Valentinesy Things:

1. Adorable Loki Valentines by gingerhaze on Tumblr ("Let's kill everyone - TOGETHER")

2. These beautiful reproduction 1920s garters. I saw them in person at a craft fair and they're beautifully made. A lovely gift for the vintage-legwear lover on your list.

3. Ancient Greek Lady-Monster Valentines!4. I've been finding ( Read more... )

I love many things about the super-delicious non-homogenized milk we get from Whole Foods. Having to bust through a layer of solid cream the first time I open it isn't one of them. All I want is a little bit for my tea! Must it be this difficult ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, friends and other persons! There should be a big navelgazey extravaganza of a post in this space but I'm feeling a little under the weather so maybe tomorrow. I did a lot of good things this year, mainly great and singular meetups with wonderful friends, and I made plans and laid groundwork for some new projects in the new year. ( Read more... )

The week so far:

1. Last night on the way to dinner we passed one of the several music venues in our neighborhood and took note that the gathered crowds looked more mature than usual. (That is, our age, not college kids.) It turned out Wilco was playing, with Eleventh Dream Day opening. Resulting in the following conversation with my husband ( Read more... )

Hey, do you guys know what you're supposed to do if your carbon monoxide detector goes off? I didn't, but luckily they print it on the BACK of the detector--reasoning, I guess, that once you've ripped it off the wall to stop the shrieking you'll see the directions, hah. Apparently the answer is "call the fire department ( Read more... )

Today's loose end, a recipe I've been meaning to post:

This is the recipe I used for my apple-pear chutney binge last month. I tried to use the same recipe as I did when I last made chutney two years ago, but I have four or five bookmarked and I think I chose a different one. Nevertheless, it turned out well. My previous chutney was from the ( Read more... )

My husband inherited a pretty clock from his grandparents, which we've had in storage for years waiting to get it serviced and hung up. Today the clock guys came and installed it in the dining room, right outside my workroom.

IT'S TICKING!!!!!!!!! O_O

How did I forget ticking? Garh!

Things what I did this weekend:

1. On recommendation of sister-in-law's zen hipster club-manager brother, went to hear some live music: Peter Mulvey

I love skillful guitar playing, so I was happy. You can listen to a song here if you want: Knuckleball Suite

2. Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market. I've been going to Renegade Craft things ( Read more... )

1. wrisomifu is done for another year! I'm reasonably happy with how I did; I finished my web site redesign, and I wrote something every day, though not always fiction, which is what "writing" means to me ( Read more... )