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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
George Eliot
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What is your favourite part of autumn?
Archive for September, 2009
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, home, quotes on September 29, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Single Skein September
Posted in handmade, knitting on September 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
What a flurry of productivity this group knitalong unleashed in me: 10 Projects done in less than one month! I am all astonishment, as some Jane Austen character said. (Mr. Bennet?) And it’s not like fall weather had my fingers itching to knit – September saw the arrival of the only summer weather we’ve had [...]
Four
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2009 | 47 Comments »
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After Matthias’ birth I was a size 16-18.
After losing 50 pounds I was a size 8 and super happy.
After learning to run and then increasing my mileage I teetered into a size 6 at times.
Then I started training for half-marathons, increased the mileage to 25-34 miles per week, and put on a lot of muscle [...]
Posted in A Quote and a Question, Project Spectrum, adventure, field trips, quotes on September 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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“Though no one can go back and make a new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end.”
Carl Bard
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Where have you pointed your path? What wind fills your sails?
Handmade Gifts
Posted in handmade on September 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Thanks for all the great ideas you shared on my last gift post – I’ll work on adding them into the big list soon. If you were wondering, the new ideas are always added at the bottom of each section.
I’ve got a busy day today – carpet cleaning, cake baking,cycling with Rainer, soccer party, and [...]
It’s a Colourful World
Posted in Project Spectrum, home on September 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Finally, after a cold, sullen summer, we have a burst of fiery heat in September, just in time to push the delphiniums’ second flowering into gorgeous splendour. The wet, cool summer means that for the first time the grass is green everywhere you look – not just on certain suburban yards with sprinkler systems.
It’s [...]
Leap-Frog with Socks
Posted in Project Spectrum, handmade, knitting on September 17, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Do socks have feelings? Nope. Not at all. I know this. But I’ve discovered an interesting method of making socks that plays with the part of my brain that likes to tell stories.
The trick is to knit two socks at once on DPNs. Not on the same DPNs, mind you. I [...]
Making a List
Posted in adventure, handmade, home on September 16, 2009 | 19 Comments »
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Checking it twice. Gonna find out if gift-making this year will be nasty or nice…
It’s time. Time to take the work of our hands, minds, and hearts seriously.
Last year we did a 100% handmade Christmas. It was a huge success: we found making things to give challenging but ultimately rewarding; people loved [...]
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, Project Spectrum, quotes on September 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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Simple is as simple doesn’t.
Sue Patton Thoele
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What have you chosen to include?
Big Weekend
Posted in adventure, travel on September 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »
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Last race of the season. Rainer did the full, hoping to qualify for Boston. That wasn’t in the cards, but he had his second fastest marathon time. I did the half. I woke with a headache and had a hard day but really pushed myself. I left it all on the course, as they say. [...]
