a little R&R never hurt anyone

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we have had a spectacular five days of vacation here in san diego—as usual, kim’s family has shown us a wonderful time. before we move on to visit family in las vegas (where we may not have internet access for blogging) i want to share some highlights from our adventures. we landed early enough on […]

kade’s fiber farm

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ok, well, sort of . . . we might be stretching the concept of “fiber” a little here. kade doesn’t have any interest in knitting or spinning whatsoever, but wow, he loves animals and has quite the menagerie. each morning he’s up before 6:30 and soon disappears to granny’s (she lives in the guest house […]

taking stock of sox

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today, as i was was scraping myself together before work, my eye fell upon the Sock Pile. the Sock Pile is the number of socks-on-hand that i have in stock at any one time. i keep ’em on a shelf in my cedar closet, to use for gifts, or for when our own sock drawers […]

just full of distraction . . .

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as it approaches, i think of the weekend as a luxuriously long stretch of time in which i will get caught up and accomplish much. on friday night, i immediately begin to rationalize, wanting instead to just veg, or to cook a good meal. saturday, i take a little extra time with each task, allowing […]