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Knit 2 Together
Grow Local. Eat Local. Buy Local. For me, the most important is Donate Local. I believe you must start local to bring about global good. Every day in your community charitable acts are needed and...
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Sit Quietly in the Corner
The anticipation for Autumn is over. It appears Fall is finally here. I even had to use the heater Saturday afternoon to get the chill out! That means it got below sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit. The...
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Laying Around
There has been a lot of laying around ― which isn't as scandalous (or as fun!) as sleeping around ― these past few weeks. It's either I am laying around 'cause it's too hot for November and OMFG I...
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Gray Seeds, Green Gables & Brontë Sisters
Marissa's classic literature collection multiplies like Gremlins. She puts a glass of water on her nightstand before bed and in the morning twenty more books published before the invention of Aqua Net...
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Christmas on Camera
It's not the Winter Wonderland I envisioned for this year, but I am happy with the simplicity, for now. Visions of sugar plums and garlands at seventy-five percent off the day after Christmas...
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Around the Corner and Beyond
Sooo, how were the holidays? Are there any cookies left? Does anyone know if candy canes at Target have been marked down to ten-cents a box yet? Who forget to buy batteries/HDMI cord/rolling papers to...
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Funny How The Night Moves
Calico on couch. Computer on coffee table. Classic movie on cable. Crochet on course. This is how I pretty much camp out every night. I am afraid of the dark, so I always leave the light on. And I keep...
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End of Daze
It's 2013! Doesn't it sound so futuristic? Maybe it's because I grew up in a society that believed civilization wouldn't make it past 2012. But after sitting through 2012, I believed I could survive...
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Being Fair Minded
I have absolutely loved blogging from the very beginning (it's been nearly a decade since I first logged into Live Journal!) and have never faltered in my faith in the endurance of the blogosphere. But...
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Blanket Statement
I start knitting a blanket and the temperatures in Southern California spike to nearly 90F degrees. This summer I will knit a string bikini. But in the meantime, I'll keep stitching up blankets for...
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Bedtime Story
Kali has her own bed (a large rattan basket she commandeered immediately upon arrival home) that she absolutely loves. But when she sees I'm on my bed, it's slumber party time!
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Stix Education: Achieving Multiples
Unedited clip-art source.When I first saw "multiple of 8 stitches plus 3 for foundation row" written for a stitch pattern, I was ready to put down my crochet hook and take up paint-by-numbers instead —...
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Fair Game
After spending a great deal of time last year declaring 2013 would be The Year of the Quilt, I'm now thinking I may need to amend that declaration to:I'm at a point where I want to announce I am in a...
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Diving In
I had an idea for a very particular knitting project back in November. At the time, I spent several weeks working on trying to get beyond the first few rows — but I could always tell it was so not the...
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Let's Get Baked: Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins
I'm back on my hot-oatmeal-made-with-milk-and-topped-with-brown-sugar kick again. Then over the weekend, after remembering we had Tree Top applesauce in the fridge, I just had to have applesauce...
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Driving Me Crazy
I never turn TCM off for any long period of time — which is why I did not miss one of the most entertaining, mind-blowing, stop-motion pixilation short films of the modern era! I tuned in a bit after...
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Let's Get Baked: Be Gone Butter Pecan Cookies
One of my favorite cookies since being introduced to solid foods has been the Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies in the tin container. There always seemed to be an endless supply in my grandparent's...
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Calico Fabrics
There was much rejoicing here at our apartment on Tuesday — for Orange County was acting all wintery! You'd think for sure I'd be craftin' in the rain, but instead I put Neil Diamond's Jonathan...
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Let's Get Baked: Devilishly Good Chocolate Peppermint & Polka Dot Cookies
This may sound as though I'm possessed, but I'm not really a fan of cakes, cookies and chocolate. Shh. Breathe. Relax. It gets better in a few sentences. I'm more into croissants, cannolis,...
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Looking Down Can Cheer You Up
I love looking on the ground for unexpected snapshots of happiness!
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