Category Archives: Making Things

Then they wuz all over the floor

Posted on January 19, 2011 by K

Down to serious business. As I may have said before, Etsy can ruin your life. I have substantial things to do. Novels to record. Maybe even write. Money to handle. A house falling to dust, clumps of molecules at a … Continue reading →

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~:: Catchin’ up ::~

Posted on January 5, 2011 by K

Okay, first of all I have a link for you.  A link to a person who is so witty and so creative and so full of astonishing energy, that next to her I feel like—like an old person who’s missed … Continue reading →

Posted in Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, The kids | Tagged , , , , , | 25 Comments

*::Yule Shindig 2010::*

Posted on December 23, 2010 by K

Every year, we have the same party.  (see this and this and this and maybe this if you want some history – or repetition)  It’s pretty much the only party we have anymore.  And it’s a mean son-of-a-gun.  We started it … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Events, friends, Fun Stuff, holidays, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, Seasons, The kids | Tagged , , | 22 Comments

~:: Tis the Season ::~

Posted on December 20, 2010 by K

The horse arena is sopping.  Sopping, soaked, swampy.  And there’s more rain coming.  We woke to snow.  But the rain washed it away.  This on top of other snow and subsequent rain.  Even the high stalls are now turning to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow | Tagged , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

~:: Take it again, from the top – ::~

Posted on December 12, 2010 by K

Ah, the time wings by, doesn’t it?  How can you “keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor’s household should,” and still have time to write about the experience? Here is the coolest possible thing in parenthood: when your grown up, single, … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Christmas, Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, The g-kids, The kids | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

~:: A little more about thanks ::~

Posted on December 2, 2010 by K

For me, when I can’t get to the  keyboard to write, it’s like having to sneeze in the middle of a solemn assembly.  But when I can sit down and start pounding the keys, the relief my fingers give me … Continue reading →

Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, holidays, Images, Just talk, Knit Stuff, Making Things | Tagged , , , , , | 21 Comments

~:: Déjà vu ::~

Posted on November 21, 2010 by K

I have sold myself into service; into slavery have I given myself up: to a pair of dark puzzled eyes, to a pair of bluish-greenish-grayish eyes, to great round eyes filled with a roguish and innocent delight. Children – the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Gin, Journeys, Knit Stuff, Making Things, The g-kids, The kids, Visits | Tagged , , , , , , | 26 Comments

~: The heart of it :~

Posted on November 17, 2010 by K

I’m in Santa Fe. Wait.  Was that a twit?  Am I twittering? #1. I’m getting off the plane in Santa Fe. #2. I’m walking down the concourse, looking for the baggage claim.  (Later, I would find that TSA had SEARCHED … Continue reading →

Posted in Gin, Images, Knit Stuff, Pics of Made Things, The g-kids, The kids, Visits | Tagged , , , , , , | 30 Comments

~;;~ Part Four: the other thing I made ~;;~

Posted on October 27, 2010 by K

It finally occurred to me that knitting yard into shapes could yield something perhaps more functional than horses. (Is there really anything more functional than horses?)  I hate making clothes.  Sewing them always left me unsatisfied (does it fit?  Kind … Continue reading →

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~;;~ Part Three: one thing I have made ~;;~

Posted on October 27, 2010 by K

You do realize that my decorative marks up there are little bats, right?  And I will tell you that we woke up to snow on the roof this morning.  Ack.  And sigh.  But a white roof justifies an extra hour … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, holidays, Just talk, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids | Tagged , , | 17 Comments