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Continue reading →: And yet more…
Snowing steadily since this morning. Looks like maybe an inch and a half. I upgraded WordPress (using the Automatic Upgrade plugin – very slick), and thus broke most of my favorite widgets. Yes, I upgraded them. Still no joy.
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Continue reading →: Snow
Snow in December is much less disturbing than snow in October. We’re up to an inch, or nearly, and it looks very attractive coating the trees. The ground isn’t frozen yet, so it’s just on the trees and grass. (All the fun, none of the shovelling!) I haven’t properly made…
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Continue reading →: Whew!
The event was fabulous, thanks to many, many helpful volunteers. Nobody went hungry, and I saw some folks even taking seconds. I’ll put recipes up soon, but not tonight. Since I’m too tired to do much other than lay around on the couch with the dog and the cat, instead…
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Continue reading →: Color
All of the paperwork side of the textile symposium is taken care of – class scheduling, program book, the various signs and forms and sheets that need to be prepared. Now there’s just the cooking for 100 for the weekend part… the dishes that have been in storage have been…
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Continue reading →: 11-11
Today is a day to remember those who fought for their country, and to thank those who can still hear it. It’s also a day to celebrate one individual from that group. Today is my grandfather’s 91st birthday. John J. Goslee fought in World War II – stationed in China.…
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Continue reading →: Calling all sheep!
Sheep sculptures made from rotary telephones by artist Jean-Luc Cornec. More.
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Continue reading →: Do not open until spring
The weather has been just gorgeous here, sunny and close to 70 for the past couple of days. I spent yesterday afternoon outside, and finally got my new tulips planted. I visited a flower market in Amsterdam, and was astounded by the variety and abundance. Truly, I was astounded by…
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Continue reading →: Fall Friday Photos
November? You don’t say? These months, they seem to be sneaking up on me. Even the vegetation is confused, after that snow. My poor forsythia is changing colors, dropping its leaves, and blooming all at once. My trees are all winter-bare, but a last few are holding onto their leaves.…
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Continue reading →: Complex Weavers
The latest Complex Weavers Journal was in my mail yesterday, complete with the program and registration for the 2010 seminar, with my name in it! This is very exciting – I’ve been teaching for a long time, but this is my first time as instructor at a national conference. You…
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Continue reading →: Costume Party
Nobody came as a Viking Princess, and I’m very grateful. The cat costumes were the best – don’t they look realistic? The humans had some fun too. More photos, but I’m afraid the only shot of me is a really awful computer pic from before we left.
Welcome!
I’ve been doing stuff with string for quite some time, and describing it to others online since 1996 or so at Phiala’s String Page.
I also do some science and write some fiction.
I’m Phiala most places on the internet.
