A Mindful Life

Amazing. This:

Becomes this:

Someone suggested that I should take orders and sell these. Hmmm.
Finished size: 3.5 inches tall x 5.5 inches diameter (18.5 inches circumference). Made with two strands held together of a skein of Cascade 220 (220 yards, 100% wool) and a two strands held together of a ball of Crystal Palace Aran Marl [...]

He was driving a tanker full of 8,600 gallons of unleaded gas, and he was speeding. At one of the busiest freeway interchanges in the Bay Area — the MacArthur Maze between the Ikea store in Emeryville and the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge — he crashed. The resulting fire burned so intensely it caused the [...]

In a land known for producing counterfeit DVDs and brand name apparel, food for humans and other animals is not exempt from tampering. Melamine is a coal derivative often used to make dishware; it is safe to eat off, but it cannot be heated in a microwave. It certainly is not nutritious.
For years, producers of [...]

We succeeded. We didn’t buy the travel system yet because that doesn’t require a 60-day lead time for delivery. For photos click to see more.

Her moon is rising
over fleshy peaks after
many years of night.

On March 29, while I was going crazy with anxiety awaiting the amniocentesis results, I went the Purlescence Yarns to hang out and help tag merchandise. I didn’t bring my current knitting. (Danger! Danger! Entering a yarn store without supplies!) I didn’t want to go home after I finished the task, so I ended up [...]

It’s Sunday already?
Friday we saw the baby doc and all is well. My weight gain is moderate, and there’s no sign of gestational diabetes. The baby’s heartbeat is normal. Every appointment we’ve had, whether with her or for the amnio or ultrasound, Fait has been dancing all over her uterine room. The doctor had [...]

Part of one ball of Rowan Calmer (75% cotton 25% acrylic/microfiber), colorway 482; size 6 needles using this pattern. I’m using up my stash of random yarn.

I’ve been on a knitting kick. I’m nesting, or something. I just finished making a felted bag I started June 2006. I also made a small felted bowl out of some stash yarn.

Noro Kureyon, 100% wool, 100 meters (50 grams): 4 skeins, colorway 147, 153, and 2 others (I lost the label); 1 skein of [...]

God is a filter, a polaroid lens that blanks out all the wild colors and fabulous detail of nature. God obliterates randomness. God kills luck. God turns sharp-edged struggle into a tiresome parable. He’s the all-purpose explanation, the always-available excuse. He’s a big shrug of the shoulders, a cosmic palms-up gesture, a rabbit’s foot, a [...]