This week, Chapters 31-34 (next week 35-37)
Felting soap is fun for the whole family! Just look!
You can get roving for felting from Toni Neil at The Fold...they're the first house on the left. Really. You have to click it and see. It will make sense. Promise!
My 9/11 story, just in case you wondered. And links to poetry/stories from my students too.
And then The Soapbox. Sorry about that, but it's been bugging me so much. I hope that one of us will come up with some great idea for how to save the planet and all the people on it. I suppose it's genetic in me--my Dad is a Geographer working on Desertification, so I've known we were in trouble for a long time...
Anyway. The Gandhi Institute is a nice place to visit. Take a look!
"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."--M.K.Gandhi
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing, would suffice to solve most of the world's problems... ”--M.K.Gandhi
And the essay on Gandhi and spinning can be found at this Yale site.
As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com which connected me with Joshua Christian’s “Chasing Hiro.”
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Episode Eleven: Felt That Soap!
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Episode Ten: Sockblockers and Extorting Pirates
Today, chapters 27-30
See the Sockblocker Key chain!
See what Jeannie Townsend has done with her sockblocker key chain!
See the fabu (and fake!) Extortion site, then join me in talking like a pirate on September 19th (or visit the US site and find a husband!).
And the moment we've all been waiting for (at least the moment Kim was unsure if she was waiting for...):
The Crazy Quilt Baby Blanket!
As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com which connected me with Joshua Christian’s “Chasing Hiro.”
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Episode Nine: Artist or Anorak
This week, chapters 23-26!
Hobby Horror...
Am I an Artist
or an Anorak?
As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com which connected me with Joshua Christian’s “Chasing Hiro.”
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Episode Eight: Cluttered History—The Gauntlet is Down
The gauntlet is down! How do you control your stash! Tell me now and I'll post your ideas!
Today!
Chapters 20-22! No Joke! THREE chapters!
Heather complains a bit, goes ON about clutter and the need for knitting histories, then drools over Darcy. (Doesn't it always end with that?)
The books: ADD Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life and Outwitting Clutter: 101 Ingenious Space-Saving Tips and Ideas to Make Any House or Apartment More Livable.
As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com which connected me with Joshua Christian’s “Chasing Hiro.”
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Episode Seven: Of Storage Space and Scholarships
Well, Tristan and Isolde seem to be winning out as our next book. Please keep emailing me and letting me know your thoughts.
Today a little personal update from me, then on to the next two chapters of P&P!
And a little shout-out ot Anne Hanson, of Knitspot.com...with whom I am tangentially accquainted.
As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com which connected me with Joshua Christian’s “Chasing Hiro.”
