Really, there's nothing that knitting can't do.

The art continues to amaze me.

(I nominate knitting for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.)

She had a picture that hung from a yellow ribbon, full of lobsters with gold crowns, with men’s faces, and all the grass around the lobsters, who were coming out of a well, was brown, and the sea in the background and the sky up above were the color of cow’s blood and the lobsters wore armor and were killing each other with blows from their tails. It was raining outside.

— The Time of the Doves, Merce Rodoreda

Atlas & Axis

I have fallen in love with the spine. The top two vertebrae, C1 and C2, are better known as the atlas and axis. They are distinguishable from all the other cervical vertebrae and fit together in a unique manner, such that the pairing is romantic, fateful - evolved, one might say. A beautiful thing.

paper press

If you want to create a paper replica of a Vandercook printing press to celebrate its 100th anniversary...

banned!

What are we doing for banned books week? If we were all in the same city, namely mine, I'd suggest we go to the Name That Banned Book Contest being held tomorrow evening. Or just link arms and sing songs. This last because I miss you guys.

honey, beekeepers, generosity

September is proving to be a long month.

I Wish I Was an Iditarod Sled Dog

Note here where Iditarod sled dogs stack up on the VO2Max chart. 

If only...