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New Spindle
The Hearthwise Spindle: Incredibly beautiful, pleasingly functional
I had occasion at the Fiber Festival of New England to come into possession of one of the breathtakingly beautiful spindles made by Charles Arnold, owner of Hearthwise in Morrisville, PA. The Hearthwise slogan is “Tools for a simpler life” and that fits their product line ( Read more... ) -
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NESLBTW - The New England Society of Linen Bath Towel Weavers. In order to become a member, you have to agree to weave at least two linen bath towels (minimum size 36" x 65") within one year of signing up. I now have about 8 lbs of 30s/4 linen sitting on top of my loom waiting for threading. Lets see... if I sett it at 30 threads per inch then ( Read more... ) -
Long emails
Lately I've had a couple of people tell me that they didn't read an email because it was "too long". These emails, mind you, were not treatises on the order of War and Peace or The Gulag Archipeligo. They were two or three paragraphs of clear prose tailored to get the point across succinctly. Perhaps these people are confusing text ( Read more... ) -
Verizon Omnia GPS - This is broken
OK, sometimes you just have to vent. I recently got a Verizon Samsung Omnia. This is a fabulous phone that I would recommen
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IE7 Aggravation
Microsquish blows it again. If I start to post all the things I hate about IE7 this post will be way too long so I'll just rant about the ONE thing that happens to be annoying me at the moment; IE7's bad HISTORY handling.
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Crisp
Most people love the heat of a wood stove on a cold winter night but I also love the feeling of going upstairs at night when the woodstove is burning and the curtain is closed so the heat can't get up to the bedroom. The downstairs is toasty warm but the upstairs is crisp and cold and
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