Ready for Christmas

JP,
 So I guess I’m all done with my Christmas knitting and ready to leave tonight.  I’m flying home to Camas (near Portland, OR) this evening.  I got all packed up yesterday and I guess that’s it.  I was working on a mix CD for my Uncle kind of late last night.  I usually get pretty [...]

Vipassana info

Hi Jill B!
A few weeks ago, Monique from monday night knitting was telling me that she couldn’t find the schedule of 10 Vipassana courses for 2008. I just got my monthly newsletter today and it has a link to the schedule… http://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schmahavana.shtml
I don’t have her email and since we won’t be knitting at The [...]

Living on the edge

I’m so excited cause I’m finally casting off the EZ Pi shawl I’ve been working on for the past month or two. But I must say the pi shawl edging has been kicking my a** for the last couple of days. When I started the shawl, I had chosen this lovely lace edging [...]

Pastaza parade!

I finally have some pictures of finished items.  And it seems like an awful lot of them are in Cascade Pastaza.  Well, only two.  I wasn’t crazy about this yarn.  It was pretty sheddy.  I had tons of long llama hairs all over me every knitting session.  I finished the Hemlock Ring Blanket for my [...]

Camera woes

So first off, I’m totally jealous of your celebrity favorite!  How exciting! 
I’ve been hesitating to post because I don’t have any pictures to liven it up with.  I tried to upload my Mystery Stole pictures, but my internet wasn’t working.  Then I tried to take new pictures but my camera batteries will no longer hold [...]

Touched by knitting fame…

OMG… so get a load of this! Guess who “hearts” my rainbow feather & fan shawl on ravelry…
BROOKLYNTWEED!!
No shit. I’m stunned and flattered.
Here are some screenshots for those who don’t have access to the magical and mysterious Ravelry…

Well, he does have eight pages of favorites, but considering there are over 35 thousand people [...]

What not to do at your meditation retreat

Well.. there are a lot of things, but as far as the technique of meditation is concerned thinking about stuff is by far the last thing you should be doing. The point is when your meditating, observing your natural breath or body sensations, and a thought comes along you should, upon realizing it, give [...]

Slouching

Okay, okay… I’ve been super slow about writing.  It felt kind of sad to blog while Jill P. was out of town, with no one to respond to me.  But now she’s been back for days and I’m just now getting around to it.  And I had actual work to do at work, so not [...]