Tunnel Vision

It’s not that I am particularly obsessive; it’s just that I just can’t seem to think about anything else.
Weaving.  I wake up at night thinking about fibre combinations.  I make deals with myself:  “Empty the dishwasher and you can warp the loom for another project.”  “Put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher and you can [...]

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Shopping? Good. Accounting and computers? Bad

I was so happy that I got back from holidays in time to head on over to Prairie Lily last week.  Charlene was having her big fall sale, and it was a gooder!  I met Terri for tea and goodies (packed my own picnic- I told Charlene if I’m going to be entertaining at her [...]

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Pause. I said Pause!

We watch a lot of television.  Since the acquisition of our PVR (or personal video recorder, for those who aren’t tech savvy (like me, before we got the PVR, and Andy and Mike made fun of me because I didn’t know what it was)) we have been much more selective about what we watch, and [...]

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There and back again

We had a lovely visit to San Francisco, although even with my physics prowess in high school, and a little geography thrown in, I cannot for the life of me figure out how everything is uphill there.  I mean, you go out for a little walk for ice cream and it’s uphill, okay.   Then you [...]

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Irony

It’s Fleet Week here in San Francisco.  What does this mean to me, a Canadian?  This means that down on Fisherman’s Wharf, while the Navy recruiting booth was enticing potential recruits with their message of  “Defend the country- protect the environment”, the Blue Angels were screeching overhead using up as many carbon credits as Al [...]

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