Archive for the 'Crafts' Category



With a little help from my friends

Published on December 8, 2008

Skype is a really great thing.  In this Computer Age, I’m still amazed by some of this technology.  Having started out 40 years ago as a telephone operator on an old switchboard with cords like this – uh, exactly like this and spent several years as an overseas LongLines operator where calls went from country to […]


I can still sit and knit, which is the politer version of Stitch and Bitch

Published on November 29, 2008

Not much to post about, but I’ve made it 28 days in November, and I’ll be damned if I’ll mess it up so close to a full month of posting! I wrenched my back really well; did it so well, in fact, you’d think I spent weeks trying to get it this sore.  Working hasn’t […]


I is for Idiot

Published on November 26, 2008

The mittens are done.  They were hardly a time-consuming or challenging project.  Two wee mittens.   And they’re exactly like the two wee mittens I made last week.  So the directions were familiar!!   The only thing different is the color.  Last week’s pair for Twin A were red, Twin B insisted that his be blue.  He just has […]