Monthly Archives: September 2005

…and I like it!! I’m still coming up to speed (and am frankly a bit intimidated–it’s been a good five years since I last did program management). But thus far I think it’s a good gig–nice people, projects that I can really sink my teeth into, and a real chance to make a difference. Flash [...]

Just got back from the California Wool & Fiber Festival! which is at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds. Had a great time there–it’s a relatively small festival, it all fits into a single fair building, but what’s there is extremely high-quality and very interesting. I spent a good three or four hours shuttling around, picking up [...]

The trip to Mendocino was lovely but long–six hours of driving through some of the most fantastic landscape imaginable. I keep forgetting I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world! I stopped by several fiber places on the way, and fell victim to fiber tourism–bought two skeins of a beautiful pale [...]

I spent most of today struggling with the urge to go out and buy more yarn. I’m sure you’ve all had that impulse–I’m bored with the current project, let’s go out and get more yarn! Because shopping is fun, shopping has all the joy of novelty–I could make this! I could make that! And, of [...]

Went off yesterday picking wild huckleberries with my ex–these are the native variety, tiny tiny tiny (about the size of a large peppercorn), but with excellent flavor. It took a long time to pick enough for a batch of muffins, but we persevered and eventually wound up with almost a pint of berries. By then [...]