June 2006



Sun and Blue Skies

Wednesday, 28 June 2006 10:08 A GMT-05
Ok, enough with the rain already! The only benefit I can see is that we now have dozens of green mini tomatoes on our plants.Neal had to pick up his Mom and brother at the airport last night. I was in a panic all day because I didn't want

Monday, Muggy Monday

Monday, 26 June 2006 8:15 A GMT-05
Despite the torrential rains and worries about flooding, I had a pretty relaxing weekend. Other than knitting and beading, the only strenuous activity I participated in was going out for sushi on Saturday evening, followed by some shoe- and book- sh

The Baptists are Back!

Friday, 23 June 2006 9:24 A GMT-05
The National Baptist Congress of Christian Education has been in Baltimore all week. An estimated 50,000 - 80,000 (!) people have decended upon the downtown area, snarling traffic and messing with the already seldom-on-time MTA. It

Am I Blue?

Monday, 19 June 2006 12:41 P GMT-05
Not today! I finished up Orsa on Saturday evening and blocked her yesterday.Pattern:  Orsa, from Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton's Noro RevisitedYarn:  2 skeins Noro Big Kureyon and3 skeins Noro BlossomI love the way this turned out!  The tr

Tangled Up in Blue

Saturday, 17 June 2006 2:38 P GMT-05
Here's a progress pic of Something Blue. I'm at least 1/3-to-halfway through the ribbed part, depending on how long I decide I want to make it. The KnitPicks Main Line is mostly cotton with a little wool, but it's paining my hands almost as badly a

A Post on a Thursday that is Friday for Me This Week

Thursday, 15 June 2006 8:44 A GMT-05
Funny thing overheard on the bus yesterday afternoon, from a MTA dispatcher making an announcement over the radio: "...that bus has been subverted  because of an accident...." What?  Was the bus full of communists?  Malevole

Decaf Sucks

Monday, 12 June 2006 8:55 A GMT-05
It was a lovely weekend in Baltimore--weather-wise.  Unfortunately, I spent several hours on Saturday afternoon hooked up to an EKG monitor at the nearest Emergency room.  I've been having heart palpitations for the past few weeks, and they

Random Stuff

Tuesday, 6 June 2006 8:46 A GMT-05
Since my last two posts were knitting-rich and completely un-comment-worthy, here's a non-knitting, non-pictoral entry. (It would be nice if my friends commented occasionally. Yes, I'm looking at you people on the Eastern Shore.)The Mark

Blue is for June

Sunday, 4 June 2006 12:24 P GMT-05
...but I've still got one green piece to show off. I finally got another Asian-style necklace done yesterday, this one with candy jade, Peruvian and boulder opal, amazonite, pearls, and a little Noh mask that started out life as a decoration on a co