This was taken this week at work. One of my co-workers wanted to brighten up the place so brought a beautiful flower arrangement that included these fuzzy pussy willows.
Tagged: Plants
We are still getting snow. And it’s not a “spring snow.” It is some serious snow. We got about 2 inches this morning. The sun has come out but there is still quite a lot on the ground. Everyone here is frustrated. Even the little toddlers in my storytime were talking about how “much they hated it.” and “my mommy wants to plant flowers.” We are all beyond over winter. Way beyond. But at least we are all in this together. Earlier this winter I read Terry Pratchett’s “Wintersmith.” Have you read this? It’s a fabulous Y.A. novel. It’s third in his “Tiffany Aching” novels. In the story, Tiffany “accidentally” dances with the Wintersmith during a winter festival in a small village in England.…
Tagged: snow
The Inlander, Spokane’s “trendy” weekly newspaper has published this piece, featuring the Spokane Public Library. Here’s a little snippet if you don’t feel like clicking: It’s 2:15 on a gray, wintry Saturday afternoon and the downtown Spokane Public Library is brimming with hushed activity. Children scamper about as moms and dads quietly search the shelves. The place is full of men, women, the young and old, rich and poor, interacting silently and harmoniously — reading, browsing the Internet, listening to headphones. Meanwhile, I sit at a desk with a large computer monitor. I’m in the middle of the action as I begin to peruse pornographic images on sites with names like porno-shack.com and worldsex.com. Racy images flash across the screen, with bodies contorted in…
Tagged: libraries, Public library, Spokane, Spokane Washington
Amanda, over at etc has started a list of “100 things to do before you go” and has invited her readers to join in. So I am! She has her list divided into smaller lists of 20, which I also like and am going to shamelessly copy. So here are my first 20: Visit Pompeii Visit Florence and it’s museums Visit Rome It wouldn’t be a bad idea to just spend an extended amount of time in Italy. Like several months. Or maybe a year. Learn Italian Learn to paint in the sumi-e style Learn more about Zen (and maybe practice it if it suits me) Learn to play guitar Learn to play the banjo Read all of the Newberry Award winners. Learn the…
Tagged: Appalachian Trail, Florence, Glassblowing, Italy, Me, Newbery Medal
I’ve been blazing through some squares on my Learn to Knit Afghan the past few weeks. I had kind forgotten that one of my goals last year was to finish this finally. That, obviously, didn’t happen. So I picked it up again and am having fun with it. This is my favorite of the squares that I worked on. This one is called “Square Quilt.” It is a slip stitch pattern. I love that it looks like a cake decoration (to my eyes, anyway).
Tagged: Knitting
