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Monthly Archives: January 2023
Silence
may not be golden, not even considering that old song. But it certainly can be welcome. As a child of the 50s, starting university in the 60s, med school in the early 70s, I was never one for background anything. … Continue reading
Posted in Computers & Software, Home, Prose
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phoneless
Not because I have anything against having a cell phone. In fact, for most of us, it has become a way of life. A handy little gadget that serves to handle photos, email, finances, directions, games, group discussions, texts…. That … Continue reading
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Not snowing here
It is Sunday. The Football playoffs are still underway. It was snowing in Buffalo which amazingly seemed to be worse for the home team than the visiting Bengals. In local news, the 49ers managed to hold on to their ‘one … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball, Cross-Stitch
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presents
the problem with hand making presents is not being able to share what you are doing till after the present is gifted. By that time, well, one can be throughly sick of the whole thing. In this case, it is … Continue reading
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forgot to post
Obviously, I wasn’t quiet with it for the last few days of 2022. Posting a belated finish – Leo Rising by LongDog Samplers. Stitched on a 16 ct BeStitchMe fabric that came in (I think) the Space Mystery Box with … Continue reading
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and more rain
It has been on and off raining all day. Mostly off, except of course for the times that I needed to be outside. Of course, then it rained. I will not bore you with errands. Or runs to BART. Or … Continue reading
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bouncing cages
My intention this morning was clean up. Right, like that is going to happen. Instead, we wound up over at Shana’s where George played with Lev while Noah and I put together a trampoline which now resides in her garage. … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball, family
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FFN
is finished for now. I have managed to get the entire floral thing with pot stitched. It equals 78% of the total stitches needed for this section. The rest of the stitches are a single stitch border which will go … Continue reading
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How Hot?
Like many others, I prefer stitching full coverage pieces on pre-gridded fabric. I am not so naive as to believe that I can keep track of stitches at any significant distance. Counting errors happen. Since I prefer stitching along the … Continue reading
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New Bed
We. have this bed – It came from Germany – shipped in summer of 2014. George says it was new when he bought it. The mattresses were decent but not exceptional quality. The catch, of course, is that they are … Continue reading
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and the storm rolled in
there was a huge storm that rolled through on New Year’s Eve which dumped an incredible amount of rain, caused a lot of flooding with winds that added damage for good measure. The only good thing that came out of … Continue reading
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and I make plans because?
Seriously, the first thing that happens is that I make plans. Then they fall apart. Perhaps I should be glad that my ideas lasted a whole three days. And yes, I am still on track with Royal Gardens – with … Continue reading
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New Year, New start(s)
Ok, this is now truly 2023 and I am not making any resolutions. Perhaps determined not to increase the WIP pile without finishing out projects from the last couple of years but it seems more than silly to make resolutions … Continue reading
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The tossing of the ORTs
In every fiber craft that I can think of, there are always left over bits. In weaving it was thrums – those left over warp ends. In sewing and quilting there are scraps. In knitting/crocheting – I am not sure … Continue reading
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