Monthly Archives: August 2004

WIPs (Works in Progress)

These are all the knitting projects I have on the go at the moment: a scarf, using Bernat Boa (in Mocking Bird) and some real vintage yarn that came in a bag of scraps my grandmother gave me years ago … Continue reading

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Filed under Knitting

Live bait

As seen on a sign driving up Hwy. 11 yesterday: “FREE HAMSTERS!” Below that: “Get your live bait here! Crayfish! Minnows! Worms!” And the first thing that crossed my mind was, “Holy cow! What kind of fish do you catch … Continue reading

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Filed under Hilarity

That was weird…

Oooookkaaaaayyy… I’m all weirded out now. I wrote up the previous post yesterday morning before I left for a work-related “field trip” (aka site visit), and thought I’d accidentally deleted all the text in the body of the message. So … Continue reading

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Filed under Blog, Geek, Misc

Curse of the Online Book Retailer

I think that Amazon.ca and Chapters Indigo are conspiring to deny me my reading and viewing material. This past May, I ordered two books from Amazon.ca – Keeping Current, by Steven M. Cohen (it’s a book about the Internet for … Continue reading

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Filed under Bookish, Ranting

#*@% Socks!

I’ve been knitting off and on since I was young. I also crochet, and I’m much better at it, but right now, I’m going through a knitting phase. I want to be good at it, but there are still some … Continue reading

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To market, to market

On Saturday mornings, I love going to the farmer’s market. It’s a leftover habit from Halifax, when I’d go there for Saturday noodles, very strong French roast coffee, and croissants from Mary’s breadbasket. I’d then have to decide in which … Continue reading

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Filed under Down East, The Big Nickel

You could see for miles and miles

The view from my old apartment.

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Filed under Down East

Luckily I started this blog for just such an emergency

This is a test. This is just a test. This is a test of my blog, just to see what it looks like (like every new blogger doesn’t do this!). If this were a real post, there would be actual … Continue reading

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Filed under All About Moi