Archive for June, 2009
Where Was I?
At the lodge in Aialik, of course. A mostly recreational trip this time, though Mike did install a door and took measurements for two new projects which he’ll execute here at home. ‘Tis the season to fill the freezer, so we fished… …for halibut. Looks like Denny and Mike are working pretty hard for it, [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
From the bookmarks collected by Accents, Inc. in Louisiana during the 2009 Bookmark Challenge. The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. Last week my goals were to discuss Big Picture [...]
Reading Roundup
What’s on my mp3 player? The Wish List, by Eoin Colfer. The Wish List opens with fourteen-year-old Meg Finn dying. As she drifts through the tunnel to the afterlife, her aura glows purple–a 50/50 blend of red (bad–go directly to Hell) and blue (good–go directly to the Pearly Gates). This highly unusual circumstance results in [...]
Bucket Gardening
The deck zucchini is doing much better than the garden zucchini.
Where’s Jen?
Three guesses and the first two don’t count.
Summer Subplot
I’m spending a lot of time in the yard and garden. A couple of weeks ago, we had some fill and topsoil brought in help transform the yard from an obvious work-in-progress to something more pleasant to look at. Eventually. I hope. While I allowed the local dirt-bringer and -mover to move some of the [...]
Journaling
It’s funny. I took an extra week off from blogging just because–because I didn’t feel like it, I guess. As soon as I got started again, I thought, Hey, this is fun! In the past two days, at least a dozen possible blog topics have come to mind. No, I haven’t written them down, so, [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. Two weeks ago, my goal was to take a look at the Big Picture of what I want to accomplish this year so [...]
Reading Roundup
The first week this blog was dark, I was out and about, kayaking, watching glaciers calve and create mini-tsunamis, peering down deep crevasses and trying hard to not fall in, etc. The second week this blog was dark, I have no excuses. What does it take to jump start my summer blog writing? That’s easy: [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. Last week, my goal was to update this site with the 2009 Bookmark Challenge results and the new Bookmarks and Banners pattern from [...]
