Monthly Archives: March 2005

…and my, is it lovely. It’s a blend of black satin angora, white bombyx silk, and 15-micron merino wool (gray). A nice, lustrous pewter gray with just enough color variation to be interesting, and obscenely soft. It has a nice soft angora halo to it–a little spikier than regular angora, but still very nice. I [...]

…I got hijacked last Sunday. There I was, minding my own business, heading down to the pet store to get cat litter. Next thing I knew, I was on the freeway south to, um, well, wherever. “Uh, weren’t we supposed to get cat litter?”“Yeah. So what? We can get it in Santa Cruz.”“Um, where exactly [...]

Oh, lordy lordy. I can’t claim complete innocence, I ignored the ominously thumpy noises and the cat-scrabbling-across-the-floor scratchings from the living room as Isis downed her second rat in my bedroom. I should have known. But now it’s happened. Oh, woe is me. So, now the last 1/3 of Isis’s dinner is on the loose [...]

I am rapidly becoming fascinated with one little fact: a ticket from San Francisco to Costa Rica is only $252, round-trip. Isn’t that utterly…fascinating? And I do still have one blank page left on my passport… Hmm. $252. Costa Rica. Hmm. Tien

So, it’s spring, the weather is beautiful, and I’m out of work, or more likely on vacation until recalled. Meanwhile, of course, I’m free as the air, and the world is full of possibility. Could there be any better time for a road trip? I don’t plan on an extended road trip (though I’d love [...]