As I look back on 2008 it seems like a year full of self-discovery. Though, as I look back on 2007 I could say the same thing. Rather than fight the trend I decided to go with it partly because I’m a person and figuring out how people work is fascinating and partly because the [...]
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Have you ever considered flowers? Other than being pretty what purpose do they serve? Some flowers are edible, but I’m sure that their nutritional value is outweighed by the novelty of eating flowers. There are some flowering herbs that are good for flavoring food or maybe for medicinal uses, but other than these few instances [...]
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When Josh and Adiel came to see us in July they brought presents for the kids which mostly consisted of books because, honestly, what else is there? One of the books is You Can Do Anything, Daddy! by Michael Rex. I usually think that most children’s book are simplistic and insulting to children’s intelligence, but [...]
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Because as a knitter and a storyteller I thought this was interesting, it reminded of the synesthesia crossover, and mostly because synesthesia is fun to say:
As I always do when I am designing things, I started with a story idea. I know that sounds a bit odd, but I am a storyteller, and I tell [...]
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I forgot to write this post yesterday. It seems a bit silly anyway at the moment, but hey, at least it’s making me write blog posts. See, Gabrielle being gone has not been as big a deal as I thought it might be. Sure I miss her sometimes, but I rarely actually think, “Hey, [...]
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Yesterday I spent a large chunk of my day reorganizing my books. This somewhat more useful than it sounds, as it involved taking books that used to be in boxes downstairs and stacking them behind other books on top of my bookshelf, more efficiently arranging books, and getting rid of almost a box full [...]
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There is a book store out in the world that is like Mecca to the book lover. Barbara Berry’s Book Barn. Remember that name. Josh and Adiel told me about the bookstore and said it was wonderful. I checked out the website and it was nice, but this Saturday I had the chance to visit [...]
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