It’s the journey, man.

One truism about life is that if you don’t enjoy the journey, your life is gonna suck some serious ass. Because the journey takes 98% of the time and effort, and the destination, or reward, is small and fleeting. Take sex, for example. Several minutes of foreplay and stimulation for 10 seconds [...]

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The spinning wheel arriveth

My wheel came yesterday! Unfortunately, things in my life are such that I can’t finish it, assemble it, or even try to play with it until maybe Friday or Saturday. Damn!
Anyway, in my last post, I neglected to link to the fabulous company from which I purchased my wheel.
I think I’m [...]

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You can’t fight City Ha–er, Soft Horizons Fibre

The name of the store oughtta tell ya everything you need to know about its proprietess. This is America. Using British spellings is pretentious. Sheesh, why not call it Ye Olde Yarn Shoppe?
I learned something that other people may already know. Who is going to be more concerned about whether or [...]

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Quick mini-rant

Take one hormonally-challenged (PMS) woman who has three days to clean her apartment (because the landlord is doing some sort of inspection), add to that a bad day at work yesterday and the fact one of the brands of cat food that I buy was on the recall list (even though it is supposed to [...]

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And this, my friends, is what they call yarn.

I said that I would married be and she would be my brideAnd long we should not tarry and twenty things besideI’ll plough and sow and reap and mow and you shall sit and spinSinging how do you do and how do you do and how do you do again
“One Misty Moisty Morning” (traditional)But I [...]

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