiber community.

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

Yes, today is two-post day. Sometimes I just cannot STFU. There has been an ongoing conversation for the past few weeks on social media — I followed it on Instagram — about the racism in, or more specifically, the non-welcoming … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Politics, national, Rants, various, Reading | 8 Comments

More IG of various sorts.

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

This gallery contains 8 photos.

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3 6TT.

Posted on December 14, 2017 by

Three things I like about the holiday season: The lights. Here in the dark and frozen North, anything with lights is welcome. The festive feeling. Sadly, I find very little of that feeling welling up inside me. It’s not that … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Holidays, Rants, various | 7 Comments

Button box FTW!

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

But first, the Foliage Foto of the Day. Anyway. I recently discovered — as I was getting dressed for the first of the recent reunions — that my chosen shirt was missing a button right at bust level. Since we … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Rants, various, Travel | 11 Comments

Tragedy!

Posted on September 26, 2017 by

Well, it may not be everyone’s definition of a tragedy, but when I tell you about it I am sure that you will agree with me that it IS a tragedy. Both my thumb joints — the carpometacarpal joint, to be … Continue reading →

Posted in knitting, Rants, various | 14 Comments

A little navel-gazing.

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

Although, frankly, it’s not my own navel I am gazing at… I have always liked Steven West’s patterns. 34 items in my favorites are his; I have purchased at least eight of his patterns. Back in the early days of … Continue reading →

Posted in knitting, Rants, various | 6 Comments