Archive for March, 2008



When it rains, it pours – SNAP goes my brain

Published on March 9, 2008

Among 12 zillion other really stressful aspects of my life right now is the fact that we have goods in a storage locker.  First, I will again publicly admit that both Pop and I have a tendency to “pack-rat” stuff, and both of us have difficulties with the concept of getting rid of things we’ve […]


Ups and downs

Published on March 7, 2008

Another trip to the eye surgeon today.  This time, thanks to the surgery 2 weeks ago that punched a hole in the capsule that holds the lens in place, he could see in.  And he was pleased that, after almost a year of vision that degraded to legal blindness in the one eye, I can […]


I did it, and it works!

Published on March 5, 2008

There was an article in a recent Spin-Off magazine giving information on scotch tension: how it works, when it’s used, why and how to adjust it. And it showed another way of setting tension on a wheel. I have an Ashford Traditional, and although she’s a “classic” model, she’s still got the original set-up for […]