http://jenfunkweber.com Jen Funk Weber on needlework, reading, writing, and life. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:12:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Needlework Nutshell is going to be late this month. All is well; it's just late. One of the Microtus voles (as opposed to the red-backed voles); I would guess a meadow vole. Voles are mice with short tails. The grassland around the lagoon bustles with these. http://jenfunkweber.com/funk-weber-designs/the-needlework-nutshell.php 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 ... http://jenfunkweber.com/alaska/where-was-i.php 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 ... http://jenfunkweber.com/needle-thread/stitching-for-literacy-update-25.php 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 ... http://jenfunkweber.com/reading/reading-roundup-13.php The deck zucchini is doing much better than the garden zucchini. http://jenfunkweber.com/alaska/bucket-gardening.php Three guesses and the first two don't count. http://jenfunkweber.com/alaska/wheres-jen.php 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 ... http://jenfunkweber.com/personal/summer-subplot.php 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 ... http://jenfunkweber.com/childrens-writing/journaling.php 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 ... http://jenfunkweber.com/needle-thread/stitching-for-literacy-update-24.php 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 ... http://jenfunkweber.com/reading/reading-roundup-12.php