But the damned thing would only let me upload one photo, so it’s gonna be a lotta fiber instead. First, a picture of Ladybug in her Paton’s self-striping yarn hat with a bright blue flower. Yes. I am the only person in North America who doesn’t think these colors are too loud. But that brings… Read More

It ain’t ours. Do you all know the movie ‘Cars’, at the end of the first race, where Lightning McQueen had blown all four tires and just barely finished the race with his tongue? Or how the Millenium Falcon kept dropping shit off of it, until Han Solo just piloted that baby in for a… Read More

But the cookie making was a sticky mess. My daughter informed me on Thursday that her best friend was coming over today to make cookies. Excellent–because on the day after finals, three days before Christmas, that’s what I’m gonna wanna do. Actually–it wasn’t bad. The old mixmaster was sort of doomed from the start–you don’t… Read More

Has it really been three days since I posted? Where o’ where has the time gone? I’m still ass-deep in alligators…but I keep bashing the fuckers on the nose and they’re starting to chill out. It looks like I might be out of here at 3:00 tomorrow (our deadline!) after all–yaw-freakin’-hee!!!! I’m planning on a… Read More

Oh bugger…I just accidentally published this when I wasn’t done…if anybody read it between that first nanosecond at 5:37 Tuesday night, and when it was accidentally published (I’d guess about 5:55) uhm… all those other answers were Netters–I hadn’t put in my own answers! Anyway, I’m up to my asshole in alligators…finals, knitting, and Christmas… Read More

The Cave Troll didn’t think I gave him a good enough story in the last entry. About an hour after I hit ‘publish post’, Ladybug and the Cave Troll were doing predictable yet unmentionable things with the slinky Needletart sent us so long ago. Mate told him to stop, and then, because Cave Troll needs… Read More

I went to school today (Sunday) and sat in the 40 degree cold and graded papers, battling my resentment the entire time. But my students deserve some effort too, so I guess I’ll call it good. Other than that? I’ve got a whole bunch of little to chat about… where to start…where to start… *… Read More

In light of my “submitting Bitter Moon” triumph, and the incredible avalanche of crap that I have waiting on my desk, I decided to be a grown-up, and take a break from my pipe-dream for a week and a half. i.e. NO WRITING. Bitter Moon II is officially on hiatus. No writing on it. No… Read More

I may or may not have said this before, but when Big T was born, he was blue. I’d heard about babies coming out blue, but until I saw that terrible slate-skipper blue mottling his perfectly fat baby limbs and torso, I never knew the truth of it, and I never knew what fear was…. Read More

It’s official. I’m overwhelmed. I looked at my last post, chuckled a little, and then realized–it’s not funny. With the exception of the knitting, I still have to do ALL OF THAT in the next seventeen days. And really, who wants to skimp on the knitting? The good news is, the book is READY for… Read More