Surprised by Rain

Posted by on Apr 22, 2010 in Blog Fun, Family, Love, Web Fun, Writing |

Without and With Mountains. So here I am, busily typing away at one of the zillion projects I have going and suddenly I smell something you just don’t smell here in Tucson all that often: rain. I just had to tell you. I look out the window next to and behind me a bit and sure enough, it’s raining! Not a lot, but enough to release a little of the oil on the Creosote leaves. If you haven’t been in a rain storm in the Sonoran...

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Gorgeous Tutorial

Posted by on Apr 12, 2010 in Blog Fun, Knitting, tutorial |

And I love how she knits (link to her blog or watch below–but the blog is good too). Checkout how to make a braided edge to a hat! It’s such a lovely design. Knitwhits Tutorial – Siena Braided Trim

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Never Gonna Buy Another People Magazine

Posted by on Apr 7, 2010 in Blog Fun, General Ranting, Unavoidable Politics | 4 comments

Warning: screed ahead. I confess up front that my husband has a soft spot for Sandra Bullock. And I also confess that I hoped, once, that I had a little of her (dare I say it) “spunk” that was charmingly on display lo’ those many years ago in Speed. So, that’s all out there, now. Where I’m going with this is that even if you didn’t have a nice thing to say about the woman (or even though I do), the video...

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