Music I’ve Mentioned

Quickie

I guess I sort of left you all hanging since my last post. Well, for starters, I got all that yarn plied. All. Of. It. Three days, three batches. I am planning on selling at least two of them. The other one I am either going to use or put up for grabs—I’m still thinkin’ [...]

Book Review – The Lolita Effect

Every so often I browse through my old blog posts for fun and inspiration. I did this a month or so ago and realized that ever since I stopped doing "FO Friday" posts, I haven’t talked much about the books I’ve been reading. I know this is supposed to be a ‘fiber arts’ blog, but [...]

The Future of My Fiber Addiction

I mentioned a while back that my parents were getting me a spinning wheel (Ashford Traditional) for Christmas. They did. It actually arrived around Thanksgiving, but it came ‘assembly required’ and it wasn’t until January that Bill and I were ready to do the assembly. Bill did most of the hard work. I waxed parts, [...]

Penguins and Pre-teens

Penguins
I’d like to thank everyone who responded in the comments or with e-mail and offered an opinion on the Penguin Problem. My final answer was not just “no” but “hell no” and included temporarily banning all internet access as well as any time on Club Penguin. I know many of you have kids on Club [...]

Writing 101

If you want to pass literature class in your junior year in high school, DO NOT–

Turn in your essay test on T.S. Eliot with nothing on it but your name and the date as your way of saying “T.S. Eliot sucks.”
Answer the essay question on J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye by saying “If you [...]