Archive for January 18th, 2010
As I mentioned in my last post, I've moved to Charm City. Yepper, Baltimore, Maryland, home of the Orioles, Ravens, steamed shrimp as only they can do it, and crabs. I was a little nervous about moving to the Big City, and I didn't quite know what to expect. The first thing that surprised me is how small it is.Yes, small. You read that right. The city itself is big, 92.1 square miles according to Wikipedia, and they're generally right on target about stuff like that. I expected huge avenues surr
January 18, 2010
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My first hand-knit sweater. I started it in the wee hours of 2009 and finished it up the first week of January 2010. It is made from the pattern owls by Kate Davies. I picked this pattern out many moons ago, when I was first browsing through the deliciousness that is Ravelry. The owl cable ended up on a hat for my friend Tyler, and also in several swatches I was knitting just to keep them from being so boring. So the pattern sat in my Knitting Folder for a long time. When I found Bernat Al
January 18, 2010
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Today is the day we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When it first was sanctioned as a federal holiday not that long ago, I remember how some people complained.
"Why do we need another holiday?" they asked. Or "What did he do that makes him more important than (insert prominent white man's name here)?"
That in itself was a painful reminder of how the racial tension in this country is far from being a thing of the past.
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January 18, 2010
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The book club I am in has over the past year kind of devolved into a getting together and drinking beer club, not really talking about books so much. Which is sad, because sharing books was one of the things that brought us all together in the first place. That, and our love of beer...
Today I came across this post by Laura Miller on Salon: Read a book you think you'll hate in 2010 - Why you should get out of your literary comfort zone this year.
So, I resolve to put more Books into th
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