This kitten loves the knittin’

I know she’s way too big to be labeled a kitten, but she is darn cute…
I hope your christmas was as fun as mine was and that you’re now soaking groggily in goodwill, shortbread and eggnog fumes after having sent your guests and family on their way!

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A visit from Dawn

Dawn came down from Beacon on Monday to stomp around the city with me and visit knitting stores!   Actually, she came down for the great square sew-up instigated by that great blanket maker of Mason-Dixon fame, Kay, but first we had lunch:

At Sarabeth’s West  Sorry for the tiny little picture.  Let’s just say the lunch [...]

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Crank up the Penguin

Our apartment here in NYC has just one thing wrong with it:  It is dry as a desert.   After weeks of waking up with our eyes glued shut and our nasal passages screaming for moisture, we broke down and made a little addition to our family.

This little guy is so darn cute we couldn’t resist [...]

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Monday morning still life

My friend over at Sin City to Slaterville started a Sunday morning still life project yesterday and since I just read about it today, I thought I’d stick up a couple of my Monday morning.

Here’s the gorgeous turquoise yarn from Brook’s Farms in Texas that I’m using to make a top down sweater.  You can [...]

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Ah Rhinebeck

How do I adore thee?  Let me count the ways.
1. The trip up on Metro North along the beautiful Hudson River.  All I could think was, “Look!  The trees are turning up here!  There are fields!  Open fields!”  As if I’m not a farm girl who’s been around open fields all her life.  Guess I [...]

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Openhouse NY

So here’s how I spent my weekend:
Open house NY
I went last year with my friend Aleeza:

(She has the most beautiful eyes, no?) who is a friend I made in Ithaca but has lived here in NYC (actually making a living as a pianist and a fine one at that.)  She and I like to get [...]

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I live in NYC now and I’m exhausted.

Well, not all the time, but I’ve been here just over two weeks and I’d say that 90% of those days have been spent feeling like I’ve been run over by a truck.  I’ve been thinking about why moving is so exhausting and I think, (and this will be a surprise to no one,) that [...]

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Let’s Catch uP

You may be wondering why I haven’t been blogging for the past five months so I thought I’d give you a little update.

Ko was in the process of getting a job.  I’m happy to say that his hard work paid off and he landed a fabulous academic job in Colombia, so we’re moving in August [...]

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Infidel:

“unbeliever, atheist, freethinker,agnostic.”
Well, we’ll go with “freethinker” in this case.  And perhaps also “unbeliever” in the sense that I am often an unbeliever in following directions to the letter.  I’m a self professed pattern deviant.
I’m starting this because Blogger won’t let me into my blog over at Curiosity As a Sign of Life, (probably because [...]

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