The Partner contracted some sort of head cold from work and brought it home especially for me! In between blowing my nose and hacking up phlegm, I’m currently attempting my third go at the second square of the blanket I’m knitting:

The first time I repeated a row I shouldn’t have and was not too [...]

I picked up my Knit Picks order this morning from the post office.
The yarn is delicious:

I’ll be making swatches all afternoon.
The real joy are the needles:

I have been knitting exclusively with Clover Takumi Bamboo circulars since I started knitting. After playing with the Options needles, though, I think I’m a convert.
Here’s a [...]

The Partner and I went away for the weekend. On Saturday a friend had a wonderful party that started with all of us on the back deck, in a circle, holding hands, listening to a woman sing a few pagan feminist folk songs. During this time, I acted as a full course meal [...]

Prince — Kiss
Le Tigre — Dude. Yr so crazy
Frida Hyvönen — You Never Got Me Right
She, Sir — I Love You, Blowtorch Eyes
Celia Cruz — Yo Vivire (This is one of the best renditions of “I Will Survive” that I have ever come across. I love the way she rolls her r’s.)
The Faint [...]

One of my favorite authors, Tim Sandlin, has a blog.
Old age is a good time to get to know your parents. They’re stuck in a hospital bed and you’re stuck in a vinyl chair next to the hospital bed and there’s nothing much to do but reach closure with the past. Nobody feels judgmental, at [...]