Author Archives: K

~o:>Counting Down

Posted on June 20, 2010 by K

note: I’m working on answering comments.  Have been up to my neck in storage boxes – Two days.  Two days to finish two years and four days’ service.  The mother, sitting in her corner of the couch, trying not to … Continue reading →

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~o:> Form. No function.

Posted on June 16, 2010 by K

One skinny mouse.  One fat mouse. To be succinct: With this as my template: I made this guy—missing by a mile: But he kinda wanted to look this way.  Not my fault.  Flaws in design and shaping – my fault. … Continue reading →

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~o:> Day Trippin’: pt.2

Posted on June 15, 2010 by K

The city, as it marches into the hills. Note the two completely different greens up there on the mountain: you can really see where the aspens end and the pine forest begins. Here we are in the city. We really … Continue reading →

Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Journeys, Making Things, Rachel, The outside world | Tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments

~o:> Day Trippin’: pt. 1

Posted on June 14, 2010 by K

So Rachel and I and the beautious Ms. K packed up our bags and headed into the mountains for a trip to OZ (home of the Emperor and His New Clothes). Park City started out a mere hundred or so … Continue reading →

Posted in IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Journeys, Rachel, The outside world | Tagged , , , , , | 15 Comments

Apres moi . . .

Posted on June 12, 2010 by K

An interesting day. I have become inordinately fond of snow peas.  And yes, I know that some of you will tell me: the kind that grow on actual plants coming out of the ground at your house are FAR better … Continue reading →

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~o:> For you, Jackie

Posted on June 11, 2010 by K

One day late – Happy birthday, beautiful Mommy.

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Just thinking ~o:>

Posted on June 10, 2010 by K

~o:>  Now the mouse has a body. Chaz was just telling me about how one time when she was draining the bathtub, she found herself fascinated by the pattern created on the top of the water by the draining beneath.  … Continue reading →

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And after that, a tail~:>

Posted on June 6, 2010 by K

And a BIRD.  Or a FISH!—> <“K It looked better in the headline, though, darn it – I still think it looks like a  pert little bird. Here is the progress on the horse pattern I’m working on. I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Horses, Knit Stuff, Making Things | Tagged , | 13 Comments

Let me tell you a yarn~:>

Posted on June 5, 2010 by K

Ha.  Did you see that?  I came up with a mouse!!!  ~:> Murphy comes home in two weeks and three days.  I just had a sort of vision of me, two years ago, reading these words as I write them … Continue reading →

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Just a thought –

Posted on June 3, 2010 by K

While I was shoveling at the barn this morning—one of those contemplative activities, like taking a shower – the ideal time for thinking outside the box—I started thinking about healing.  It’s a gift I wish I had, healing in my … Continue reading →

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