Monthly Archives: January 2019

Clowns on Muni

There is a Clown School in San Francisco – link here. They are located near the N-Judah Muni Line. The website really, really needs work, but it gives you the basics. A couple of stops after George and I boarded … Continue reading

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The doggie in the window

Waiting on her people to come home.

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She likes unicorns

Besides schematics on a lot of flour sack towels, I have been trying various designs on terry towels. It was a while ago, but there was Felix and Felicia (bib and towels). I messed around with a couple of other … Continue reading

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One done, another to make

Apron apparently appreciated, the other worker this morning replied that she would love to have one. So that will be on my list of things to do this evening. Otherwise, I was in the firing line this morning in Admin … Continue reading

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Q Cafe

UC Hastings College of Law has two buildings on McAllister in San Francisco. They lie across an intersection from each other. In the Admin building, besides offices, the second floor boasts a cafeteria called the Law Cafe which is open … Continue reading

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Microscope as schematic

Everyone can always use dishtowels, right? I mean seriously. No matter how inventive dish-washer manufactures are, there are simply a number of items that don’t fit. Much less that favorite coffee mug or tea cup that is just right in … Continue reading

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As far as I can go

on my shawl for the Wild Swan MKAL. In case I haven’t explained it – MKAL stands for Mystery Knit Along. The pattern for the knit-a-long is published in increments which means that none of us participating have a clue … Continue reading

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Dodged that bullet

You have heard about the “socratic method” of teaching? No? Explanation: (lifted from criticalthinking.org) In Socratic teaching we focus on giving students questions, not answers. We model an inquiring, probing mind by continually probing into the subject with questions. Fortunately, … Continue reading

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Avoiding assignments

in spite of all my good intentions, I am heading to bed without completing an assignment due at 1420 tomorrow. On the surface, it seems to be an incredibly simple thing: take a list and turn it into an outline/table … Continue reading

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Sunshine

Today started at 0615 (not counting the snooze alarm on my phone) and it will end with the conclusion of my last class at 1840. So why am I talking about sunshine? Because there is sunshine and decent weather today. … Continue reading

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Night Skies

Taken 1 1/2 weeks ago, returning to OAK from Long Beach. Watching the coast of Southern California recede from sight. Flying over land, ocean, and mountain range rarely out of sit of civilization. And then there are the shapes and … Continue reading

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Visitors

They wander into our yard on a regular basis. The boys, that is. Often we see them in the morning as they drift back up the hill from their night escapades. Other times, like when there is a light rain, … Continue reading

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Four Thousand Screaming kids

In what is reputed to be an annual affair, there were literally thousands of school children at today’s Cal Women’s Basketball Game. Schools from San Jose south of us to Fairfield on the north (plus several Richmond primary schools), all … Continue reading

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Two Quakes in a Row

For the second day in a row, the small branch of the Hayward Fault that travels fairly near our house decided to shake a bit. The epicenter was just south of the campus (11.6 km deep), fairly near the tunnel … Continue reading

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Rainy Day Market

Just the title should let you know that once again it was raining. This time in both Berkeley and San Francisco. Wednesdays are either great or terrible depending on the week and my attitude. Today, I am on the positive … Continue reading

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Dragging along

My first class on Tuesdays is 0830. Just to let you know that up front. Backing up in time, I have to leave about 40 minutes for BART (safe siding) + about 15 minutes to get to BART, not counting … Continue reading

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and today is?

It was partway through the day when I figured out that one half of the email list was dated correctly and the other half stated it was “19 Jan 2019.” Now obviously that was not true. What was probably worse … Continue reading

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Wiped-Out

This year, as apposed to previous years, I have been trying to write fairly early in the day. There was a time when writing at the end of the day was just routine. But that is something that is far … Continue reading

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Oh, back in that line?

There were errands planned for early afternoon. They were only supposed to take a couple of hours. College Guy is back from CT and hanging out till school restarts, so he was willing to be the haul and tote person. … Continue reading

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Swedish Tourism

It was about this time last year that I went to Northern Sweden on a photography junket. Put off from the year before (2017) but that is a completely uninteresting story.     What brought back the memories and a … Continue reading

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