rococo and a bottle of rum

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a lace stocking straight from a

i just had to make a chart . . .

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you know how charts are used to make data more interesting, or to make a presentation of data more effective? at least, that is what they are supposed to do. they are not supposed to inflict terror on the viewer. this chart arrived from my niece on friday. it represents the (densely) assembled data on […]

slippery socks—what should i do?

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i need to figure out a better-fitting sock shape for myself. there’s something not-quite-elegant about a gawky woman in her middle years, hiking her socks up as she hops along the sidewalk or store aisle. it doesn’t quite say “put together”—you know? my socks slide down. i have one, and only one, pair that stay […]

it’s a sock parade today

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sometimes i feel like i’m cheating a little at blogging when i show sock pictures and talk about them. it’s sort of what i fall back on when i don’t have any big developments to run on about. i mean, i am not what i would call a Sock Knitter. i knit socks mostly for […]