Episodes

Some good blogs to check out (from SOAR attendees–Rachael Herron, Janine Bajus, and Brooke Sinnes, oh, and Stephanie…I think you know her); a really cool listener’s site (Spinneret) regarding My Friend Irving; some pics (scroll down) and some detritus that I need to get out to you (below). A good Challah recipe. Heal the world

Cool things to check out–Crochet Sea Creatures not to be believed (Thank you Dawn!), Check out Yarn-a-go-go‘s site and then check into NaNoWriMo! It’s not too late! Then there’s The Thread Project (One World, One Cloth), and I ran out of time to talk about My Paper Crane from Heidi. I’ll never do this to

(Apologies although I blathered quite a bit anyway…) This week, chapters 2-3! More Amazing Crochet from Dawn, some victorian pruditry, more wonderful emails from y’all, how to be an ostritch rather than a governess, and a little background on our author. His dad was a Swedenborgian (say THAT three times fast) and I thought–when working

You should also check out Stephanie/Lumie’s blog (gorgeous work!) Then go here and get smart, RIGHT NOW! After expanding your brain, you can crack yourself up with my friend Peter on his podcast. Don’t forget to get your SantaCon on! When you’re done with that, embrace your inner Earth Mother and find out the skinny

This week–Chapters 6-7! Okay, and you’re not really strangers but y’all sure are kind! Some fun with You Tube and Dante Julie’s socks (whoo hoo!) and 1400 A.D. knit pic More Organic info from Dawn (worth a look-see)! Seventh Generation and Land Stewardship Project Janet’s pomo fun And then–That Darn Governess and her latent class

Well, we’re having the first winter storm of the season. The mountains are capped with snow, the sky is grey, it’s 39 ° (I hear you…”Hey! It’s the DESERT! What’s with the snow and temperature?!”), and the day is bleeding ennui. Not least because my husband is here and I’m here (though it’s much greyer

Today’s theme is “Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense” which comes to us from a (probably apocryphal) story about King Edward III and the Order of the Garter. A rough translation is “Shame to him who thinks ill of it” but my AP English teacher used it as “Evil will be seen by those who

Today, Chapters 15, 16 AND 17! WHOO HOO! Today I have some fun silkworm links, some pretty pics of the Pysanky eggs by Jen (who is very, very, very prolific while listening), some pics of intersting historical spindles, and some lip from Julie! Tee hee! Julie absolutely rightfully called me on the carpet for my

First–Chapters 18-19-20! Second–Stephanie Pearl McPhee’s SOAR interview. Whoo hoo! And the rest–Sock Darning. Nuff said. And worth mentioning again–the best Toe-Up cast-on in the WORLD! in my deeply biased opinion… Here’s the article on the Ladies in Phoenix, knitting for the good of others…and themselves. And, from Julie–The Sci Phi Show–another philosophy podcast. Predictably enough

Some things you didn’t hear me talk about; some things you did. And the end of the book! The Librarian’s Lament (don’t you loathe hearing, “yeah, that’s just your opinion…” when someone says something like, “the world isn’t flat!”), and a killer library. Some things to do in the spring to help make the world

A shout out to SyrenMuse who sent me the link to the Little House on the Praire DVD! Who knew! ABC was such a punk when I asked them nicely if they’d be releasing it. I had no idea they listened to me! Maybe your library will have it… This week we end with our

You’ll need to know a few things, like… What’s a blunderbuss? This, this is a blunderbuss. This is Chuck. Who was Mrs. Southcott? She was an English spiritualist. What was the Cock-Lane Ghost? One of the first ever psychic scams. Read about it. You’ll find MANY different versions on the web. This is the issue

O how many different ways can I bring you joy? Really, only one way: To bring Chip (Mister Sleepy Hollow to you) back as a reader. Today BOTH chapters are his. Love! Happily my husband’s not even jealous…maybe because I’ve not told him. Hmmmm… Little else to show for myself this week, unless you want

WWMDfK? O how I want a bumper sticker! And hey–ANDY MINTER! What a mensch, eh? I belive I promised you links to Antioch Univeristy, MicroRevolt and the KnitPro doohicky, and Heavenly Creatures. And now? Off to La Disneylandia! Book talk begins at 13:50. Listen to 45 audio

Gotta love the old OED. If only I could afford one… In my quest for a Parisian/Dickensian map, I found this, and this, and this, but no map that would help us much. But I did find the links to two video versions–the better reviewed of the two—GO CHRIS SARANDON (he’s more than just a

I’ve cleaned up the craft room! Can I get an “Amen”? And I’ve got more Chip for you today! And I’ve got a lot of cooking to do! Good thing that deadline is past! We weigh in on Mdm. DeF’s knitting choices, Cast on for Kenya, and generally enjoy some more Dickens! NOTE: There may

We have a SHIRT! Take pics of yo’ bad self in a shirt and send the pics to me! I’ll post them on the blog…just don’t expect one of me on that new glass walk-way over the Grand Canyon ! And, please visit to support Katie who has “shirted” us. And Carrie left this note:

And So It Goes… I recorded last night and woke up today to find that Kurt Vonnegut passed away last night. It’s like my own personal Mark Twain died. So sad. I started reading Vonnegut when I was in fifth grade. My parents let me read almost all of his books (except Player Piano) and

Waiting for word on the t-shirt glitch. I’ll post here when I know more. From Katie: I got a notice yesterday that CaféPress experienced storage and backup failure recently. My guess is our image was a part of the ones they were unable to restore. I still have a copy, so I’ll get those products

Hey, do me a favor, wouldja? Click on that Popcurrent thingy in the right margin (here if you’re looking at Libsyn). And take a look at this very useful sock page (I know…am I obsessed?). I’m freaking people out with my Hufflepuff Sock (What is that…a BADGER?!). Spinning a buncha llama, in public no less.

NOTE–Glitches on 52 and 53 have been fixed–re-download Episode Fifty-two and Episode Fifty-three and all will be well. (And Verizon really does suck, but they didn’t make the glitch.) Show notes for 52 and 53 are jumbled in here. Sorry ’bout that… WWMDfK? I’ll tell you what! Check this out–thank you Jenna! Don’t forget to

Soon (I hope) I’ll post an interview with Jessica of Ravelry.com—a new website for knitters and crocheters which is in Beta now. You can sign up on the waiting list, though. And, um…you’ll probably want to. But don’t let the definition make your head hurt—notice the odd little usage overlap below? Ow! And, because I’m

And, um…weaving too. Like I needed another pastime… Begging for a knitted farm. And did I tell you about this fantastic book?! And, finally, I have to share my Sock Yarn Love from Katie’s store (this is Desert Olive and Sincerity in the Juliet yarn, 75% superwash and 25% nylon…and it’s so soft you’ll wonder

With love to my family and especially my sons who remind me often that they are my very best things. I get a little verklempt about Ovid as Theatre. Today, a little rambling, what I’ll do with the start of my “summer vacation”, the return of Andy and Chip! (Did I tell you I wrote