I really didn't want to go outside yesterday in the way-too-coldness. So I wore my sprinkle hat with the floppy pompom to make the day less grey and serious. I determined, after wearing it everywhere yesterday (and looking at it all day on my coat-tree), that there is something forcibly cheerful about that ludicrous hat ( Read more... )

This Christmas was so fiberlicious* I just can't wait to squee about it!

Achaosofkittens totally wins by getting me a bunch of things I'd never mentioned but love love love. The one thing I did mention was a Wooly Winder for my Majacraft Little Gem spinning wheel. I now have that, plus two extra bobbins. Woooo! But in addition to that little love, ( Read more... )

If you remember waaaay back in January, the author Jim Hines did a feature on his blog about trying to pose like the girls on some cover art. His poses included comments like "my brother-in-law is a chiropracter, and would be making billions..." http://jimhines.livejournal.com/612200.html ( Read more... )

I posted on Tuesday that I signed up to give blood next Monday. In talking with Amazonmink, she mentioned that she thought it was such a good idea, she signed herself and Thunderbird up to donate blood on Monday as well ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the official end of my birthday*. Yes, my birthday was back in the summer. However, my in-laws had to postpone the family birthday after a storm kicked out power, and we never got back on schedule ( Read more... )

I'm talking with a friend about starting a Kiva group. Who out there is on Kiva? Wanna be part of a group?

1. What kinds of loans are you making?
2. What kind of a group would you want to form? (No Groucho Marx lines, please.)Want to join my new lending group, Llamas without Drama? I think that you should join it so that it doesn't look so ( Read more... )

We received nine pounds of books in today's mail. Muwahahaha!

A few years ago, the musician S.J.Tucker was hit with a financial emergency which was far beyond her means. Her friends and the broader artistic community banded together in a number of fundraisers to support her in her time of need. Now, a similar community has come together to support sci-fi pioneer and author Terri Windling with a set of ( Read more... )

Almost everyone wants that feeling of a gift well-given, of generosity for a purpose, of kindness spread across humanity. I love reading stories about targeted kindness, such as Seanan McGuire's gift of an extra doll to a hapless Toy's R Us employee for his daughter ( link here). But I also appreciate that sometimes, we need a little guidance and ( Read more... )

I got one of my favorite automated e-mails today. My Kiva.org loans had been repaid to the point that my balance would allow another loan to go out (they go in $25 increments). So I got to pick another person for whom I could play the Hope Fairy. Somewhere out there, someone with a dream to better his/her life through a family business, better ( Read more... )