18. Slow News Day by Andi Watson

The new reincarnation of the yarn that was my first sweater: a reinterpretation of the Durrow pattern from www.magknits.com; reinterpreted in that I'm using a thicker yarn, running the cabling down the front and back as well as the arms, and using the basic sweater numbers from The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns: ( Read more... )

52.The Black Tower by P.D. James (Its extraordinary to me that an author could try to publish two suck similar books as THe Black Tower and Death on Holy Orders and still succeed in getting both published or having any self respect. After Death In Holy Orders, The Black Tower was like watch an awful car crash, you know you don't want to see it, but ( Read more... )

51. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin.  
Wonderful and charming, but difficult initially due to its weight. This can be rememedied by carefully breaking the paperback binding at the intervals that devide the book into four parts. then take an exacto knife to this creases to make four carriable books. if desired cardstock covers (cut to fit) maybe ( Read more... )

50. Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber (again. good enough to read more than once and highly recommended to anyone who likes to read about love or good food.)

Mermaid gloves are finished, lovely and warm.

45. Moonlight and Vines by Charles De Lint ( Read more... )

I'm poking at the profiles of my friends online. I called people back home today. I feel bad that I don't call more,but I seldom get called either. But I know if I needed an ear they'd be there, so there it is ( Read more... )

28. Raisin in the sun
29. Hannibal by Thomas Harris

The green sweater has reached Nirvana and is now a bodhisattva, truely useful.

17. The Crazy Kill
18. The Women

In other news on Thursday I successfully frightened away a too-conservative roommate without her ever even meeting me.

The green sweater is about midway through its thrird incarnation, hopefully its last.