School, school, school.This seems to be on the mind of everyone lately. On the radio, WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane had a conversation about The challenge of preparing students for college and, once they are there, finish. My neighbor probably thought I was crazy as I yelled responses at the callers and guests. My Twitter feed is full of tweets from people…
Friends can sometimes be overwhelming as demonstrated in Pam Smallcomb’s Evelyn’s best friend observes that Evelyn can be lots of things: an Arctic explorer, a fashionista, dramatically creative and while she is not. However the best friend soon discovers that friends can different interests and still get along just fine. Ah! How often have we compared our ‘faults’ to our friends yet we fail to notice the positive aspects within…
In which I channel my inner Grover and a little shameless self-promotion Wait!What did that say?The title of this post. What. Did. That. Say?Did that say that SUMMER READING IS COMING?IT Did?OOOOOH! I am so… I’m not sure really what I am. Next week starts my library’s Summer Reading Program and I just got a little woozy as I considered what…
One week(ish) into the Lichi Super Fruit challenge.Recap… Since I’ve started taking Lichi Super Fruit there have been no dramatic life changes ala NBC’s The Biggest Loser* but I can say that I am down seven pounds (woo-hoo!) This could be because the last time I weighed myself it was that special time but seven is seven and I’ll take it. My…
Hello Yarn Friends!Quick post/question thing:Can anyone direct me to a crochet pattern for Dianne’s hat?I’ve been watching 2004’s Shaun of the Dead and this was a hat that I loved from the movie.Actress Lucy Davis played Dianne and I love this hat (any doubt?).It looks like a beanie made with double crochet and a chain space.The band looks like a few rows…